Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 7, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 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 9, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 3 1 2 2
Morgan ss,2b 4 0 0 0
Hamner 2b 4 0 1 1
  Smalley ss 1 0 0 0
Ennis lf 4 2 3 1
Jones 3b 5 1 1 0
Waitkus 1b 5 2 3 4
Greengrass rf 4 1 2 0
Seminick c 3 0 1 0
  Blaylock ph 0 1 0 0
  Meyer p 1 0 0 0
Roberts p 2 1 0 0
  Lopata ph,c 0 0 0 1
Totals 36 9 13 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Walker lf 5 1 1 1
Moon 1b 4 0 0 1
Musial rf 5 1 2 2
Virdon cf 5 0 1 1
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Burbrink c 2 1 1 0
Grammas ss 3 2 1 0
Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Repulski ph 1 0 1 1
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
  Frazier ph 1 1 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
  Haddix p 0 0 0 0
  Wooldridge p 0 0 0 0
  LaPalme p 0 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 1 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 7 6
Philadelphia 100 300 1319132
St. Louis 000 020 400670
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  W(18-9) 7.0 7 6 2 3 2
  Meyer   2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
2
5
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt   5.0 5 4 4 3 5
  Lawrence   2.0 3 1 1 1 0
  Wright  L(1-1) 0.1 1 3 3 2 1
  Haddix   0.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Wooldridge   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  LaPalme   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
9
7
6

  E–Smalley (9), Roberts (2).  2B–Philadelphia Ashburn 2 (25,off Schmidt,off LaPalme); Greengrass (14,off Lawrence); Ennis (16,off Lawrence)..  HR–Philadelphia Waitkus (1,4th inning off Schmidt 2 on 0 out).  SH–Ashburn (2,off Lawrence).  Team LOB–8.  CS–Ashburn (6,2nd base by Schmidt/Burbrink).  U-HP–Larry Goetz, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Lon Warneke, 3B–Frank Secory.
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