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Pirates 4 @ Cubs 3
Wrigley Field
August 19, 1961

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 19, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 19, 1961 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 4 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 4
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 3 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherClem Labine  
Losing PitcherJack Curtis  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateAugust 19, 1961 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherHarvey Haddix  
Home Starting PitcherJack Curtis  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance11,777 
Time of Game3 hours 10 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Al Barlick
1B: Bill Jackowski
2B: Ed Vargo
3B: Shag Crawford

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Joe Christopher  Left Fielder 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Dick Stuart  First Baseman 
Don Hoak  Third Baseman 
Don Leppert  Catcher 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Bill Mazeroski  Second Baseman 
Harvey Haddix  Pitcher 
Danny Murtaugh  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Heist  Center Fielder 
Jerry Kindall  Second Baseman 
Ernie Banks  Shortstop 
George Altman  Right Fielder 
Billy Williams  Left Fielder 
Ron Santo  Third Baseman 
Andre Rodgers  First Baseman 
Dick Bertell  Catcher 
Jack Curtis  Pitcher 
El Tappe  Manager 

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Pirates 4 @ Cubs 3
Wrigley Field
August 19, 1961

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/19/1961 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Christopher J, lf     6  1  2  0   Heist A, cf           6  0  0  0   
Groat D, ss           6  1  4  0   Kindall J, 2b         5  0  1  1   
Clemente R, rf        5  1  1  1   Banks E, ss           3  1  2  0   
Stuart D, 1b          4  0  1  1   Altman G, rf          5  0  1  0   
Nelson R, 1b          2  0  0  0   Williams B, lf        3  0  1  0   
Hoak D, 3b            6  0  1  0   Santo R, 3b           4  0  1  1   
Leppert D, c          4  1  3  0   Rodgers A, 1b         3  1  1  0   
Virdon B, cf          5  0  2  1   Will B, ph            1  0  0  0   
Mazeroski B, 2b       4  0  0  0   Bouchee E, 1b         1  0  0  0   
Haddix H, p           4  0  0  0   Bertell D, c          4  0  1  0   
Face R, p             0  0  0  0   Ashburn R, ph         1  0  0  0   
Shantz B, p           0  0  0  0   Curtis J, p           2  1  1  1   
Logan J, ph           1  0  0  0   Taylor S, ph          1  0  0  0   
Labine C, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     47  4 14  3                        39  3  9  3

Pittsburgh       002 001 000 01 --  4
Chicago          000 020 010 00 --  3

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Haddix H              7.1  8  3  3  4  5
Face R                1.1  1  0  0  2  0
Shantz B              0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Labine C (W)          2.0  0  0  0  1  0

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Curtis J (L)         11.0 14  4  3  2  3

E -- Santo R, Kindall J
DP -- Pittsburgh 3
LOB -- Pittsburgh 13, Chicago 10
2B -- Stuart D, Banks E, Rodgers A, Curtis J, Kindall J, Leppert D
SH -- Leppert D
T -- 3:10
A -- 11777

    

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