Sep 26, 1961 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1961 Los Angeles(N) 78-71 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 11 0 1961 Pittsburgh 81-67 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 Los Angeles(N) AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Pittsburgh AB R H BI W K 2B 3B HR LOB Avg Wills, M SS 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .263 Virdon CF 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .257 Gilliam 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .258 Groat SS 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .282 Fairly RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .346 Skinner LF 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 .270 Howard PH-RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .272 Stuart 1B 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .282 Moon LF 4 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .349 Clemente RF 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .321 Larker 1B 4 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .243 Burgess C 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .317 Hodges 1B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 Hoak 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .293 Roseboro C 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .243 Mazeroski 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Spencer, D 3B 4 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .317 Friend P 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .111 Davis, W CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .246 Shantz P 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .150 Williams,S P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .108 Face P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davis, T PH 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Clendenon PH 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .385 Sherry, L P 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 32 2 5 2 6 9 0 1 0 12 .269 Perranoski P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 34 5 11 5 4 5 1 0 0 20 .265 Los Angeles(N) IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Williams,S 5.2 5 2 2 0 3 7 107 71 36 3.86 25 110(122) 55 Sherry, L W(10-4) 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 2 34 22 12 2.78 8 75(75) ++ Perranoski S(18) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20 7 13 4.09 5 70(75) 9.0 5 2 2 0 6 9 161 100 61 4.45 38 Pittsburgh IP H R ER HR W K Ct S B ERA BF EPC Stf GSc Friend L(14-12) 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 3 111 76 35 4.15 25 115(119) 47 Shantz 2.1 3 2 1 0 2 0 53 35 18 3.69 13 75(75) Face 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 9 4 3.51 3 30(33) - 9.0 11 5 4 0 4 5 177 120 57 3.95 41 LAD: Howard moved to RF in the 8th Hodges moved to 1B in the 8th Davis hit for Williams,S in the 9th Pit: Clendenon hit for Face in the 9th E-Hoak(18) 2B-Larker(17) 3B-Groat(12) RBI-LAD - Larker 2(42), Moon(88), Roseboro(66), Spencer, D(40) Pit - Groat(52), Skinner(50) SH-Davis, W(7), Williams,S(7), Wills, M(9) Great-Moon(12), Wills, M(53), Mazeroski(43), Groat(42), Virdon(30) LOB-Los Angeles(N) 9 Pittsburgh 9 DP-Pittsburgh 2 GWRBI-Roseboro Game MVP:Norm Larker Forbes Field Game 1 (02-23-2026 13:26:08) Time 2:56, 75ø, Wind: 8 MPH In from RCF Night Game