Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 28, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1966 at Busch Stadium II. 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alley ss 3 0 1 0
Mota cf 4 1 0 1
Clemente rf 3 1 1 2
Clendenon 1b 4 0 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 3 1 1 1
Bailey lf 2 0 0 0
  Stargell lf 2 0 0 0
Pagliaroni c 3 1 1 0
Pagan 3b 4 0 0 0
O'Dell p 1 1 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 1 0 1 0
Totals 30 5 6 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 3 0 1 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Piche p 0 0 0 0
Brock lf 4 1 3 0
Savage rf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 3 0 1 1
Gagliano 3b 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 4 0 0 0
Corrales c 2 0 1 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 1 0
  Buchek 2b 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 0 0
Carlton p 2 0 0 0
  Dennis p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Pittsburgh 000 004 001560
St. Louis 000 001 000190
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
O'Dell  W (5-4) 5.1 7 1 1 0 3
  Mikkelsen  SV (11) 3.2 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Carlton  L (2-2) 5.2 3 4 4 3 1
  Dennis   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Piche   2.0 2 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1, St. Louis 3.  2B–Pittsburgh Pagliaroni (19,off Carlton); Clemente (23,off Carlton); Clendenon (17,off Dennis).  HR–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (13,9th inning off Piche 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  SB–Mota (7,2nd base off Piche/McCarver); Shannon (7,2nd base off Mikkelsen/Pagliaroni).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Ed Vargo, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Harry Wendelstedt.  T–2:36.  A–46,211.
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