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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1961-09-01 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 13480 · 2:30

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 3rd. Larry Jackson earned the win. Smoky Burgess went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Larry Jackson L: Joe Gibbon SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bill Virdon	4	0	1	0	0
Dick Groat	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	4	0	1	0	0
Dick Stuart	4	1	1	0	1
Roberto Clemente	2	1	1	0	1
Smoky Burgess	4	1	3	2	0
Don Hoak	3	0	0	1	0
Bill Mazeroski	4	0	1	1	1
Joe Gibbon	1	0	0	0	0
Al McBean	2	0	0	0	1
Walt Moryn	2	1	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curt Flood	5	0	1	2	0	1
Julian Javier	5	0	2	0	0	1
Bill White	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ken Boyer	4	2	2	0	1	0
Don Taussig	3	1	0	0	0	0
Charlie James	4	2	2	1	0	0
Alex Grammas	4	1	2	2	0	1
Jimmie Schaffer	2	0	0	2	1	1
Larry Jackson	3	1	1	0	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Gibbon	2.0	6	0	1
Al McBean	6.0	5	3	5

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Jackson	9.0	8	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: 8/L
Dick Groat: 3/FL
Bob Skinner: 7

Bot 1

Curt Flood: 9
Julian Javier: S8
Bill White: PB.1-2
Bill White: HP
Ken Boyer: 3/P
Don Taussig: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Dick Stuart: K/C
Roberto Clemente: S7/G
Smoky Burgess: S6/G.1-2
Don Hoak: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Bill Mazeroski: S9/9S.3-H;1-3
Joe Gibbon: 53

Bot 2

Charlie James: 8
Alex Grammas: E6/G
Jimmie Schaffer: K
Larry Jackson: D7/G.1-3
Curt Flood: S8/G.3-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Julian Javier: 9

Top 3

Bill Virdon: 43
Dick Groat: 63
Bob Skinner: 6/P

Bot 3

Bill White: S8
Ken Boyer: S9/89.1-2
Don Taussig: E3/TH/SH.2-H(NR);1-3;B-2
Charlie James: S9.3-H;2-3
Alex Grammas: S9.3-H;1-3
Jimmie Schaffer: 64(1)/FO.3-H(UR)
Larry Jackson: K/C
Curt Flood: K

Top 4

Dick Stuart: S8
Roberto Clemente: K/C
Smoky Burgess: D7/7S.1-3
Don Hoak: 9/SF.3-H
Bill Mazeroski: 4/P

Bot 4

Julian Javier: 43
Bill White: 43
Ken Boyer: W
Don Taussig: 3/P

Top 5

Al McBean: 63
Bill Virdon: S9
Dick Groat: 8/L
Bob Skinner: 9

Bot 5

Charlie James: 3/P
Alex Grammas: K
Jimmie Schaffer: W
Larry Jackson: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Dick Stuart: 63
Walt Moryn: 8/8XD
Smoky Burgess: 43

Bot 6

Curt Flood: 13
Julian Javier: K
Bill White: K

Top 7

Don Hoak: 7
Bill Mazeroski: K
Al McBean: K

Bot 7

Ken Boyer: S7
Don Taussig: WP.1-2
Don Taussig: 5/L
Charlie James: S6/6.2-2
Alex Grammas: S9.2-H;1-3
Jimmie Schaffer: 13/SH.3-H;1-2
Larry Jackson: W
Curt Flood: 5(2)/FO

Top 8

Bill Virdon: 43
Dick Groat: 13
Bob Skinner: S8
Dick Stuart: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Julian Javier: S7
Bill White: 46(1)/FO
Ken Boyer: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Walt Moryn: E6/G
Smoky Burgess: HR/9LD.1-H(UR)
Don Hoak: 9
Bill Mazeroski: 8
Rocky Nelson: 63

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