Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Sturdivant Shuts Down Phillies. Pirates Dominate Game 1

 GAME 1:

Game MVP:Tom Sturdivant

Ejection:Baldschun

Shibe Park    (02-18-2026 06:19:05)       Time 2:51, 81ø  Night Game

Sep 22, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Pittsburgh 79-66         0 1 1   2 2 3   0 0 0      9 12  1
1961 Philadelphia 52-95       0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      0  3  1


Recap


Pit  2nd: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Pit      Dick Stuart hit a solo HR(37) to take the lead.  Pit  1 Phi 0.

Pit  3rd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Pit      Dick Groat singled scoring 1.  Pit  2 Phi 0.

Pit  4th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 3 hits and on one walk.

Pit      Smoky Burgess tripled scoring Clemente.  Pit  3 Phi 0.

Pit      Bill Mazeroski singled scoring Burgess.  Pit  4 Phi 0.

Pit  5th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 2 hits, on one walk and an error.

Pit      Roberto Clemente hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Pit  5 Phi 0.

Pit      Don Hoak hit a grounder scoring 1.  Pit  6 Phi 0.

Pit  6th: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 3 hits.

Pit      Donn Clendenon HBP scoring Sturdivant.  Pit  7 Phi 0.

Pit      Smoky Burgess singled scoring 2.  Pit  9 Phi 0.

Phi :    Jack Baldschun is ejected.


Pit  Smoky Burgess: 3 for 4, triple, 3 RBI.

Pit  Dick Stuart: 3 for 5, HR.

Phi  Wes Covington: 2 for 4, 2 doubles.


Pit  Tom Sturdivant threw a shutout: 3 hits, 2 BB, 5 K. He's 7-3 on the year.

Phi  Jim Owens pitched 5 innings and took the loss: 5 earned runs, 8 hits, 2 BB, 1 K. He drops to 0-12 on the season.


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Pittsburgh                     IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Sturdivant W(7-3)             9.0  3  0  0  0  2  5  120  86  34   2.89  34 145(146)       84

                              9.0  3  0  0  0  2  5  120  86  34   3.93  34


Philadelphia                   IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Owens L(0-12)                 5.0  8  6  5  1  2  1   92  56  36   5.48  26 120(124)       28

 Baldschun                    0.0  2  3  3  0  0  0   17   9   8   6.06   4   30(33)

 Sullivan                     4.0  2  0  0  0  1  5   57  33  24   4.13  14   70(75)

                              9.0 12  9  8  1  3  6  166  98  68   4.97  44

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  E-Groat(33), Walls(12)

 2B-Covington 2(12)

 3B-Burgess(4)

 HR-Pit Stuart(37) off Owens(10) in the 2nd with bases empty, 345 feet

RBI-Pit  - Burgess 3(52), Stuart(120), Mazeroski(71), Hoak(94), Groat(51), Clemente(83), Clendenon(2)

HBP-Smith(Phi) by Sturdivant(Pit)

    Groat(Pit) by Baldschun(Phi)

    Clendenon(Pit) by Baldschun(Phi)

 SF-Clemente(9)

 SH-Sturdivant(3), Amaro(9)

LOB-Pittsburgh 8 Philadelphia 7

 DP-Philadelphia 1

GWRBI-Stuart


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