Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 26, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 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 7, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Groat ss 5 0 1 0
Skinner lf 5 2 2 2
Stuart 1b 5 1 1 0
  McBean p 0 0 0 0
  Gibbon p 0 0 0 0
  Lamabe p 0 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 2 3 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 2 2
Logan 3b 3 0 1 1
Leppert c 4 0 2 1
  Goss pr 0 0 0 0
  Neeman c 0 0 0 0
Sturdivant p 1 0 1 1
  Olivo p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Clendenon 1b 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 14 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 4 1 1 0
Burda rf 3 0 1 0
  Whitfield ph 1 0 0 0
  Duliba p 0 0 0 0
  Schaffer ph 1 0 0 0
White 1b 5 1 2 1
Boyer 3b 4 1 0 0
Musial lf 3 1 2 2
Sawatski c 2 1 1 1
  Oliver ph,c 2 0 0 0
Smith cf 4 0 1 2
Gotay ss 4 0 0 0
McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
  Toth p 0 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 1 1 0
  Ferrarese p 0 0 0 0
  James ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6
Pittsburgh 200 140 0007141
St. Louis 210 010 020691
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Sturdivant  W (7-3) 5.0 6 4 2 1 4
  Olivo   2.1 0 2 2 3 3
  Face   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  McBean   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Gibbon   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lamabe  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
6
4
4
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McDaniel  L (3-9) 4.0 11 7 7 1 3
  Toth   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Ferrarese   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Duliba   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
7
2
6

  E–Stuart (17), Musial (4).  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Musial (12,off Sturdivant); Smith (9,off Face).  HR–Pittsburgh Skinner (20,1st inning off McDaniel 1 on, 1 out), St. Louis Sawatski (10,2nd inning off Sturdivant 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Sturdivant (2,off Toth).  SF–Sturdivant (1,off McDaniel); Logan (2,off Toth).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  SB–Burda (1,2nd base off Sturdivant/Leppert); Musial (2,2nd base off Sturdivant/Leppert).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Ed Vargo, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:57.  A–25,556.
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