St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 17, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1955 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 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Boyer 3b 6 0 2 1
Moon cf 6 1 2 0
Musial 1b 4 1 2 0
Repulski lf 6 2 2 4
Schoendienst 2b 5 2 1 0
Whisenant rf 2 0 0 0
  Virdon ph,rf 4 1 1 0
Burbrink c 5 1 4 0
Grammas ss 2 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 1 0 1 1
  Stephenson pr,ss 2 1 2 2
Wooldridge p 2 0 1 0
  LaPalme p 3 0 1 1
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 9 19 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Saffell cf 3 0 0 0
  Clemente ph,rf 4 0 0 0
Cole 2b 6 1 2 0
Lynch rf,lf 6 1 2 0
Thomas lf,cf 5 3 2 1
Long 1b 5 1 3 1
  O'Brien E. pr,3b 1 1 1 0
Atwell c 4 1 2 2
Freese 3b 3 0 2 1
  Ward ph,1b 2 0 1 1
Groat ss 5 0 1 1
Littlefield p 2 0 0 0
  Surkont p 1 0 0 0
  Friend p 0 0 0 0
  Shepard ph 1 0 0 0
  Donoso p 0 0 0 0
  O'Brien J. ph 0 0 0 0
  Mejias pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 8 16 7
St. Louis 010 004 000 2029192
Pittsburgh 010 130 000 2018161
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wooldridge   4.1 7 5 3 2 1
  LaPalme   5.0 4 2 2 1 3
  Wright   0.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Arroyo  W(11-4) 1.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Lawrence   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
12.0
16
8
6
4
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Littlefield   5.0 6 4 4 2 2
  Surkont   4.1 9 3 3 2 1
  Friend   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Donoso  L(2-4) 2.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
12.0
19
9
9
4
4

  E–Schoendienst (7), Burbrink (2), Gene Freese (13).  DP–St. Louis 2. Musial-Schoendienst, Boyer-Schoendienst-Musial, Pittsburgh 3. Ward-Groat, Ward-Groat-Ward, Gene Freese-Cole-Ward.  2B–St. Louis Boyer (15); Schoendienst (14)., Pittsburgh Lynch (10).  3B–Pittsburgh Long (9).  HR–St. Louis Repulski 2 (19,2nd inning off Littlefield 0 on,6th inning off Littlefield 2 on), Pittsburgh Thomas (13,10th inning off LaPalme 0 on).  SH–Musial (1); Burbrink (1); Stephenson (1); Arroyo (3).; Atwell (1); Gene Freese (7)..  Team LOB–11.  SF–Atwell (2).  IBB–Groat (5).  Team–11.  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Babe Pinelli.
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