Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 8, 1952 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1952 at Sportsman's Park III. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 3, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 0 1 0
Hamner ss 3 1 1 1
Wyrostek rf 4 0 0 0
Burgess c 4 0 0 0
Ennis lf 4 1 2 1
Jones 3b 4 0 0 0
Ryan 2b 4 1 2 1
Waitkus 1b 2 0 1 0
Meyer p 2 0 0 0
  Mayo ph 1 0 0 0
  Heintzelman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 4 1 2 0
Schoendienst 2b 5 1 0 0
Musial cf 4 2 3 3
Slaughter rf 5 0 1 0
Lowrey lf 4 0 2 0
Sisler 1b 4 1 1 0
Glaviano 3b 4 0 0 0
Rice c 4 0 1 1
Schmidt p 2 0 1 0
  Miggins ph 1 0 1 0
  Yuhas p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 12 4
Philadelphia 001 101 000373
St. Louis 300 100 10x5120
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Meyer  L(2-7) 7.0 12 5 3 0 3
  Heintzelman   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
12
5
3
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  W(1-2) 6.0 4 3 3 1 5
  Yuhas  SV(1) 3.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
6

  E–Waitkus 2 (3), Meyer (2).  DP–St. Louis 2. Yuhas-Hemus-Sisler, Schoendienst-Hemus-Sisler.  2B–St. Louis D. Rice (8).  HR–Philadelphia Hamner (6,6th inning off Schmidt 0 on); Ennis (4,4th inning off Schmidt 0 on); Ryan (5,3rd inning off Schmidt 0 on), St. Louis Musial (6,1st inning off Meyer 2 on).  Team LOB–4.  Team–11.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Lon Warneke, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli.
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