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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1961-05-26 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 8868 · 2:36

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 12–2. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 1st. Curt Simmons earned the win. Ken Boyer went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 6 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10
SLN	3	1	3	3	0	2	0	0		12	11

W: Curt Simmons L: Bob Friend SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Virdon	5	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Groat	5	0	3	0	0	0
Roberto Clemente	5	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Stuart	5	0	2	1	0	1
Gino Cimoli	4	0	1	0	0	2
Don Hoak	3	1	2	0	1	0
Hal Smith	2	0	1	1	0	0
Bill Mazeroski	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Friend	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Green	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Oldis	2	0	0	0	0	0
Red Witt	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Schofield	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curt Flood	3	2	1	0	1	0
Joe Cunningham	3	2	1	0	1	0
Bill White	5	2	2	0	0	0
Ken Boyer	5	4	3	6	0	1
Stan Musial	3	0	1	1	0	1
Daryl Spencer	3	0	0	1	1	0
Julian Javier	4	1	1	1	0	1
Hal Smith	4	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Simmons	4	1	1	1	0	1
Charlie James	0	0	0	0	1	0
Don Taussig	1	0	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Friend	2.0	7	0	0
Fred Green	2.0	2	1	1
Red Witt	3.0	2	3	2
Joe Gibbon	1.0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	9.0	10	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: 3/P
Dick Groat: S7
Roberto Clemente: 4(1)/FO
Dick Stuart: D9.1-H
Gino Cimoli: K

Bot 1

Curt Flood: S7
Joe Cunningham: 7
Bill White: S8.1-2
Ken Boyer: HR/9D.2-H;1-H
Stan Musial: 13
Daryl Spencer: 9

Top 2

Don Hoak: D7
Hal Smith: S8/G.2-H
Bill Mazeroski: 43.1-2
Bob Friend: 7
Bill Virdon: 7/FL

Bot 2

Julian Javier: S6/6
Hal Smith: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)
Hal Smith: 6/P
Curt Simmons: 43.3-H(UR)
Curt Flood: 53

Top 3

Dick Groat: S7
Roberto Clemente: 43.1-2
Dick Stuart: 43.2-3
Gino Cimoli: 53

Bot 3

Joe Cunningham: S1/BG
Bill White: S9.1-2
Ken Boyer: S2.2-3;1-2
Stan Musial: K
Daryl Spencer: E5/G.3-H(RBI);2-H(NR)(UR);1-3
Julian Javier: 1E4.3-H(RBI)(UR);1-2;B-1
Hal Smith: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Don Hoak: S8
Hal Smith: 46(1)/FO
Bill Mazeroski: 8
Fred Green: K

Bot 4

Curt Simmons: S5.B-2(E6/TH)
Curt Flood: 13/SH.2-3
Joe Cunningham: W+WP.3-H(NR)
Bill White: E3/G.1-3
Ken Boyer: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR);B-2(E4/TH)
Stan Musial: S9.2-H(UR)
Daryl Spencer: 53

Top 5

Bill Virdon: 3/G
Dick Groat: 63
Roberto Clemente: 63

Bot 5

Julian Javier: K
Hal Smith: 5/FL
Curt Simmons: 63

Top 6

Dick Stuart: K
Gino Cimoli: K/C
Don Hoak: 43

Bot 6

Curt Flood: W
Joe Cunningham: SB2
Joe Cunningham: 43.2-3
Bill White: 5/FL
Ken Boyer: HR/7D.3-H
Charlie James: W
Daryl Spencer: W.1-2
Julian Javier: 53

Top 7

Bob Oldis: 63
Bill Mazeroski: W
Red Witt: D7.1-3
Bill Virdon: K
Dick Groat: 43

Bot 7

Hal Smith: 63
Curt Simmons: K
Curt Flood: 4/L

Top 8

Roberto Clemente: 13
Dick Stuart: S8
Gino Cimoli: D9.1-3
Don Hoak: W
Bob Oldis: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Don Taussig: S1/G
Bill White: 9/L
Ken Boyer: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 9

Bill Mazeroski: 8
Dick Schofield: 9
Bill Virdon: E4/G
Dick Groat: S6.1-2
Roberto Clemente: E6.2-3;1-2
Dick Stuart: 64(1)/FO