Pittsburgh Pirates 2 – 6 St. Louis Cardinals
2 September 1963 · STL07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Steal of Home | Ron Taylor | 1 in 107 games |
| 19 | final score 6–2 | 1 in 44 games | |
| 14 | 8 total bases | Bill Virdon | 1 in 167 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | 12 | 0 |
Box score
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Schofield | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bill Virdon | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | HR, 3B |
| Roberto Clemente | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3B, 2B |
| Smoky Burgess | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Willie Stargell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bill Mazeroski | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Donn Clendenon | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Bob Bailey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Joe Gibbon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Earl Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ted Savage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jerry Lynch | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 38 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Gibbon | 1.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Earl Francis | 4.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Harvey Haddix | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Javier | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dick Groat | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Musial | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Ken Boyer | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | HR |
| Bill White | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Curt Flood | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tim McCarver | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Altman | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Ron Taylor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals | 34 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Taylor | 9.0 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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