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Sportsman's Park III, Attendance: 6,878 |
Thursday, May 25, 1961, 8:00PM Time of Game: 2:14 |
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Dodgers
1
24-16
Won 1
2nd, ½ GB
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
Dodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
W: Sandy Koufax (5-2), L: Bob Gibson (2-1) |
Cardinals
0
15-19
Lost 1
6th, 6½ GB
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Los Angeles Dodgers AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details M Wills SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .307 .770 12 9 3 1 GDP J Gilliam 2B 2 0 1 0 2 1 .220 .709 21 8 1 1 2B W Davis CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .874 5 5 0 0 GDP F Howard RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .218 .733 4 3 2 0 B Lillis PH-3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .452 2 2 0 0 D Snider RF-CF-RF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .242 .814 18 11 4 1 T Davis 3B-CF 4 1 1 1 0 2 .307 .853 11 9 2 1 HR N Larker 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .264 .682 10 8 4 0 G Hodges 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 .762 0 0 R Fairly LF 3 0 1 0 1 0 .297 1.044 13 6 2 0 J Roseboro C 4 0 0 0 0 1 .224 .780 12 9 8 0 S Koufax P 1 0 0 0 2 1 .059 .297 13 3 1 1 Totals 30 1 5 0 5 9 121 73 27 5
St.Louis Cardinals AB R H RBI BB SO BA OPS Pit Str PO A Details C Flood CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 .687 20 13 1 0 J Cunningham RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .298 .872 14 9 1 0 B White 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 .263 .680 18 12 4 3 K Boyer 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .287 .801 14 10 1 1 S Musial LF 2 0 1 0 1 0 .291 .869 11 6 2 0 D Spencer SS 2 0 0 0 1 0 .265 .783 14 7 3 4 GDP A Grammas 2B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .566 12 10 3 0 H Smith C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .192 .492 13 8 9 1 B Gibson P 1 0 0 0 1 0 .083 .381 12 5 2 2 C James PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .599 3 3 0 0 L McDaniel P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 1 0 Totals 28 0 3 0 3 8 131 83 27 11
Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA S Koufax, W (5-2) 9 3 0 0 3 8 0 3.42 31 131-83 45·13·25 7·13· 4· 0 86 - 1.64 0.85 Totals 9 3 0 0 3 8 0 31 131-83 45·13·25 7·13· 4· 0 -
St.Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BF Pit-Str Ct·Sw·Lk GB·FB·LD· ? GmSc IR-IS LevI WPA B Gibson, L (2-1) 8 5 1 1 5 8 1 1.64 32 112-67 38·13·16 9· 8· 2· 2 71 - 1.07 0.31 L McDaniel 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.80 3 9-6 4· 1· 1 1· 1· 0· 0 0-0 0.57 0.04 Totals 9 5 1 1 5 9 1 35 121-73 42·14·17 10· 9· 2· 2 -
Los Angeles Dodgers St.Louis Cardinals 1. Maury Wills SS 1. Curt Flood CF 2. Jim Gilliam 2B 2. Joe Cunningham RF 3. Willie Davis CF 3. Bill White 1B 4. Duke Snider RF 4. Ken Boyer 3B 5. Tommy Davis 3B 5. Stan Musial LF 6. Norm Larker 1B 6. Daryl Spencer SS 7. Ron Fairly LF 7. Alex Grammas 2B 8. Johnny Roseboro C 8. Hal Smith C 9. Sandy Koufax P 9. Bob Gibson P
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| b9 | 1 | 12- | OO | 2,(1-0) | 35% | 100% | 0-1 | STL | K. Boyer | S. Koufax | Line Drive Double Play: RF-2B |
| t7 | 0 | --- | R | 2,(1-0) | 18% | 68% | 0-0 | LAD | T. Davis | B. Gibson | Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF) |
| b9 | 0 | --- | 5,(2-2) | -13% | 65% | 0-1 | STL | C. Flood | S. Koufax | Single to CF (Ground Ball) | |
| b9 | 0 | 1-- | O | 5,(2-2) | 13% | 77% | 0-1 | STL | J. Cunningham | S. Koufax | Flyball: LF |
| b9 | 1 | 1-- | 2,(0-1) | -13% | 65% | 0-1 | STL | B. White | S. Koufax | Single to LF (Line Drive); Flood to 2B |
| Inn | Out | RoB | R/O | Pit(cnt) | wWPA | wWE | Score | @Bat | Batter | Pitcher | Play Description |
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| Top of the 1st, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| t1 | 0 | --- | O | 3,(1-1) | -2% | 48% | 0-0 | LAD | M. Wills | B. Gibson | Groundout: SS-1B |
| t1 | 1 | --- | 5,(3-1) | 2% | 50% | 0-0 | LAD | J. Gilliam | B. Gibson | Walk | |
| t1 | 1 | 1-- | OO | 1,(0-0) | -5% | 45% | 0-0 | LAD | W. Davis | B. Gibson | Ground Ball Double Play: P-SS-1B |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| b1 | 0 | --- | O | 6,(2-2) | 2% | 47% | 0-0 | STL | C. Flood | S. Koufax | Strikeout Looking |
| b1 | 1 | --- | O | 1,(0-0) | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | STL | J. Cunningham | S. Koufax | Flyball: SS |
| b1 | 2 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | 1% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | B. White | S. Koufax | Strikeout Swinging |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 2nd, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| t2 | 0 | --- | 4,(2-1) | 4% | 54% | 0-0 | LAD | D. Snider | B. Gibson | Single to CF (Ground Ball) | |
| t2 | 0 | 1-- | O | 4,(1-2) | -3% | 50% | 0-0 | LAD | T. Davis | B. Gibson | Strikeout Swinging |
| t2 | 1 | 1-- | O | 1,(0-0) | -3% | 47% | 0-0 | LAD | N. Larker | B. Gibson | Flyball: 2B |
| t2 | 2 | 1-- | 3,(1-1) | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | LAD | R. Fairly | B. Gibson | Single to 1B; Snider to 2B | |
| t2 | 2 | 12- | O | 6,(2-2) | -4% | 45% | 0-0 | LAD | J. Roseboro | B. Gibson | Strikeout Swinging |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| b2 | 0 | --- | O | 4,(0-2) | 2% | 47% | 0-0 | STL | K. Boyer | S. Koufax | Strikeout Swinging |
| b2 | 1 | --- | 2,(0-1) | -3% | 44% | 0-0 | STL | S. Musial | S. Koufax | Single to CF (Fly Ball) | |
| b2 | 1 | 1-- | OO | 1,(0-0) | 6% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | D. Spencer | S. Koufax | Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 3rd, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| t3 | 0 | --- | 4,(3-0) | 4% | 54% | 0-0 | LAD | S. Koufax | B. Gibson | Walk | |
| t3 | 0 | 1-- | OO | 1,(0-0) | -8% | 45% | 0-0 | LAD | M. Wills | B. Gibson | Ground Ball Double Play: Bunt C-SS-2B |
| t3 | 2 | --- | 4,(2-1) | 3% | 48% | 0-0 | LAD | J. Gilliam | B. Gibson | Double to LF (Fly Ball) | |
| t3 | 2 | -2- | O | 4,(0-2) | -4% | 44% | 0-0 | LAD | W. Davis | B. Gibson | Groundout: 1B-P |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| b3 | 0 | --- | O | 5,(1-2) | 3% | 47% | 0-0 | STL | A. Grammas | S. Koufax | Groundout: 3B-1B |
| Duke Snider moves from RF to CF; Frank Howard replaces Willie Davis (CF) playing RF batting 3rd | |||||||||||
| b3 | 1 | --- | O | 6,(2-2) | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | STL | H. Smith | S. Koufax | Strikeout Looking |
| b3 | 2 | --- | 6,(3-2) | -1% | 47% | 0-0 | STL | B. Gibson | S. Koufax | Walk | |
| b3 | 2 | 1-- | O | 3,(0-2) | 3% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | C. Flood | S. Koufax | Groundout: SS unassisted/Forceout at 2B |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 4th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 4-5-6 | |||||||||||
| t4 | 0 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | -3% | 47% | 0-0 | LAD | D. Snider | B. Gibson | Flyball: 3B |
| t4 | 1 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | -2% | 45% | 0-0 | LAD | T. Davis | B. Gibson | Strikeout Swinging |
| t4 | 2 | --- | 2,(1-0) | 2% | 47% | 0-0 | LAD | N. Larker | B. Gibson | Single to P | |
| t4 | 2 | 1-- | O | 1,(0-0) | -3% | 44% | 0-0 | LAD | R. Fairly | B. Gibson | Groundout: 3B-1B |
| 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| b4 | 0 | --- | O | 2,(1-0) | 3% | 47% | 0-0 | STL | J. Cunningham | S. Koufax | Groundout: 1B unassisted |
| b4 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | 2% | 49% | 0-0 | STL | B. White | S. Koufax | Strikeout Swinging |
| b4 | 2 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | 1% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | K. Boyer | S. Koufax | Strikeout Swinging |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 5th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 8-9-1 | |||||||||||
| t5 | 0 | --- | O | 3,(1-1) | -3% | 47% | 0-0 | LAD | J. Roseboro | B. Gibson | Flyball: LF |
| t5 | 1 | --- | O | 5,(2-2) | -2% | 45% | 0-0 | LAD | S. Koufax | B. Gibson | Strikeout Swinging |
| t5 | 2 | --- | O | 6,(2-2) | -1% | 43% | 0-0 | LAD | M. Wills | B. Gibson | Lineout: P |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| b5 | 0 | --- | O | 3,(1-1) | 3% | 46% | 0-0 | STL | S. Musial | S. Koufax | Groundout: P unassisted |
| b5 | 1 | --- | 6,(3-2) | -3% | 43% | 0-0 | STL | D. Spencer | S. Koufax | Walk | |
| b5 | 1 | 1-- | O | 3,(0-2) | 4% | 47% | 0-0 | STL | A. Grammas | S. Koufax | Strikeout Swinging |
| b5 | 2 | 1-- | O | 3,(2-0) | 3% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | H. Smith | S. Koufax | Flyball: CF |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 6th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| t6 | 0 | --- | O | 6,(3-2) | -4% | 46% | 0-0 | LAD | J. Gilliam | B. Gibson | Strikeout Swinging |
| t6 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | -3% | 44% | 0-0 | LAD | F. Howard | B. Gibson | Strikeout Swinging |
| t6 | 2 | --- | O | 3,(1-1) | -2% | 42% | 0-0 | LAD | D. Snider | B. Gibson | Groundout: P-1B |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax facing 9-1-2 | |||||||||||
| b6 | 0 | --- | O | 6,(3-2) | 3% | 46% | 0-0 | STL | B. Gibson | S. Koufax | Flyball: RF |
| b6 | 1 | --- | O | 6,(3-2) | 3% | 48% | 0-0 | STL | C. Flood | S. Koufax | Lineout: RF |
| b6 | 2 | --- | O | 6,(2-2) | 2% | 50% | 0-0 | STL | J. Cunningham | S. Koufax | Groundout: P-1B |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 7th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 5-6-7 | |||||||||||
| t7 | 0 | --- | R | 2,(1-0) | 18% | 68% | 0-0 | LAD | T. Davis | B. Gibson | Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF) |
| t7 | 0 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | -3% | 65% | 1-0 | LAD | N. Larker | B. Gibson | Strikeout Looking |
| t7 | 1 | --- | 5,(3-1) | 3% | 68% | 1-0 | LAD | R. Fairly | B. Gibson | Walk | |
| t7 | 1 | 1-- | O | 2,(0-1) | -3% | 65% | 1-0 | LAD | J. Roseboro | B. Gibson | Flyball: LF (Deep LF) |
| t7 | 2 | 1-- | 4,(3-0) | 2% | 67% | 1-0 | LAD | S. Koufax | B. Gibson | Walk; Fairly to 2B | |
| t7 | 2 | 12- | O | 2,(0-1) | -5% | 62% | 1-0 | LAD | M. Wills | B. Gibson | Flyball: RF |
| 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax facing 3-4-5 | |||||||||||
| b7 | 0 | --- | O | 7,(3-2) | 5% | 67% | 0-1 | STL | B. White | S. Koufax | Foul Flyball: 3B |
| b7 | 1 | --- | O | 3,(1-1) | 4% | 71% | 0-1 | STL | K. Boyer | S. Koufax | Flyball: CF |
| b7 | 2 | --- | 6,(3-2) | -3% | 68% | 0-1 | STL | S. Musial | S. Koufax | Walk | |
| b7 | 2 | 1-- | O | 7,(3-2) | 5% | 73% | 0-1 | STL | D. Spencer | S. Koufax | Flyball: LF |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 8th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals' Bob Gibson facing 2-3-4 | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | --- | 6,(3-2) | 4% | 77% | 1-0 | LAD | J. Gilliam | B. Gibson | Walk | |
| Bob Lillis pinch hits for Frank Howard (RF) batting 3rd | |||||||||||
| t8 | 0 | 1-- | O | 2,(0-1) | -3% | 73% | 1-0 | LAD | B. Lillis | B. Gibson | Bunt Groundout: 1B-SS/Forceout at 2B |
| t8 | 1 | 1-- | O | 6,(2-2) | -3% | 70% | 1-0 | LAD | D. Snider | B. Gibson | Strikeout Swinging |
| t8 | 2 | 1-- | O | 2,(0-1) | -3% | 67% | 1-0 | LAD | T. Davis | B. Gibson | Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax facing 7-8-9 | |||||||||||
| Bob Lillis moves from PH to 3B; Tommy Davis moves from 3B to CF; Duke Snider moves from CF to RF | |||||||||||
| b8 | 0 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | 7% | 74% | 0-1 | STL | A. Grammas | S. Koufax | Flyball: RF |
| b8 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | 5% | 79% | 0-1 | STL | H. Smith | S. Koufax | Lineout: CF |
| Charlie James pinch hits for Bob Gibson (P) batting 9th | |||||||||||
| b8 | 2 | --- | O | 3,(0-2) | 3% | 82% | 0-1 | STL | C. James | S. Koufax | Strikeout Swinging |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Top of the 9th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 1-0, Cardinals' Lindy McDaniel facing 6-7-8 | |||||||||||
| Lindy McDaniel replaces Charlie James (PH) pitching and batting 9th | |||||||||||
| t9 | 0 | --- | O | 4,(1-2) | -2% | 81% | 1-0 | LAD | N. Larker | L. McDaniel | Strikeout Swinging |
| t9 | 1 | --- | O | 4,(2-1) | -1% | 79% | 1-0 | LAD | R. Fairly | L. McDaniel | Groundout: 1B-P |
| t9 | 2 | --- | O | 1,(0-0) | -1% | 78% | 1-0 | LAD | J. Roseboro | L. McDaniel | Flyball: CF |
| 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
| Bottom of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-1, Dodgers' Sandy Koufax facing 1-2-3 | |||||||||||
| Gil Hodges replaces Norm Larker playing 1B batting 6th | |||||||||||
| b9 | 0 | --- | 5,(2-2) | -13% | 65% | 0-1 | STL | C. Flood | S. Koufax | Single to CF (Ground Ball) | |
| b9 | 0 | 1-- | O | 5,(2-2) | 13% | 77% | 0-1 | STL | J. Cunningham | S. Koufax | Flyball: LF |
| b9 | 1 | 1-- | 2,(0-1) | -13% | 65% | 0-1 | STL | B. White | S. Koufax | Single to LF (Line Drive); Flood to 2B | |
| b9 | 1 | 12- | OO | 2,(1-0) | 35% | 100% | 0-1 | STL | K. Boyer | S. Koufax | Line Drive Double Play: RF-2B |
| 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0. | |||||||||||
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