Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 24, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 2 1 1 0
  Clendenon rf 3 0 0 0
  Clemente rf 0 0 0 0
Groat ss 3 0 0 1
Goss rf,cf 4 0 1 0
Stuart 1b 4 2 2 1
Skinner lf 2 2 0 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 2 1
Leppert c 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 0
McBean p 4 0 1 1
  Olivo p 0 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 0 2 0
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
White 1b 4 1 1 0
Musial lf 4 0 1 1
Boyer 3b 3 1 1 0
Sawatski c 2 0 0 0
  James pr 0 0 0 0
Clemens rf 3 0 1 1
Gotay ss 4 0 1 0
Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Broglio p 1 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 0 0 0
  Bauta p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Pittsburgh 100 201 001581
St. Louis 100 000 001270
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
McBean  W (5-1) 8.0 6 2 2 4 5
  Olivo   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Face  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (2-3) 3.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Broglio   5.0 1 1 1 1 5
  Bauta   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
3
8

  E–Mazeroski (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1.  PB–Leppert (3).  2B–Pittsburgh Goss (3,off Sadecki); Mazeroski (8,off Sadecki), St. Louis White (9,off McBean).  3B–Pittsburgh Virdon (5,off Sadecki).  HR–Pittsburgh Stuart (4,6th inning off Broglio 0 on, 1 out).  SF–Groat (3,off Sadecki).  Team LOB–5.  Team–8.  SB–Goss (3,3rd base off Sadecki/Sawatski).  CS–Gotay (2,2nd base by McBean/Leppert).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Frank Walsh, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:27.  A–8,536.
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