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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1961-05-03 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 5611 · 2:04

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 5th. Bob Gibson earned the win and Lindy McDaniel picked up the save. Rocky Nelson went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Gibson L: Vinegar Bend Mizell SV: Lindy McDaniel

Umpires — HP: Dusty Boggess · 1B: Tom Gorman · 2B: Stan Landes · 3B: Vinnie Smith · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Virdon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Groat	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	4	0	2	0	0	1
Rocky Nelson	3	1	1	1	0	0
Roberto Clemente	4	0	1	0	0	1
Don Hoak	3	0	1	0	1	0
Smoky Burgess	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bill Mazeroski	4	0	0	0	0	0
Vinegar Bend Mizell	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Schofield	0	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Julian Javier	4	0	0	0	0
Joe Cunningham	4	0	2	0	0
Bill White	4	0	0	0	1
Ken Boyer	3	1	2	0	1
Daryl Spencer	3	1	1	0	1
Charlie James	3	1	1	0	0
Don Taussig	3	0	1	0	1
Hal Smith	2	0	0	1	1
Bob Gibson	2	0	0	0	0
Lindy McDaniel	1	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vinegar Bend Mizell	6.0	5	0	2
Clem Labine	2.0	2	0	3

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Gibson	7.2	5	2	4
Lindy McDaniel	1.1	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: 4/P
Dick Groat: 13
Bob Skinner: D7
Rocky Nelson: 13

Bot 1

Julian Javier: 8
Joe Cunningham: 8
Bill White: 3/G

Top 2

Roberto Clemente: K
Don Hoak: S9
Smoky Burgess: 4/P
Bill Mazeroski: 13

Bot 2

Ken Boyer: K
Daryl Spencer: 7/L
Charlie James: 8

Top 3

Vinegar Bend Mizell: 1/L
Bill Virdon: D7
Dick Groat: 43.2-3
Bob Skinner: K

Bot 3

Don Taussig: S7
Hal Smith: 8
Bob Gibson: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Rocky Nelson: HP
Roberto Clemente: 46(1)/FO
Don Hoak: 53.1-2
Smoky Burgess: 53

Bot 4

Julian Javier: 43
Joe Cunningham: 7/78XD
Bill White: 4/P

Top 5

Bill Mazeroski: 6/P
Vinegar Bend Mizell: K/C
Bill Virdon: 8

Bot 5

Ken Boyer: S6/G
Daryl Spencer: S8/8S.1-3
Charlie James: E2/TH3.3-H(NR);1-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Don Taussig: 9/89D.2-3
Hal Smith: 13/SH.3-H(RBI)(UR)
Bob Gibson: 7

Top 6

Dick Groat: 9
Bob Skinner: D7
Rocky Nelson: 43
Roberto Clemente: 63

Bot 6

Julian Javier: 8
Joe Cunningham: S6
Bill White: 5/FL
Ken Boyer: S9/L.1-3
Daryl Spencer: K

Top 7

Don Hoak: W
Smoky Burgess: K
Bill Mazeroski: 7
Dick Schofield: W.1-2
Bill Virdon: PB.2-3;1-2
Bill Virdon: 3/G

Bot 7

Charlie James: S8
Don Taussig: CS2(26)
Don Taussig: K/C
Hal Smith: K

Top 8

Dick Groat: 63
Bob Skinner: 3/L
Rocky Nelson: HR/9D
Roberto Clemente: S8
Don Hoak: PO1(23)

Bot 8

Lindy McDaniel: 43
Julian Javier: 2/FL
Joe Cunningham: S9
Bill White: K/C

Top 9

Don Hoak: 63
Smoky Burgess: W
Bill Mazeroski: 7(B)3(1)/DP

Notes & reviews

Ken Boyer trapped in rundown between 3B and HP

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