Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 2, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1965 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 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Clendenon 1b 4 1 1 0
Stargell lf 3 1 0 0
Lynch rf 3 1 2 3
  Mota rf 1 0 0 0
  Clemente ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Bailey 3b 4 0 1 1
Alley 2b 4 0 0 0
Crandall c 3 0 3 0
Veale p 4 0 0 0
  McBean p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 3 1 1 1
Brock lf 4 0 1 1
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 1
White 1b 4 1 1 1
Shannon rf 2 0 0 0
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
Uecker c 2 1 0 0
Purkey p 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Warwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 1 1 0
  Washburn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 5 4
Pittsburgh 013 000 000481
St. Louis 000 100 031553
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale   7.0 4 4 4 3 9
  McBean  L (1-2) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
5
5
5
3
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey   3.0 6 4 4 1 5
  Taylor   3.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Schultz   2.0 0 0 0 2 4
  Washburn  W (2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
11

  E–Alley (5), Boyer (2), Javier 2 (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Gagliano (1,off Veale).  HR–Pittsburgh Lynch (1,2nd inning off Purkey 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Boyer (1,4th inning off Veale 0 on, 2 out); White (2,9th inning off McBean 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Virdon (1,off Washburn).  IBB–Crandall (2,by Schultz); Stargell (2,by Washburn).  Team LOB–10.  Team–3.  SB–Clendenon (2,2nd base off Schultz/Uecker).  WP–Purkey (1).  IBB–Schultz (1,Crandall); Washburn (1,Stargell).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:24.  A–23,630.
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