St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
September 9, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 9, 1961 at Crosley Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Cincinnati Reds 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 6 0 0 0
Javier 2b 6 0 2 0
White 1b 5 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 1 0
Musial lf 4 0 1 0
  Olivares lf 1 0 1 0
James rf 4 1 1 0
Sawatski c 4 2 2 1
  Schaffer c 1 0 0 0
Lillis ss 2 0 1 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 0 1 1
  Grammas ss 2 0 1 0
Simmons p 2 0 0 0
  Cunningham ph 1 0 0 0
  Gibson p 0 0 0 0
  Bauta p 1 0 1 0
  Jackson ph 0 0 0 0
  Cicotte p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 3 12 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Chacon 2b 4 0 0 0
  Bell ph 1 0 1 0
  Henry p 1 0 0 0
Kasko ss,2b 5 0 0 1
Pinson cf 5 0 1 0
Robinson rf 5 0 1 1
Freese 3b 5 1 1 0
Post lf 4 1 1 0
Gernert 1b 2 0 0 0
  Coleman ph,1b 2 0 1 0
Edwards c 2 0 0 0
  Zimmerman c 0 0 0 0
  Maloney pr 0 1 0 0
  Johnson D. c 2 0 0 0
Johnson K. p 2 0 1 2
  Blasingame ph 0 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
  Cardenas pr,ss 1 1 1 0
Totals 42 4 8 4
St. Louis 000 010 200 0003120
Cincinnati 000 200 100 001480
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons   6.0 4 2 2 3 3
  Gibson   0.0 0 1 1 2 0
  Bauta   5.0 2 0 0 0 3
  Cicotte  L (2-6) 0.2 2 1 1 1 2
Totals
11.2
8
4
4
6
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson   7.0 7 3 2 0 3
  Brosnan   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Henry  W (2-1) 3.0 3 0 0 1 0
Totals
12.0
12
3
2
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2.  PB–Zimmerman (5).  2B–St. Louis Boyer (21,off K Johnson); Schoendienst (9,off K Johnson), Cincinnati Cardenas (16,off Cicotte).  HR–St. Louis Sawatski (9,5th inning off K Johnson 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Jackson (6,off Henry).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Kasko (3,off Bauta).  Team–10.  SB–Flood (5,2nd base off Henry/D Johnson); Olivares (1,2nd base off Henry/D Johnson); Pinson (21,2nd base off Simmons/Sawatski).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:47.  A–11,218.
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