About that Cards-Dodgers game:

Sometimes a simple game summary doesn't tell the full story of my replays, as with the recent posting of Cards-Dodgers from 4/19/61, there was more to it than just a furious 9th inning rally. Starting with the inning-by-inning box score, here are the highlights of a game with everything, poor pitcher control, a highway robbery in left field and a Cardinal who made 3 outs in the 9th inning.

        123 456 789 R-H-E

STL     100 200 005 8-11-0

LAD     302 002 22X 9-12-0

Top of 1st-Red Schoendienst solo homer.

Bottom of 1st-Dodgers sent 9 batters, scored 3 runs, including Frank Howard RBI single. Howard also hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 3rd. 

Top of 4th-Ken Boyer 2-run homer cut lead to 5-3.

Bottom of 4th-Dodgers chase Broglio, who walked 7 in 3.2 innings.

Top of 6th-With Joe Cunningham on base, Boyer hit a very DEEP drive to left. Wally Moon saw to it that it would make a proper place in his glove. Boyer grumbled his way back to the dugout.

Bottom of 6th-Dodgers sent 8 men to the plate, taking advantage of 4 Bob Miller walks, padding the lead to 7-3. Boyer grumbled even louder.

Bottom of 7th-Dodgers added 2 more runs on Norm Larker's league-leading 6th double. He also had 2 sac flies in the 1st and 6th for 4 RBI.

Top of 9th-Walt Moryn led off the inning with a bounce-out to 1st, then the ball bounced and bounced even more, bringing the Cards back from the 9-3 deficit with this sequence: Single/Single/ (Sherry in for Drysdale) RBI Double/2-run single/Single/Walk/Bases loaded walk/RBI single. Then Walt Moryn reappeared at the plate. Game-ending 3-6-3 DP thus making all 3 outs in the 9th.

And Ken Boyer was still grumbling.

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