Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 24, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1961 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 1, St. Louis Cardinals 10

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 5 0 0 0
Gilliam 2b 5 0 1 0
Moon lf 4 0 2 0
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
  Windhorn cf 0 0 0 0
Fairly 1b 1 0 1 0
Howard rf 4 0 2 0
Roseboro c 4 0 1 0
Davis T. 3b 4 0 1 0
Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
  Davis W. ph 0 1 0 0
  Golden p 0 0 0 0
  Larker ph 1 0 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
  Neal ph 1 0 0 0
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 0
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 6 1 2 1
Cunningham rf 4 1 2 1
White 1b 5 1 3 3
Boyer 3b 5 0 1 0
Musial lf 4 2 2 0
  Taussig lf 1 1 1 0
Sawatski c 3 0 2 0
  Schaffer pr,c 0 1 0 0
Flood cf 3 2 1 0
Grammas ss 3 1 2 5
Broglio p 2 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 10 16 10
Los Angeles 000 010 000181
St. Louis 200 200 51x10160
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Williams  L (11-10) 3.0 6 4 4 2 0
  Craig   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Perranoski   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Golden   1.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Farrell   2.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Sherry   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
10
10
6
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio   4.1 3 1 1 3 1
  Miller   2.1 4 0 0 3 2
  McDaniel  W (10-5) 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
6
4

  E–Williams (6).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis White 2 (23,off Williams,off Farrell); Sawatski (6,off Williams); Grammas 2 (8,off Farrell,off L Sherry); Taussig (14,off L Sherry).  3B–St. Louis Javier (3,off Farrell).  HR–St. Louis White (18,1st inning off Williams 1 on, 1 out).  SH–McDaniel (3,off Farrell).  HBP–Schaffer (1,by L Sherry).  Team–12.  WP–Farrell (8), Miller (4).  HBP–L Sherry (4,Schaffer).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:11.  A–17,947.
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