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Wednesday June 24, 1970
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After overcoming a 3-0 deficit, the Pirates scored on two singles around an error in the 11th inning to defeat the Cardinals. 4-3. Dick Allen homered with a man on base for the Cards. With the score tied, Gene Alley opened the 11th with a single and Roberto Clemente was safe on an error by Julian Javier. Luke Walker struck out trying to sacrifice, but Al Oliver came through with a single to score Alley with the winning run. [The Sporting News]


Pittsburgh Pirates 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Game Played on Wednesday, June 24, 1970 (Night game) at Forbes Field

Cardinals    0  0  0    2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  -   3  7  3
Pirates      0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  1    0  1  -   4 10  1


Cardinals            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Pirates              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brock lf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .307      Alou cf               6   1   2   0     0   0   .277
Cardenal cf           3   2   2   0     2   0   .309      Alley ss              5   1   2   1     0   0   .234
Allen 1b              5   1   3   2     0   2   .288      Clemente rf           5   1   2   0     1   0   .335
Torre 3b              4   0   0   1     1   2   .294      Robertson 1b          3   0   1   0     1   1   .302
Lee rf                4   0   0   0     0   0   .246        Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Simmons c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .238        Mazeroski ph        1   0   0   1     0   0   .207
Javier 2b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .230        Pena p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Maxvill ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .183        Walker p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Hrabosky p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Oliver lf,1b          5   0   1   1     1   0   .251
  Hartenstein p       1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Cash 2b               3   0   0   0     2   1   .278
  Abernathy p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      J. May c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .207
  Davalillo ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .302        Stargell ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .249
  McCool p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sanguillen c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .288
  Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Patek pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .228
                                                            Ricketts c          0   0   0   0     1   0   .125
                                                          Hebner 3b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .308
                                                          Blass p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .105
                                                            Pagan ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .229
                                                            Jeter pr,lf         1   1   0   0     1   0   .200

Totals               37   3   7   3     3   9             Totals               42   4  10   3     7   3

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance:  8,095
Left on Base: Cardinals 4, Pirates 15
DP: Cardinals 1, Pirates 1
Errors: Javier 2, Maxvill, Ricketts
Doubles: Clemente (10)
Home Runs: Allen (20)
Stolen Bases: Davalillo (1)
Caught Stealing: Simmons (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Alley (3)
GIDP: Lee (3), Hebner (5)


Cardinals              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hrabosky                5.2   4   1   1   2   0   0  24   1.04
Hartenstein             2.2   4   2   2   1   1   0  14   4.30
Abernathy               0.2   0   0   0   2   1   0   4   2.81
McCool L(0-2)           1     1   1   1   2   0   0   5   4.58
Linzy                   0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   5.20
Totals                 10.1  10   4   4   7   3   0  50

Pirates                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blass                   7     4   3   3   3   6   1  26   3.67
Giusti                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.72
Pena                    0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.25
Walker W(6-3)           1.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   4   3.16
Totals                 11     7   3   3   3   9   1  40

Wild Pitches: Hrabosky (1), Abernathy (1)

Umpires: HP - Frank Dezelan, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Stan Landes, 3B - Doug Harvey


CARDINALS 1ST: Brock grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenal
walked; Allen struck out; Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 1ST: Alou flied out to left; Alley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Clemente singled to left; Robertson walked
[Clemente to second]; Oliver flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 2ND: Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); Simmons
grounded out (shortstop to first); Javier popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 2ND: Cash grounded out (shortstop to first); J. May
grounded out (third to first); Hebner flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 3RD: Maxvill was called out on strikes; Hrabosky
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 0, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 3RD: Blass singled to right; Alou flied out to right;
Alley forced Blass (shortstop to second); Clemente forced Alley
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 0,
Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 4TH: Cardenal walked; Allen homered [Cardenal scored];
Torre walked; Lee grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Torre out at second]; Simmons grounded out
(first to pitcher); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Pirates
0.

PIRATES 4TH: Robertson flied out to center; Oliver reached on an
error by Javier [Oliver to first]; Cash flied out to center; J.
May grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 5TH: Javier flied out to center; Maxvill struck out;
Hrabosky grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 5TH: Hebner flied out to center; Blass grounded out
(second to first); Alou grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 2, Pirates 0.

CARDINALS 6TH: Brock grounded out (second to first); Cardenal
singled to center; Allen singled to center [Cardenal to third];
Torre forced Allen (shortstop to second) [Cardenal scored]; Lee
forced Torre (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Pirates 0.

PIRATES 6TH: Alley flied out to center; Clemente doubled to
right; Robertson singled to left [Clemente to third]; Hrabosky
threw a wild pitch [Clemente scored, Robertson to second];
Oliver flied out to right [Robertson to third]; Cash walked;
HARTENSTEIN REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); STARGELL BATTED FOR J.
MAY; Stargell forced Cash (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Pirates 1.

CARDINALS 7TH: SANGUILLEN REPLACED STARGELL (PLAYING C );
Simmons singled to center; Simmons was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Javier struck out; Maxvill grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Pirates 1.

PIRATES 7TH: Hebner grounded out (first to pitcher); PAGAN
BATTED FOR BLASS; Pagan singled to center; JETER RAN FOR PAGAN;
Alou singled to right [Jeter to third]; Alley hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Jeter scored, Alou to second]; Clemente reached on
an error by Maxvill [Alou to third, Clemente to first];
Robertson struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Pirates 2.

CARDINALS 8TH: JETER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GIUSTI
REPLACED ROBERTSON (PITCHING); OLIVER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
1B); Hartenstein struck out; Brock grounded out (first to
pitcher); Cardenal singled to left; Allen singled to left
[Cardenal out at third (left to third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Pirates 2.

PIRATES 8TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Cash walked;
Sanguillen forced Cash (third to second); PATEK RAN FOR
SANGUILLEN; Hebner lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Cardinals 3, Pirates 2.

CARDINALS 9TH: RICKETTS REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING C ); Torre flied
out to right; Lee grounded out (pitcher to first); Simmons
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals 3, Pirates
2.

PIRATES 9TH: Jeter flied out to left; Alou singled to center;
Alley singled to right [Alou to third]; ABERNATHY REPLACED
HARTENSTEIN (PITCHING); Abernathy threw a wild pitch [Alley to
second]; Clemente was walked intentionally; MAZEROSKI BATTED FOR
GIUSTI; Mazeroski grounded out (second to first) [Alou scored,
Alley to third, Clemente to second]; Oliver was walked
intentionally; Cash struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Cardinals
3, Pirates 3.

CARDINALS 10TH: PENA REPLACED MAZEROSKI (PITCHING); Javier
popped to catcher in foul territory; Maxvill flied out to right;
DAVALILLO BATTED FOR ABERNATHY; Davalillo singled to right;
WALKER REPLACED PENA (PITCHING); Davalillo stole second
[Davalillo to third (error by Ricketts)]; Brock grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Pirates 3.

PIRATES 10TH: MCCOOL REPLACED DAVALILLO (PITCHING); Ricketts
walked; Hebner grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Ricketts out at second]; Jeter walked; Alou forced
Jeter (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Cardinals 3,
Pirates 3.

CARDINALS 11TH: Cardenal grounded out (second to first); Allen
struck out; Torre struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Cardinals
3, Pirates 3.

PIRATES 11TH: Alley singled to center; LINZY REPLACED MCCOOL
(PITCHING); Clemente reached on an error by Javier [Alley to
second, Clemente to first]; Walker struck out; Oliver singled to
center [Alley scored, Clemente to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Cardinals 3, Pirates 4.



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