Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 11, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 1961 at Busch Stadium I. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 9, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss 4 1 0 0
Blasingame 2b 4 1 1 0
Pinson cf 5 2 2 0
Robinson lf 4 2 4 2
Lynch rf 4 0 1 1
  Whisenant pr,rf 1 2 0 1
Coleman 1b 2 0 0 0
  Gernert ph,1b 0 0 0 1
Freese 3b 5 0 2 4
Schmidt c 3 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 0 0
  Zimmerman c 1 0 0 0
Purkey p 3 1 0 0
  Post ph 1 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 10 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 1 0
Warwick cf 4 0 1 1
White 1b 5 0 3 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
Cunningham rf 3 1 1 0
James lf 4 1 2 1
Lillis ss 3 0 1 0
  Sawatski ph,c 1 0 0 0
McCarver c 3 0 0 1
  Musial ph 1 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Broglio p 3 1 1 0
  McDermott p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Flood ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Cincinnati 002 000 0349101
St. Louis 000 111 0003103
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  W (7-3) 7.0 10 3 3 1 2
  Brosnan  SV (9) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio  L (6-6) 7.0 6 5 4 4 6
  McDermott   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McDaniel   1.0 4 4 3 1 0
  Miller   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
9
7
7
7

  E–Blasingame (7), Warwick (2), James (1), Lillis (5).  2B–Cincinnati Pinson (14,off McDaniel), St. Louis Warwick (4,off Purkey); Cunningham (6,off Purkey); James 2 (6,off Purkey 2); Schoendienst (4,off Purkey); White (7,off Purkey).  SF–Gernert (1,off McDaniel); Warwick (2,off Purkey).  IBB–Robinson (5,by McDaniel).  Team LOB–11.  Team–9.  IBB–McDaniel (7,Robinson).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–3:02.  A–24,438.
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