St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 23, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1960 at Forbes Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 4 0 2 1
Cunningham rf 4 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 1
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
Spencer ss 4 1 0 0
White 1b 3 0 2 0
Glenn lf 4 0 1 1
Smith c 4 1 1 0
Kline p 3 1 2 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 3 0 0 0
Groat ss 3 0 0 0
Skinner lf 4 0 2 0
Stuart 1b 3 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Burgess c 4 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 4 1 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 0
Haddix p 2 0 1 1
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
St. Louis 000 001 200391
Pittsburgh 001 000 000151
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  W (3-6) 7.2 4 1 1 3 4
  McDaniel  SV (12) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  L (4-4) 6.2 8 3 1 1 4
  Green   1.1 0 0 0 0 3
  Face   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
3
1
1
8

  E–Javier (4), Groat (13).  DP–St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis Javier (3,off Haddix), Pittsburgh Hoak (9,off Kline).  3B–St. Louis White (5,off Haddix); Flood (1,off Haddix).  SH–White (3,off Haddix).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:14.  A–21,151.
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