St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 17, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1954 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 13, Chicago Cubs 23

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Repulski rf,lf,cf 5 3 2 3
Moon cf,lf 4 2 2 2
Schoendienst 2b 3 1 2 2
  Hemus 2b 2 0 2 1
Musial lf,rf 2 0 1 0
  Burgess rf 2 0 0 0
Jablonski 3b 6 0 1 1
Alston 1b 5 1 1 1
Yvars c 4 3 3 1
  Sarni c 0 0 0 0
Grammas ss 1 2 0 0
  Schofield pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Staley p 1 0 0 0
  White p 0 0 0 0
  Lint p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier ph 1 1 1 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Brazle p 0 0 0 0
  Deal p 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 13 15 11
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Talbot cf 6 1 2 1
Fondy 1b 5 2 1 2
Kiner lf 2 1 1 0
  Baumholtz pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Sauer rf 4 3 1 2
Jackson 3b 5 4 4 3
Banks ss 5 2 1 1
Baker 2b 6 4 3 2
Garagiola c 3 2 3 3
  Edwards ph 0 1 0 1
  McCullough c 1 0 1 1
Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 3 2 2 3
  Brosnan p 3 1 1 2
Totals 44 23 20 21
St. Louis 051 040 01213155
Chicago 225 3100 10x23201
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Staley  L(0-1) 2.0 7 7 7 2 1
  White   0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Lint   1.2 2 3 2 2 0
  Wright   0.1 2 4 4 3 0
  Brazle   0.1 4 6 4 2 0
  Deal   3.1 3 1 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
20
23
19
12
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Klippstein   1.1 2 4 4 5 1
  Jeffcoat   3.0 7 6 6 1 0
  Brosnan  W(1-0) 4.2 6 3 3 3 3
Totals
9.0
15
13
13
9
4

  E–Schoendienst (1), Jablonski 3 (3), Grammas (2), Brosnan (1).  DP–St. Louis 2. Jablonski-Schoendienst-Alston, Schoendienst-Alston, Chicago 2. Brosnan-Banks-Fondy, Jackson-Baker-Fondy.  2B–St. Louis Moon (2); Musial (1); Yvars (1)., Chicago Kiner (3); Jackson (2); Baker 2 (3); Garagiola (1); McCullough (3); Jeffcoat (1).  3B–St. Louis Moon (1).  HR–St. Louis Repulski (1,5th inning off Jeffcoat 2 on); Alston (1,8th inning off Brosnan 0 on); Yvars (2,5th inning off Jeffcoat 0 on)., Chicago Jackson (2,3rd inning off Staley 0 on); Jeffcoat (1,3rd inning off White 1 on).  SH–Schoendienst (1); Staley (1)..  Team LOB–10.  SF–Fondy (1).  Team–10.  SB–Yvars (1).  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–3:43.  A–14,609.
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