St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
May 12, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1951 at Crosley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 8, Cincinnati Reds 6

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 5 0 0 0
Lowrey lf,3b 5 1 2 0
Slaughter rf 5 0 1 0
Garagiola c 4 0 1 1
  Bollweg 1b 1 1 0 0
Nelson 1b,lf 4 2 1 0
Richmond 3b 3 0 0 0
  Kazak ph 0 0 0 0
  Musial ph 1 1 1 3
  Rice c 0 1 0 0
Diering cf 3 0 0 0
Cole 2b 4 1 2 1
Boyer p 2 0 0 0
  Wilks p 0 0 0 0
  Howerton ph 1 1 1 2
  Staley p 1 0 0 1
Totals 39 8 9 8
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Hatton 3b 4 1 1 2
Merriman cf 5 0 0 0
Wyrostek rf 4 0 1 1
Scheffing c 5 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 3 2 2 1
Adcock lf 4 0 0 0
Adams 2b 4 1 0 0
Stallcup ss 3 1 1 0
  McMillan ss 0 0 0 0
  McCosky ph 1 0 0 1
  Meeks ss 0 0 0 0
Wehmeier p 3 1 2 0
  Perkowski p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Pramesa ph 1 0 1 0
  Usher pr 0 0 0 0
  Peterson p 0 0 0 0
  Byerly p 0 0 0 0
  Erautt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 8 5
St. Louis 000 001 230 2892
Cincinnati 001 120 002 0680
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Boyer   4.2 5 4 2 3 4
  Wilks   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Staley  W(4-3) 4.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
6
4
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier   7.0 7 4 4 2 3
  Perkowski   0.1 0 1 1 1 0
  Smith   1.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Peterson  L(0-1) 0.2 1 2 2 2 1
  Byerly   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Erautt   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
9
8
8
7
4

  E–Cole (2), Boyer (1).  DP–St. Louis 3. Hemus-Cole-Nelson, Cole-Hemus-Nelson, Cole-Hemus-Nelson.  2B–St. Louis Lowrey 2 (6), Cincinnati Stallcup (3).  HR–St. Louis Musial (3,8th inning off Smith 2 on); Howerton (1,7th inning off Wehmeier 1 on), Cincinnati Kluszewski (2,4th inning off Boyer 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Scotty Robb, 3B–Lon Warneke.
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