St. Louis Cardinals vs Brooklyn Dodgers
June 5, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1955 at Ebbets Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 9, Brooklyn Dodgers 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Moon rf 5 1 2 2
Schoendienst 2b 2 0 1 0
  Hemus 2b 3 0 1 0
Musial 1b 5 1 1 0
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Repulski lf 4 1 1 0
Sarni c 5 2 2 1
Boyer 3b 5 2 2 3
Grammas ss 4 1 0 0
Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Elliott ph 1 0 0 0
  Moford p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier ph 1 0 1 1
  Stephenson pr 0 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  LaPalme p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 12 7
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 1 1 0
Reese ss 4 2 1 0
Snider cf 4 0 1 1
Campanella c 5 1 2 2
Amoros lf 4 0 1 1
Hodges rf 5 0 0 0
Kellert 1b 5 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 4 0 1 0
Erskine p 2 0 0 0
  Hughes p 2 0 0 0
  Lasorda p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 8 4
St. Louis 000 001 201 59120
Brooklyn 201 000 100 0482
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   4.0 5 3 3 2 2
  Moford   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Schultz   0.2 2 1 1 1 0
  LaPalme   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Smith  W(2-1) 2.0 0 0 0 2 4
Totals
10.0
8
4
4
5
8
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine   6.2 7 3 3 2 1
  Hughes  L(0-1) 2.2 5 6 5 1 1
  Lasorda   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
12
9
8
3
3

  E–Reese (10), Campanella (4).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Gilliam-Reese-Kellert.  2B–St. Louis Schoendienst (6,off Erskine); Virdon (7,off Hughes); Musial (8,off Hughes)., Brooklyn Hoak (2,off Jones); Snider (12,off Schultz)..  HR–St. Louis Moon (6,6th inning off Erskine 0 on 0 out); Boyer 2 (9,9th inning off Hughes 0 on 0 out,10th inning off Hughes 1 on 1 out)., Brooklyn Campanella (17,3rd inning off Jones 0 on 1 out).  IBB–Virdon (1,by Hughes).  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  U–Augie Donatelli, Hal Dixon, Jocko Conlan.
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