Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 24, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1964 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 3 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Lynch lf 3 1 1 0
Stargell 1b 4 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 4 0 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
McFarlane c 3 0 2 0
Friend p 2 0 0 0
  Clendenon ph 1 0 0 0
  McBean p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 3 0 1 0
Brock lf 4 2 2 0
White 1b 4 2 2 2
Boyer 3b 4 1 2 2
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Skinner rf 1 0 0 0
  Shannon pr,rf 2 0 0 0
McCarver c 2 0 1 1
Javier 2b 3 0 1 0
Gibson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 9 5
Pittsburgh 000 100 000161
St. Louis 000 200 03x590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  L (10-14) 6.0 5 2 2 2 4
  McBean   2.0 4 3 3 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (11-10) 9.0 6 1 1 2 12
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
2
12

  E–McFarlane (1).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–Pittsburgh McFarlane (2,off Gibson).  3B–Pittsburgh Lynch (2,off Gibson).  HR–St. Louis White (16,8th inning off McBean 1 on, 1 out); Boyer (17,8th inning off McBean 0 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–McCarver (3,off Friend).  IBB–Skinner (2,by Friend).  Team–4.  SB–Brock (35,2nd base off McBean/McFarlane).  WP–Friend 2 (2).  IBB–Friend (11,Skinner).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:15.  A–10,881.
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