Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 22, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 22, 1961 at Busch Stadium I. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 2 1 0
Gilliam 3b 4 2 1 0
Moon rf,lf 4 1 2 2
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 1
Fairly cf 5 0 1 1
Windhorn lf 1 0 0 0
  Snider ph,rf 3 1 1 1
Neal 2b 5 0 1 0
Sherry c 2 0 0 0
Drysdale p 4 0 1 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 0 1 0
Javier 2b 5 0 1 0
White 1b 4 1 1 1
Musial lf 4 0 1 0
  Lillis pr 0 0 0 0
  Taussig lf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 1 2 0
Sawatski c 3 1 1 2
  Warwick ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Cunningham rf 3 0 1 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Schaffer c 0 0 0 0
Buchek ss 2 0 0 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 1 0
  Clemens ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Olivares ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Los Angeles 003 200 100680
St. Louis 100 002 000393
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  W (12-9) 6.2 8 3 3 1 1
  Perranoski  SV (5) 2.1 1 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (14-9) 2.1 2 3 2 5 0
  Miller   0.2 3 2 2 1 1
  McDaniel   4.0 2 1 1 1 4
  Anderson   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
7
6

  E–Javier (18), Boyer (23), Sadecki (7).  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Sawatski 2 (6).  2B–Los Angeles Gilliam (25,off Miller); Moon (25,off Miller), St. Louis Musial (21,off Perranoski).  HR–Los Angeles Snider (16,7th inning off McDaniel 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis White (20,1st inning off Drysdale 0 on, 2 out); Sawatski (10,6th inning off Drysdale 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Hodges (3,off Sadecki).  IBB–Snider (2,by McDaniel).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  IBB–McDaniel (11,Snider).  U–Ed Vargo, Shag Crawford, Al Barlick, Bill Jackowski, Lee Weyer.  T–2:56.  A–15,154.
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