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St. Louis Cardinals 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 2

May 16,1961

Visiting Team

St. Louis Cardinals (11-14)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (15-11)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

13,578

Time of Game

2:02

Umpires

[HP]: Ed Sudol [1B]: Frank Dascoli [2B]: Frank Secory [3B]: Mel Steiner [LF]: Tony Venzon

St. Louis Cardinals 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 2

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5th inning: NP **Vern Law left with tight shoulder**
6th inning: HR/7D **450 feet**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
St. Louis Cardinals	SLN	11-14		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	0			1	8	0		6	6	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	15-11		0	0	0		0	1	1		0	0	x			2	6	0		2	2	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

St. Louis Cardinals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Don Landrum	cf	25.089	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.154		22	37
2	Joe Cunningham	rf	29.262	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.345		25	620
3	Bill White	1b	27.108	L	4	1	3	0		0	1	.224		24	442
4	Ken Boyer	3b	29.361	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.298		24	872
5	Stan Musial	lf	40.176	L	3	0	1	1		1	1	.228		20	1333
6	Daryl Spencer	ss	31.307	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.256		24	834
7	Julian Javier	2b	24.280	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.277		22	141
	Carl Sawatski	ph	33.193	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.278		14	393
8	Hal Smith	c	29.349	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.203		23	534
9	Curt Simmons	p	31.362	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.357		8	281
	Walt Moryn	ph	35.034	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.167		12	696
Totals

RBI: Stan Musial (8)

GDP: Daryl Spencer (4)

CS: Bill White (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	29.341	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.341		21	786
2	Dick Groat	ss	30.193	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.313		26	839
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	26.271	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.361		26	709
4	Dick Stuart	1b	28.190	R	2	1	2	1		1	0	.311		22	315
5	Joe Christopher	lf	25.154	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.313		11	73
6	Don Hoak	3b	33.100	R	3	1	1	0		0	0	.307		24	867
7	Smoky Burgess	c	34.099	L	3	0	1	1		0	0	.319		16	987
8	Bill Mazeroski	2b	24.253	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.194		26	643
9	Vern Law	p	31.065	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.111		5	265
	Gene Baker	ph	35.335	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.125		5	525
	Roy Face	p	33.085	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.333		11	349
Totals

2B: Dick Stuart (5), Smoky Burgess (4)

HR: Dick Stuart (3)

RBI: Dick Stuart (15), Smoky Burgess (5)

GDP: Roberto Clemente (4), Joe Christopher (1)

St. Louis Cardinals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Curt Simmons	L	L 1-3	6.0	6	2	2	2	1	1		3.65	1.57		6	260
2	Bob Gibson	R		2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0		2.23	1.21		7	47
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Curt Simmons (0-0-0), Bob Gibson (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Vern Law	R		5.0	4	0	0	1	3	0		3.09	1.31		5	268
2	Roy Face	R	W 2-1	4.0	4	1	1	0	3	0		2.25	0.90		11	347
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vern Law (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0)