St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 11, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 11, 1966 at Forbes Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 5 0 1 0
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Flood cf 4 1 1 0
Cepeda 1b 3 1 1 0
Shannon rf 4 0 1 1
McCarver c 3 0 2 2
Spiezio 3b 4 1 1 1
  Smith 3b 0 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 1 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Gagliano ph 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Alley ss 4 1 1 0
Mota cf,lf 3 0 0 0
  Mikkelsen p 0 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 1 1 0
Clendenon 1b 3 1 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 0
Bailey lf 2 0 0 0
  Alou ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Pagan 3b 3 0 0 0
May c 3 0 1 0
Veale p 2 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Stargell ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 4 1
St. Louis 100 010 020492
Pittsburgh 100 200 000340
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   6.0 4 3 2 1 2
  Hughes  W (1-0) 3.0 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
2
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Veale  L (14-11) 7.0 7 4 4 2 5
  Face   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Mikkelsen   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
7

  E–Cepeda (14), Jackson (5).  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–May (4).  2B–Pittsburgh Alley (25,off Jackson); May (4,off Jackson); Clemente (26,off Jackson).  HR–St. Louis Spiezio (1,5th inning off Veale 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Hughes (1,off Mikkelsen); Mota (3,off Jackson).  IBB–Cepeda (10,by Face).  Team LOB–6.  Team–3.  CS–Cepeda (8,Home by Veale/May).  WP–Mikkelsen (3).  IBB–Face (4,Cepeda).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Bill Williams.  T–2:29.  A–17,859.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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