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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1961-09-04 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 10021 · 2:23

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 9–4. St. Louis Cardinals put up 4 in the 3rd. Ray Sadecki earned the win and Lindy McDaniel picked up the save. Bill White went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ray Sadecki L: Earl Francis SV: Lindy McDaniel

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Christopher	4	1	2	0	0	1
Dick Groat	3	1	2	0	1	0
Roberto Clemente	4	0	1	1	0	1
Dick Stuart	4	0	2	0	0	0
Don Hoak	4	1	0	0	0	0
Hal Smith	4	1	2	3	0	0
Bill Virdon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Mazeroski	4	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Francis	1	0	0	0	0	1
Al McBean	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Schofield	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Curt Flood	5	1	4	0	0	0
Julian Javier	3	2	1	1	2	0
Bill White	5	1	1	4	0	0
Stan Musial	4	1	1	1	0	1
Ken Boyer	4	2	1	0	0	0
Charlie James	3	0	1	1	1	1
Alex Grammas	3	0	3	2	1	0
Jimmie Schaffer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Sadecki	3	2	0	0	1	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Earl Francis	2.2	6	2	0
Al McBean	3.1	4	3	3
Clem Labine	2.0	2	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Sadecki	7.0	9	1	3
Lindy McDaniel	2.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Christopher: K/C
Dick Groat: S8
Roberto Clemente: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 1

Curt Flood: 53
Julian Javier: 53
Bill White: 7

Top 2

Dick Stuart: S8
Don Hoak: 3/P
Hal Smith: 3/FL
Bill Virdon: 7/L

Bot 2

Stan Musial: E4/G
Ken Boyer: 54(1)/FO
Charlie James: SB2
Charlie James: S8.2-H(UR);BX2(84)
Alex Grammas: S9
Jimmie Schaffer: 13

Top 3

Bill Mazeroski: 4/P
Earl Francis: K
Joe Christopher: 63

Bot 3

Ray Sadecki: W
Curt Flood: S9.1-3;BX2(943)
Julian Javier: S7.3-H
Bill White: 43.1-2
Stan Musial: S9.2-H
Ken Boyer: D7.1-3
Charlie James: W
Alex Grammas: S9.3-H;2-H;1X3(95)

Top 4

Dick Groat: W
Roberto Clemente: 7/L
Dick Stuart: S9.1-2
Don Hoak: 54(1)/FO.2-3
Hal Smith: HR/7D.3-H;1-H
Bill Virdon: 43

Bot 4

Jimmie Schaffer: 63
Ray Sadecki: K23
Curt Flood: S8
Julian Javier: SB2
Julian Javier: WP.2-3
Julian Javier: W
Bill White: 8

Top 5

Bill Mazeroski: 53
Al McBean: 13
Joe Christopher: D7
Dick Groat: 63

Bot 5

Stan Musial: 43
Ken Boyer: 1/L
Charlie James: K

Top 6

Roberto Clemente: 63
Dick Stuart: 53
Don Hoak: 53

Bot 6

Alex Grammas: W
Jimmie Schaffer: WP.1-2
Jimmie Schaffer: FC1.2X3(15)#
Ray Sadecki: 54(1)/FO#
Curt Flood: S9.1-2
Julian Javier: W.2-3;1-2
Bill White: HR/9D.3-H;2-H;1-H
Stan Musial: K+PB.B-1#
Ken Boyer: 9

Top 7

Hal Smith: S8
Bill Virdon: 9
Bill Mazeroski: 7
Dick Schofield: 54(1)/FO

Bot 7

Charlie James: 7
Alex Grammas: S7
Jimmie Schaffer: 53.1-2
Ray Sadecki: 13

Top 8

Joe Christopher: S9
Dick Groat: D9.1-3
Roberto Clemente: S6.3-H;2-3
Dick Stuart: 7
Don Hoak: 8
Hal Smith: 9

Bot 8

Curt Flood: S8
Julian Javier: 5(B)3(1)/LDP
Bill White: 5/FL

Top 9

Bill Virdon: 43
Bill Mazeroski: 53
Bob Skinner: 3/G