Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 21, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1964 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 8, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Mazeroski 2b 4 2 3 2
Mota cf,lf 5 1 2 1
Clemente rf 4 1 3 1
Freese 3b 4 0 0 0
Lynch lf 3 1 2 4
  Virdon cf 2 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 4 0 0 0
Alley ss 3 3 2 0
Gibbon p 3 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Bork p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 12 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 0 4 0
Brock lf 4 0 2 1
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
  Buchek ss 1 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 5 1 3 0
White 1b 5 1 2 0
Shannon rf 4 1 1 3
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
McCarver c 4 0 0 0
Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 1 0 0 0
  Humphreys p 0 1 0 0
  Warwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Hobbie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 13 4
Pittsburgh 001 052 0008121
St. Louis 000 000 1304131
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gibbon  W (7-3) 7.0 11 4 4 1 6
  Face   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Bork  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
1
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (10-8) 4.1 6 5 5 2 5
  Taylor   1.2 5 3 3 0 3
  Humphreys   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Hobbie   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
8
8
2
10

  E–Freese (9), Sadecki (3).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh Alley 2 (2,off Sadecki,off Taylor), St. Louis Boyer (13,off Gibbon).  HR–Pittsburgh Lynch (9,5th inning off Taylor 3 on, 2 out), St. Louis Shannon (2,8th inning off Gibbon 2 on, 0 out).  SH–Gibbon (2,off Sadecki); Freese (7,off Hobbie); Brock (4,off Gibbon).  SF–Mazeroski (3,off Sadecki).  HBP–Clemente (2,by Hobbie).  Team LOB–7.  Team–10.  SB–Brock (21,2nd base off Gibbon/Pagliaroni).  WP–Sadecki (3).  HBP–Hobbie (2,Clemente).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–3:04.  A–11,805.
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