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Pittsburgh Pirates 8 San Francisco Giants 7

April 11,1961

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (1-0)

Home Team

San Francisco Giants (0-1)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Candlestick Park

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

41,423

Time of Game

2:30

Umpires

[HP]: Jocko Conlan [1B]: Augie Donatelli [2B]: Ken Burkhart [3B]: Chris Pelekoudas [LF]: Mel Steiner

Pittsburgh Pirates 8 San Francisco Giants 7

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**Debut for umpire Mel Steiner**
1st inning: **Debut game for Tom Haller**
2nd inning: **Debut game for Chuck Hiller**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	1-0		0	0	0		3	0	2		0	0	3			8	11	2		3	3	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
San Francisco Giants	SFN	0-1		2	0	1		1	2	0		1	0	0			7	9	1		7	7	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	29.306	L	5	2	2	3		0	0	.400		1	766
2	Dick Groat	ss	30.158	R	5	2	2	0		0	0	.400		1	814
3	Bob Skinner	lf	29.190	L	4	2	2	0		0	1	.500		1	716
4	Rocky Nelson	1b	36.144	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.250		1	411
5	Roberto Clemente	rf	26.236	R	4	0	1	2		0	0	.250		1	684
6	Don Hoak	3b	33.065	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.000		1	844
7	Bill Mazeroski	2b	24.218	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.250		1	618
8	Smoky Burgess	c	34.064	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.333		1	972
	Dick Schofield	ph	26.094	B	1	1	1	0		0	0	1.000		1	356
9	Bob Friend	p	30.138	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	299
	Gino Cimoli	ph	31.114	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	558
	Dick Stuart	ph	28.155	R	0	0	0	0		1	0			1	294
Totals

Errors: Dick Groat, Bill Mazeroski

2B: Dick Schofield (1)

HR: Bill Virdon (1)

RBI: Bill Virdon 3 (3), Roberto Clemente 2 (2), Bill Mazeroski (1)

San Francisco Giants - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Felipe Alou	lf	25.334	R	5	0	2	0		0	0	.400		1	268
2	Harvey Kuenn	3b	30.128	R	5	2	1	0		0	0	.200		1	1173
3	Willie Mays	cf	29.340	R	4	2	1	1		1	0	.250		1	1128
4	Willie McCovey	1b	23.091	L	5	1	2	2		0	0	.400		1	152
5	Orlando Cepeda	rf	23.206	R	4	1	2	3		0	0	.500		1	439
6	Tom Haller	c	23.292	L	3	1	0	0		1	1	.000		1	1
7	Chuck Hiller	2b	26.192	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.250		1	1
8	Eddie Bressoud	ss	28.344	R	3	0	0	1		0	1	.000		1	367
9	Sam Jones	p	35.118	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		1	210
	Stu Miller	p	33.106	R	1	0	0	0		1	0	.000		1	256
Totals

Errors: Willie Mays

2B: Harvey Kuenn (1), Willie Mays (1), Willie McCovey (1)

HR: Willie McCovey (1), Orlando Cepeda (1)

RBI: Willie Mays (1), Willie McCovey 2 (2), Orlando Cepeda 3 (3), Eddie Bressoud (1)

SH: Sam Jones (1)

SF: Eddie Bressoud (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Friend	R		4.2	7	6	6	2	2	2		11.57	1.93		1	309
2	Fred Green	L		1.1	0	0	0	1	1	0		0.00	0.75		1	62
3	Roy Face	R	W 1-0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.50		1	337
4	Clem Labine	R	SV 1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	1.00		1	452
Totals				0.0

WP: Roy Face (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Friend (0-0-0), Fred Green (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0), Clem Labine (0-0-0)

San Francisco Giants - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Sam Jones	R		5.0	7	5	5	0	4	0		9.00	1.40		1	224
2	Stu Miller	R		3.2	3	2	2	1	2	0		4.91	1.09		1	255
3	Mike McCormick	L	L 0-1	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	1		27.00	3.00		1	153
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Sam Jones (0-0-0), Stu Miller (0-0-0), Mike McCormick (0-0-0)