Starting Lineups:
Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals
1. Beard rf Walker cf
2. Hopp 1b Schoendienst 2b
3. Kiner lf Musial rf
4. Fernandez 3b Slaughter lf
5. Westlake cf Kazak 3b
6. Murtaugh 2b Nelson 1b
7. Rojek ss Garagiola c
8. FitzGerald c Miller ss
9. Chesnes p Staley p
PIRATES 1ST: First Opening Day night game in Major League
history; Beard grounded out (second to first); Hopp grounded
out (first unassisted); Kiner singled; Fernandez popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 0.
CARDINALS 1ST: Walker grounded out (pitcher to first);
Schoendienst homered; Musial walked; Slaughter struck out; Kazak
flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals
1.
PIRATES 2ND: Westlake popped to first; Murtaugh singled; Rojek
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first)
[Murtaugh out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0,
Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 2ND: Nelson grounded out (first unassisted); Garagiola
singled; Miller singled [Garagiola to second]; Staley out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Miller to second, Garagiola
to third]; Walker walked; Schoendienst grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.
PIRATES 3RD: FitzGerald grounded out (third to first); Chesnes
grounded out (second to first); Beard grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 1.
CARDINALS 3RD: Musial homered; Slaughter grounded out (first
unassisted); Kazak flied out to center; Nelson popped to second;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 2.
PIRATES 4TH: Hopp grounded out (first unassisted); Kiner popped
to third; Fernandez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 0, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 4TH: Garagiola walked; Miller walked [Garagiola to
second]; On a bunt Staley grounded into a double play (pitcher
to third to second) [Miller to second, Garagiola out at third];
Walker grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Pirates 0, Cardinals 2.
PIRATES 5TH: Westlake struck out; Murtaugh flied out to center;
Rojek made an out to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0,
Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 5TH: Schoendienst grounded out (first unassisted);
Musial grounded out (catcher to first); Slaughter struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 0, Cardinals 2.
PIRATES 6TH: FitzGerald doubled; Chesnes walked; Beard out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Chesnes to second, FitzGerald
to third]; Hopp singled [Chesnes scored, FitzGerald scored];
Kiner flied out to right; Fernandez grounded out (shortstop to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 2.
CARDINALS 6TH: Kazak singled; Nelson out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Kazak to second]; Garagiola singled [Kazak
scored, Garagiola out at second (right to second)]; Miller
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Pirates 2, Cardinals 3.
PIRATES 7TH: Westlake singled; Murtaugh walked [Westlake to
second]; Rojek forced Westlake (catcher to third) [Murtaugh to
second]; FitzGerald flied out to center; Chesnes popped to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 3.
CARDINALS 7TH: Staley grounded out (second to first); Walker
popped to third in foul territory; Schoendienst singled; Musial
singled [Schoendienst to second]; Slaughter singled [Musial to
second, Schoendienst scored]; Kazak forced Slaughter (pitcher to
second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Pirates 2, Cardinals 4.
PIRATES 8TH: Beard singled; Hopp popped to third in foul
territory; Kiner grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Beard out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2,
Cardinals 4.
CARDINALS 8TH: LOMBARDI REPLACED CHESNES (PITCHING); Nelson
grounded out (second to pitcher); Garagiola singled; Miller
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Garagiola out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates 2,
Cardinals 4.
PIRATES 9TH: DIERING REPLACED WALKER (PLAYING CF); SAFFELL
BATTED FOR FERNANDEZ; Saffell popped to second; Westlake struck
out; Murtaugh flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Pirates
2, Cardinals 4.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Pirates 2 6 0 4
Cardinals 4 10 0 7
