Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 12, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1960 at Busch Stadium I. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 15, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 6 1 2 0
Groat ss 6 3 4 1
Skinner lf 3 2 1 2
  Christopher lf 2 0 0 0
Stuart 1b 6 2 5 5
Clemente rf 5 2 2 1
Burgess c 6 1 4 0
Hoak 3b 4 2 2 3
  Baker ph,3b 1 0 0 1
Mazeroski 2b 3 1 2 0
  Schofield 2b 1 0 0 0
Law p 5 1 1 2
Totals 48 15 23 15
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 5 1 2 0
Cunningham rf 3 0 2 0
  Burton rf 2 0 0 0
White 1b 4 1 2 1
Boyer 3b 4 1 2 0
Spencer ss 2 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 2 0 0 1
Nieman lf 1 0 0 0
  Wagner lf 3 0 1 0
Sawatski c 4 0 1 1
Flood cf 4 0 2 0
Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Browning p 0 0 0 0
  Simmons p 3 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 3 13 3
Pittsburgh 621 400 20015230
St. Louis 001 000 0203132
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  W (9-2) 9.0 13 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
13
3
3
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L (2-6) 0.1 4 5 5 1 0
  Browning   0.2 5 3 3 1 0
  Simmons   8.0 14 7 7 1 2
Totals
9.0
23
15
15
3
2

  E–Javier (3), Sawatski (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 2.  2B–Pittsburgh Virdon (1,off Kline); Law (3,off Simmons); Groat (14,off Simmons); Skinner (11,off Simmons), St. Louis Boyer (5,off Law); Crowe (1,off Law).  HR–Pittsburgh Stuart 2 (7,1st inning off Kline 1 on, 1 out,7th inning off Simmons 0 on, 1 out); Hoak (5,1st inning off Browning 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Baker (1,off Simmons).  Team LOB–10.  Team–9.  SB–Skinner (8,2nd base off Kline/Sawatski).  U–Ken Burkhart, Jocko Conlan, Augie Donatelli.  T–2:33.
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