Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 28, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1960 at Busch Stadium I. 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 1 1 0
Groat ss 5 0 3 0
Clemente rf 4 2 2 1
Stuart 1b 5 0 2 1
Cimoli lf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 1 2 0
Haddix p 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  Green p 0 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 1 1
  Schofield pr 0 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 4 1 1 0
Cunningham 1b 4 0 1 2
Nieman lf 3 0 0 0
  Moryn rf 1 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
James rf,lf 5 1 1 0
Grammas ss 4 2 4 1
Flood cf 2 0 1 0
Smith c 3 1 1 2
Simmons p 3 0 1 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Pittsburgh 100 010 1104121
St. Louis 110 300 00x5111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  L (9-8) 3.0 7 5 5 2 2
  Labine   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Green   2.0 1 0 0 3 0
  Face   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
6
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  W (5-3) 6.2 9 3 2 2 3
  McDaniel  SV (21) 2.1 3 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
3
2
4

  E–Mazeroski (10), Javier (20).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  PB–Smith (7).  2B–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (17,off Simmons); Clemente (19,off Simmons); Burgess (12,off McDaniel), St. Louis Javier (13,off Haddix); Flood (17,off Gibbon).  HR–St. Louis Grammas (3,2nd inning off Haddix 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–9.  SF–Cunningham (3,off Labine).  IBB–Flood (6,by Haddix); Smith (14,by Gibbon); Boyer (8,by Green).  Team–12.  IBB–Haddix (6,Flood); Gibbon (5,Smith); Green (8,Boyer).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:43.  A–28,579.
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