St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Redlegs
May 8, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1954 at Crosley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Cincinnati Redlegs 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Moon cf 3 1 0 0
Hemus ss 3 1 1 0
  Grammas ss 1 0 0 0
Schoendienst 2b 5 2 2 1
Musial lf,rf 5 2 2 3
Jablonski 3b 4 0 1 1
Alston 1b 4 0 1 1
Frazier rf 3 1 2 0
  Repulski pr,lf 1 0 0 0
Rice c 4 0 2 1
Haddix p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 11 7
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Adams 3b 4 1 2 1
McMillan ss 3 0 1 0
Bell cf 4 0 1 0
Harmon 1b 4 0 0 0
Greengrass lf 4 0 0 0
Temple 2b 3 1 1 0
Post rf 4 0 1 0
Landrith c 2 1 0 0
  Merriman ph 1 0 0 0
  Wehmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Escalera ph 1 0 0 0
Fowler p 0 0 0 0
  Raffensberger p 1 0 1 1
  Seminick ph 1 0 0 0
  Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0
  Borkowski ph 1 0 0 0
  Bailey c 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 2
St. Louis 304 000 0007110
Cincinnati 120 000 000371
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  W(3-3) 9.0 7 3 3 2 3
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
3
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Fowler   0.2 3 3 3 1 0
  Raffensberger  L(0-1) 4.1 6 4 4 1 2
  Nuxhall   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Wehmeier   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
4
3

  E–Post (2).  DP–St. Louis 1. Schoendienst-Hemus-Alston.  2B–St. Louis Rice 2 (3,off Raffensberger,off Wehmeier); Hemus (1,off Raffensberger)., Cincinnati Adams (6,off Haddix).  HR–St. Louis Musial (9,3rd inning off Raffensberger 2 on 0 out).  SF–Jablonski (1,off Fowler).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  CS–Jablonski (3,2nd base by Nuxhall/Landrith).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:27.  A–4,023.
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