Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 23, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1962 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 6, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 1 2 0
Groat ss 3 1 2 1
Skinner lf 4 1 1 2
  Clemente rf 0 0 0 0
Marshall 1b 5 0 0 0
Burgess c 3 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 3 1 1 0
Goss rf,lf 5 1 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 1
Haddix p 3 1 1 0
  Sturdivant p 1 0 0 0
  Olivo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 10 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 0 0 0
Javier 2b 5 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 4 1
Oliver lf 5 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 2 1 2 1
Clemens rf 3 1 0 0
Gotay ss 4 0 1 0
Schaffer c 2 1 1 1
  Sawatski ph,c 1 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 2 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 0 0 0
  Ferrarese p 0 0 0 0
  Musial ph 1 0 0 0
  Bauta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Pittsburgh 410 010 0006101
St. Louis 000 011 010383
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  W (3-2) 6.0 5 2 1 4 2
  Sturdivant   1.1 3 1 1 0 0
  Olivo  SV (2) 1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
5
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (4-5) 1.0 6 5 5 1 0
  McDaniel   5.0 2 1 0 3 4
  Ferrarese   2.0 1 0 0 2 3
  Bauta   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
6
5
7
8

  E–Groat (9), White (2), Boyer 2 (7).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  PB–Burgess (2).  2B–Pittsburgh Hoak (5,off Jackson); Goss (2,off Jackson); Virdon (8,off Jackson); Mazeroski (7,off McDaniel), St. Louis White 2 (8,off Haddix 2); Boyer (10,off Haddix); Schaffer (1,off Haddix).  3B–Pittsburgh Skinner (1,off Jackson).  HR–St. Louis Boyer (5,8th inning off Sturdivant 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Groat (2,off McDaniel).  IBB–Burgess (2,by McDaniel).  Team LOB–11.  Team–10.  WP–McDaniel (4).  IBB–McDaniel (4,Burgess).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Frank Walsh, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:45.  A–9,147.
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