St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 16, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1965 at Forbes Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 5 2 2 0
Brock lf 3 0 0 0
Flood cf 3 2 2 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 2 2
Groat ss 3 0 0 2
White 1b 4 0 2 1
Shannon rf 4 0 0 0
Uecker c 3 0 1 0
Washburn p 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Purkey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virgil 3b 3 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 0 3 1
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Lynch lf 3 0 1 0
  Mota pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Clendenon 1b 4 0 1 0
Alley 2b 4 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 3 0 0 0
Schofield ss 3 1 1 0
Veale p 2 0 0 0
  Mazeroski ph 1 0 0 0
  Wood p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
St. Louis 000 101 030590
Pittsburgh 000 000 010160
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  W (3-1) 6.0 3 0 0 0 2
  Purkey  SV (2) 3.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
0
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  L (2-2) 8.0 8 5 5 3 6
  Wood   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1.  2B–St. Louis Flood (7,off Veale); White (5,off Veale).  3B–St. Louis Javier (3,off Veale), Pittsburgh Virdon (1,off Purkey).  SH–Brock (4,off Veale); Purkey (2,off Wood); Virgil (1,off Purkey).  Team LOB–5.  Team–5.  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Paul Pryor, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:13.  A–11,081.
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