Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 5, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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 7, St. Louis Cardinals 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 1 1 1
Morgan ss 3 1 1 2
Hamner 2b 5 0 2 1
Ennis lf 5 1 1 1
Jones 3b 4 1 0 0
Greengrass rf 5 1 1 1
Waitkus 1b 5 1 2 0
Seminick c 3 1 1 0
Simmons p 2 0 1 0
  Negray p 0 0 0 0
  Blaylock ph 1 0 1 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Gorbous ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 11 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Stephenson 2b 4 0 0 0
  Frazier ph 1 0 0 0
Moon 1b 4 1 2 0
Musial rf 3 1 1 0
Virdon cf 4 1 1 2
Repulski lf 3 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant lf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 1 1 1
Sarni c 3 0 1 0
  Burbrink c 1 0 1 0
Grammas ss 2 0 0 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Arroyo p 1 0 1 0
  Elliott ph 1 0 0 1
  Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  LaPalme p 0 0 0 0
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
  Wooldridge p 0 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Philadelphia 101 000 131–7110
St. Louis 000 013 000–482
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons   5.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Negray   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Miller  W(5-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Meyer   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo   5.0 6 2 1 0 2
  Jackson  L(5-9) 2.1 3 3 2 2 0
  LaPalme   0.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Lawrence   0.1 0 0 0 3 0
  Wooldridge   1.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
7
4
5
2
  E–Sarni (3), Arroyo (2).  2B–Philadelphia Greengrass (13,off Jackson).  HR–Philadelphia Morgan (9,1st inning off Arroyo 0 on 1 out); Ennis (23,9th inning off Wooldridge 0 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–9.  CS–Boyer (11,2nd base by Negray/Seminick).  U-HP–Lon Warneke, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Larry Goetz, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:49.  A–8,455.
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