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St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants

1961-08-16 · Day game · Candlestick Park · Att: 10585 · 2:11

San Francisco Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–3. San Francisco Giants put up 2 in the 2nd. Jack Sanford earned the win. Stan Musial went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	7
SFN	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0		4	8

W: Jack Sanford L: Ray Sadecki SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tony Venzon · 1B: Frank Secory · 2B: Ed Sudol · 3B: Augie Donatelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Julian Javier	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill White	4	0	2	0	0	0
Joe Cunningham	4	1	0	1	0	0
Stan Musial	3	1	2	2	1	1
Ken Boyer	4	0	0	0	0	2
Carl Sawatski	2	0	0	0	1	0
Curt Flood	4	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ray Sadecki	2	0	0	0	0	1
Charlie James	1	0	0	0	0	0
Red Schoendienst	1	1	1	0	0	0
Jimmie Schaffer	1	0	0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joey Amalfitano	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harvey Kuenn	2	1	1	0	2	0
Felipe Alou	4	1	1	2	0	0
Willie Mays	4	1	1	0	0	0
Orlando Cepeda	2	1	1	2	1	0
Jim Davenport	4	0	2	0	0	1
John Orsino	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Bowman	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Sanford	3	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Sadecki	7.0	8	1	2
Bob Miller	1.0	0	2	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Sanford	9.0	7	2	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Julian Javier: 43
Bill White: 5/FL
Joe Cunningham: 3/G

Bot 1

Joey Amalfitano: 43
Harvey Kuenn: 8
Felipe Alou: 53

Top 2

Stan Musial: W
Ken Boyer: 4(B)3(1)/LDP
Carl Sawatski: 9

Bot 2

Willie Mays: S
Orlando Cepeda: HR/9D.1-H
Jim Davenport: S
John Orsino: 64(1)/FO
Ernie Bowman: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Curt Flood: 63
Alex Grammas: D
Ray Sadecki: K
Julian Javier: 7

Bot 3

Jack Sanford: 4/P
Joey Amalfitano: S
Harvey Kuenn: W.1-2
Felipe Alou: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Bill White: S
Joe Cunningham: 64(1)/FO
Stan Musial: S.1-2
Ken Boyer: WP.2-3;1-2
Ken Boyer: K
Carl Sawatski: IW
Curt Flood: 43

Bot 4

Willie Mays: 3/G
Orlando Cepeda: 4/P
Jim Davenport: K

Top 5

Alex Grammas: D
Ray Sadecki: 43.2-3
Julian Javier: K/C
Bill White: 13

Bot 5

John Orsino: 8
Ernie Bowman: 7
Jack Sanford: S
Joey Amalfitano: 8

Top 6

Joe Cunningham: 5/FL
Stan Musial: K
Ken Boyer: K

Bot 6

Harvey Kuenn: S
Felipe Alou: HR/9D.1-H
Willie Mays: 6/P
Orlando Cepeda: HP
Jim Davenport: SB2
Jim Davenport: CS3(25)#
Jim Davenport: S
John Orsino: 7

Top 7

Carl Sawatski: 8
Curt Flood: 13
Alex Grammas: 9

Bot 7

Ernie Bowman: K
Jack Sanford: 3/P
Joey Amalfitano: 7

Top 8

Charlie James: 13
Red Schoendienst: D
Bill White: S.2-3
Joe Cunningham: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Stan Musial: HR/9D.1-H
Ken Boyer: 3/P

Bot 8

Harvey Kuenn: W
Felipe Alou: 43.1-2
Willie Mays: 53
Orlando Cepeda: IW
Jim Davenport: 43

Top 9

Jimmie Schaffer: K/C
Curt Flood: 63
Alex Grammas: 63

Notes & reviews

Julian Javier ejected by HP umpire Tony Venzon
Cardinals Manager Johnny Keane ejected by HP umpire Tony Venzon arguing the pitch hit the bat not the batter

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