Redbirds take 2 of 3 from Bravos

The 1960 St. Louis Cardinals squared off against the 1954 Milwaukee Braves in week 6, with the division leading Redbirds grabbing the series 2 games to 1. The series featured terrific pitching in games 1 and 2, with the hitters getting coming to life in the rubber match.

Ernie Broglio and Chet Nichols squared off in the opener, and by the time each guy left the game in the 6th inning they had dropped their ERAs to under 2. The bullpens did their job as well as this one was deadlocked at 1 after nine, and still 1-1 after 10. The Cardinals broke the tie off of Bob Buhl, the fifth Braves hurler, in the top of the 11th on a bases loaded sacrifice fly off the bat of Moose Moryn that plated Ken Boyer, who had walked to start the inning. Lindy McDaniel pitched 3 innings of scoreless relief to get the win.

In game two, peerless lefty Warren Spahn was perfect through 6 2/3 before Stan Musial

lined a crisp single to center to break up the perfecto and no-no. Spahn settled for a 3-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over fellow lefty, young Ray Sadecki. The lone run in the game came in the Milwaukee fourth when Hank Aaron started the inning with a double, and an out later Joe Adcock singled him home.

Game 3 shifted to St. Louis, with the the two teams combining for 24 hits and 14 runs, after managing only 28 hits and 4 runs in the first two games combined. The top six hitters in the Cardinal lineup all got at least two hits, with leadoff man Curt Flood getting 3, and Ken Boyer, Bill White, and Daryl Spencer each drove in a pair. The Braves got home runs from Ed Mathews and Andy Pafko, while the aging Stan Musial cracked number two for the Cards. Curt Simmons ended up being just a little better than Lew Burdette to gain the "W" in the 8-6 Cardinal victory.

--Submitted by Bike Mike--