St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 20, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 20, 1954 at Forbes Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 17, Pittsburgh Pirates 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Moon lf 4 0 1 3
  Lowrey lf 0 0 0 0
Hemus ss 2 1 1 0
  Grammas ss 2 1 1 1
Schoendienst 2b 5 1 1 0
Musial rf 6 2 3 4
  Frazier rf 0 0 0 0
Jablonski 3b 5 3 2 1
Alston 1b 4 3 2 0
Repulski cf 4 2 0 0
Rice c 4 2 2 3
  Sarni c 1 1 1 1
Poholsky p 3 1 3 4
Totals 40 17 17 17
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Roberts 2b 5 0 2 0
Skinner 1b 5 1 0 0
Rice lf 4 0 1 1
Lynch rf 4 0 0 0
Gordon 3b 4 1 2 0
Atwell c 4 0 1 0
Allie ss 4 0 1 0
Hall cf 4 1 2 0
Purkey p 0 0 0 0
  O'Donnell p 1 0 1 0
  Abrams ph 1 0 0 0
  Yochim p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 1 1 3
  Page p 0 0 0 0
  Hetki p 0 0 0 0
  LaPalme p 0 0 0 0
  Pellagrini ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 11 4
St. Louis 600 100 73017170
Pittsburgh 001 003 0004112
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky  W(1-2) 9.0 11 4 4 0 4
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
0
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  L(1-5) 0.1 4 5 5 1 0
  O'Donnell   3.2 4 2 2 1 0
  Yochim   2.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Page   0.1 2 7 2 2 0
  Hetki   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  LaPalme   2.0 4 3 3 1 3
Totals
9.0
17
17
12
6
3

  E–Roberts (4), Gordon (2), Roberts (4), Gordon (2).  2B–St. Louis Rice 2 (7), Pittsburgh Rice (4,off Poholsky); Atwell (1,off Poholsky).  3B–St. Louis Grammas (1); Musial (1)..  HR–St. Louis Musial (13,7th inning off Page 1 on), Pittsburgh Ward (1,6th inning off Poholsky 2 on 2 out).  SH–Poholsky (1).  SF–Moon 2 (3); Poholsky (1).  HBP–Alston (2).  Team LOB–7.  Team–7.  U-HP–Bill Engeln, 1B–Bill Stewart, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:36.  A–4,902.
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