Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 11, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1955 at Busch Stadium I. 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Ashburn cf 3 1 1 1
Blaylock rf 3 1 1 0
Ennis lf 3 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 3 1 1 2
Hamner ss 4 1 1 1
Jones 3b 3 0 0 1
Lopata c 4 0 0 0
Roberts p 2 0 1 0
  Gorbous ph 1 1 1 0
  Mrozinski p 0 0 0 0
  Kipper p 0 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 6 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Moon rf 4 0 1 2
Virdon cf 5 0 0 1
Musial 1b 5 2 3 2
Repulski lf 5 0 2 1
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 3 0
Sarni c 5 0 3 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 0
Grammas ss 3 1 0 0
  Hemus ph 0 0 0 0
  Stephenson pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer p 0 0 0 0
  Moford p 0 0 0 0
  Elliott ph 1 0 1 0
  Schofield pr 0 1 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 14 6
Philadelphia 020 000 030560
St. Louis 021 000 03x6140
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts   7.0 11 3 3 2 3
  Mrozinski  L(0-2) 0.2 2 3 3 0 0
  Kipper   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
6
6
3
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   7.0 5 5 5 4 6
  Tiefenauer   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Moford  W(1-0) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Schultz  SV(1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
5
8

  E–None.  DP–Philadelphia 1. Schoendienst-Grammas-Musial, St. Louis 1. Schoendienst-Grammas-Musial.  2B–Philadelphia Roberts (1,off Jackson); Ashburn (6,off Jackson)., St. Louis Elliott (2,off Mrozinski); Musial (5,off Mrozinski); Repulski (7,off Kipper).  3B–Philadelphia Hamner (3,off Jackson).  HR–St. Louis Musial (6,3rd inning off Roberts 0 on 0 out).  SF–Jones (1,off Jackson).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–Hemus (2,by Mrozinski).  IBB–Schoendienst (2,by Kipper).  Team–12.  SB–Boyer (5,3rd base off Roberts/Lopata); Grammas (1,2nd base off Roberts/Lopata); Boyer (5,3rd base off Roberts/Lopata); Grammas (1,2nd base off Roberts/Lopata).  U-HP–Larry Goetz, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Lon Warneke, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:48.  A–4,726.
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