Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 3, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 3, 1961 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 19, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 6 3 3 0
Hoak 3b 4 2 3 0
  Logan 3b 1 0 0 0
Skinner lf 6 4 3 3
Stuart 1b 5 2 2 5
Clemente rf 6 4 5 2
  Christopher rf 0 0 0 0
Burgess c 4 3 2 6
Groat ss 6 0 1 3
Mazeroski 2b 6 0 4 0
Haddix p 6 1 1 0
Totals 50 19 24 19
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
Lillis ss 2 0 1 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
  Flood ph 1 0 0 0
White 1b 3 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
James lf 3 0 0 0
Taussig cf 3 0 0 0
Olivares rf 3 0 1 0
Schaffer c 2 0 0 0
  Cannizzaro c 1 0 0 0
Cicotte p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
  Grammas ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Pittsburgh 422 362 00019240
St. Louis 000 000 000041
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  W (7-5) 9.0 4 0 0 1 7
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cicotte  L (2-4) 2.0 7 8 8 2 2
  Miller   3.0 10 9 7 2 0
  McDaniel   4.0 7 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
24
19
17
5
4

  E–Lillis (13).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Skinner 3 (12,off Cicotte 2,off McDaniel); Clemente 2 (20,off Miller 2); Groat (15,off Miller); Mazeroski (12,off Miller).  HR–Pittsburgh Burgess 2 (9,1st inning off Cicotte 2 on, 2 out,3rd inning off Cicotte 1 on, 0 out); Stuart (16,5th inning off Miller 3 on, 0 out).  IBB–Burgess (6,by Miller).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Miller (3,Burgess).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:36.  A–11,514.
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