Pittsburgh Sweeps Last Place Philadelphia. Move To Within 2 Games Of Division Leading Braves

 GAME 3:

Game MVP:Bill Mazeroski

Shibe Park    (02-18-2026 06:40:52)       Time 2:30, 77ø, Wind: 11 MPH Out to LCF  Day Game

Sep 24, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Pittsburgh 81-66         1 0 0   0 0 4   0 0 0      5  8  0
1961 Philadelphia 52-97       0 1 0   0 0 3   0 0 0      4 10  0

Recap

Pit  1st: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks.

Pit      Bob Skinner singled scoring 1 to take the lead.  Pit  1 Phi 0.

Phi  2nd: Scored 1 run on 2 hits.

Phi      Clay Dalrymple hit a grounder scoring 1 to tie the score.  Pit  1 Phi 1.

Pit  6th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 3 hits and on one walk.

Pit      Bill Virdon singled scoring Skinner to take the lead.  Pit  2 Phi 1.

Pit      Bill Mazeroski hit a 3 run HR(16).  Pit  5 Phi 1.

Phi  6th: Scored 3 runs on 2 hits and on one walk.

Phi      Tony Gonzalez hit a 2 run HR(12).  Pit  5 Phi 3.

Phi      Wes Covington hit a solo HR(7).  Pit  5 Phi 4.

Pit  7th: Failed to score on a hit and 2 walks.

Pit      Bob Skinner DP with bases loaded, end 7th.

Pit  Donn Clendenon: 2 for 3, 2 doubles.

Phi  Ruben Amaro: 2 for 3, 3 great plays.

Phi  Wes Covington: 3 for 4, double, HR, 2 runs.

Pit  Larry Foss pitched 6 innings to earn the win: 4 earned runs, 7 hits, 1 BB, 5 K. He's now 1-1 on the season.

Pit  Al McBean pitched a shutout 9th to earn his 2nd save of the year.

Phi  Dallas Green pitched 8 innings and took the loss: 5 earned runs, 8 hits, 5 BB, 2 K. He drops to 5-9 on the year.

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

Foss W(1-1)                   6.0  7  4  4  2  1  5   92  63  29   9.82  24 100(102)       46

 Shantz H(3)                  1.2  0  0  0  0  0  3   17  14   3   3.68   5   75(75)

 Labine H(9)                  0.1  2  0  0  0  0  0   10   7   3   4.77   3   75(75)

 McBean S(2)                  1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0   12   7   5   4.25   4   65(75)

                              9.0 10  4  4  2  1  8  131  91  40   3.95  36

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

Green L(5-9)                  8.0  8  5  5  1  5  2  110  67  43   5.27  35 125(129)  ++   43

 Sullivan                     1.0  0  0  0  0  0  1   12   8   4   4.10   3   80(75)

                              9.0  8  5  5  1  5  3  122  75  47   5.00  38

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 2B-Clendenon 2(2), Covington(13)

 HR-Pit Mazeroski(16) off Green(9) in the 6th with 2 on base, 388 feet

    Phi Gonzalez(12) off Foss(4) in the 6th with 1 on base, 371 feet

    Phi Covington(7) off Foss(5) in the 6th with bases empty, 367 feet

 SB-Pit Skinner(3) off Green(1) + Dalrymple(19), 6th

RBI-Pit  - Mazeroski 3(74), Virdon(62), Skinner(49)

    Phi  - Gonzalez 2(60), Covington(31)

IBB-Pit Burgess off Green

        Stuart off Green

 SH-Amaro(10)

Great-Amaro 3(39), Malkmus(16)

Poor-Stuart(10), Schofield(6)

LOB-Pittsburgh 6 Philadelphia 5

 DP-Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 2

GWRBI-Virdon