Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 21, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1955 at Busch Stadium I. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 10, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 3 2 4
Hamner 2b 5 3 3 1
Lopata c 5 1 3 2
Ennis lf 5 1 1 3
Greengrass rf 5 0 0 0
  Mrozinski p 0 0 0 0
Jones 3b 4 0 1 0
Morgan 1b 2 0 0 0
  Blaylock 1b 1 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 1 1 0
Simmons p 2 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Kuzava p 0 0 0 0
  Dickson p 0 0 0 0
  Gorbous ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Totals 38 10 11 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Stephenson ss 5 0 3 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 0 1
Musial 1b 5 0 2 2
Repulski lf 3 1 1 0
Schoendienst 2b 5 1 2 0
Whisenant rf 3 0 1 1
  Virdon ph,rf 2 0 2 1
Sarni c 4 1 1 0
Moon cf 3 3 2 0
Haddix p 3 2 2 3
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  LaPalme p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 16 8
Philadelphia 000 002 50310111
St. Louis 010 032 1108161
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons   4.2 9 4 4 1 0
  Miller   1.1 2 2 2 2 0
  Meyer   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Kuzava   0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Dickson  W(5-5) 1.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Mrozinski   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
4
0
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix   6.2 7 5 4 2 8
  Smith   1.1 2 3 3 1 0
  LaPalme  L(3-1) 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
10
9
3
8

  E–Lopata (2), Whisenant (2).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Jones-Blaylock.  PB–Lopata (4).  2B–Philadelphia Jones (8,off Haddix), St. Louis Whisenant (2,off Simmons).  HR–Philadelphia Ashburn 2 (2,7th inning off Haddix 1 on 2 out,9th inning off LaPalme 1 on 0 out); Ennis (13,7th inning off Smith 2 on 2 out); Hamner (3,9th inning off LaPalme 0 on 0 out)., St. Louis Haddix (1,6th inning off Miller 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Smith (1,off Dickson).  Team–8.  SB–Stephenson (1,2nd base off Miller/Lopata); Stephenson (1,2nd base off Miller/Lopata).  CS–Repulski (2,2nd base by Simmons/Lopata); Repulski (2,2nd base by Simmons/Lopata).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Babe Pinelli, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:11.  A–7,717.
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