Brooklyn Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 8, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1954 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Brooklyn Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 10

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 0 2 0
Reese ss 4 0 0 0
Snider cf 4 0 1 0
Robinson lf 4 1 1 0
  Thompson lf 0 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 2 2 2
Campanella c 4 0 0 0
Furillo rf 4 0 3 1
Cox 3b 3 0 0 0
Erskine p 1 0 0 0
  Belardi ph 1 0 1 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
  Hoak ph 1 0 1 0
  Palica p 0 0 0 0
  Williams ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Moon cf 5 1 3 4
Schoendienst 2b 5 1 0 0
Musial rf 5 1 2 4
Jablonski 3b 5 0 3 0
Alston 1b 5 1 1 0
Sarni c 5 1 3 1
Repulski lf 5 2 1 0
Grammas ss 4 3 2 0
Poholsky p 3 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 1 0
Totals 43 10 16 9
Brooklyn 010 002 0003114
St. Louis 100 430 20x10160
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  L(6-5) 4.0 8 5 2 0 3
  Wade   2.0 4 3 1 0 1
  Palica   2.0 4 2 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
16
10
4
0
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Poholsky  W(2-3) 6.1 10 3 3 1 0
  Miller  SV(2) 2.2 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
2
2

  E–Reese 2 (8), Wade (2), Palica (1).  DP–St. Louis 3. Schoendienst-Grammas-Alston, Jablonski-Alston, Grammas-Schoendienst-Alston.  2B–Brooklyn Snider (15,off Poholsky); Hodges (6,off Poholsky)., St. Louis Sarni (5,off Erskine); Alston (12,off Wade).  3B–St. Louis Musial (4,off Erskine); Moon (4,off Wade).  HR–Brooklyn Hodges (14,6th inning off Poholsky 1 on 1 out), St. Louis Musial (20,1st inning off Erskine 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:26.  A–22,294.
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