Pirates Scuttle Braves Chance Of Sweeping Double Dip. Series Tied At 1-1

 GAME 2 (DH)

Game MVP:Dick Stuart

Injury: McBean (today only)

County Stadium     Game 2 (Game 1 - MBr 9, Pit 1)    (10-31-2026 09:50:21)       Time 3:03, 80 , Wind: 9 MPH Out To CF  Day Game

Jun 9, 1962                   1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E

1962 Pittsburgh 26-28         0 2 3   0 0 0   1 0 0      6 12  1

1962 Milwaukee 31-25          0 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0      0  7  2

Recap

Pit  2nd: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits and on one walk.

Pit      Cal Neeman singled scoring 2 to take the lead.  Pit  2 MBr 0.

Pit  3rd: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits, and an error.

Pit      Dick Stuart singled scoring 1.  Pit  3 MBr 0.

Pit      Roberto Clemente hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Pit  4 MBr 0.

Pit      Bill Virdon singled scoring Stuart.  Pit  5 MBr 0.

MBr  3rd: Failed to score on 3 hits.

Pit  7th: Scored 1 run on a hit.

Pit      Dick Stuart hit a solo HR(7).  Pit  6 MBr 0.

Pit  8th: Failed to score on a hit, on one walk and an error.

Pit  Bob Skinner: 2 for 5, 2 doubles.

Pit  Dick Stuart: 3 for 4, double, HR, 2 RBI, 3 runs.

Pit  Al McBean pitched 7.1 innings to earn the win: 7 hits, 2 BB, 6 K. He moves to 4-5 on the year.

MBr  Tony Cloninger pitched 7.2 innings and took the loss: 5 earned runs, 11 hits, 3 BB, 9 K. He drops to 2-3 on the year.

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

McBean W(4-5)                 7.1  7  0  0  0  2  6  116  79  37   3.54  32 110(114)  ++   68

 Sturdivant                   1.2  0  0  0  0  0  0   17  10   7   2.83   5   75(75)

                              9.0  7  0  0  0  2  6  133  89  44   3.81  37

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

Cloninger L(2-3)              7.2 11  6  5  1  3  9  148 101  47   3.92  37 145(143)       41

 Fischer, H                   1.1  1  0  0  0  1  1   30  16  14   4.85   6   30(34)  ++

                              9.0 12  6  5  1  4 10  178 117  61   4.25  43

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MBr: Maye hit for Menke in the 9th

     Bedell hit for Fischer, H in the 9th

  E-Schofield(4), Aaron,H(2), Menke(6)

 2B-Skinner 2(8), Stuart(7), Bell,G(3)

 HR-Pit Stuart(7) off Cloninger(1) in the 7th with bases empty, 342 feet

RBI-Pit  - Clemente(31), Neeman 2(4), Stuart 2(29), Virdon(28)

IBB-Pit Clemente off Fischer

 SF-Clemente(2)

 SH-McBean(4), McMillan,R(9)

Great-Groat(15), Mazeroski(12), Aaron,H(8), McMillan,R(11)

Poor-Stuart(5), Mathews(6)

LOB-Pittsburgh 10 Milwaukee 10

 DP-Milwaukee 1

GWRBI-Neeman