Cincinnati Redlegs vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 12, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1955 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Redlegs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 8
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 1 2 0
Palys lf 4 2 1 2
Kluszewski 1b 4 2 3 0
Post rf 4 1 1 1
Bell cf 4 1 1 2
Batts c 3 0 0 0
Smith 3b 3 0 0 1
McMillan ss 3 0 1 1
Nuxhall p 1 0 0 0
  Minarcin p 1 0 0 0
  Gross p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Boyer 3b 5 1 2 3
Moon 1b 5 1 2 3
Musial rf 4 0 2 1
Repulski lf 4 0 0 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 2 2 1
Sarni c 4 1 1 0
Grammas ss 3 2 1 0
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant ph 1 1 1 0
  LaPalme p 1 0 0 0
  Stephenson ph 1 0 0 0
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
  Elliott ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Cincinnati 302 000 200–791
St. Louis 003 110 003–8110
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall   2.1 4 3 3 0 1
  Minarcin   2.2 3 2 2 0 2
  Gross  L(1-1) 3.2 4 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.2
11
8
8
1
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo   3.0 5 5 5 3 0
  LaPalme   4.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Lawrence  W(3-6) 2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
4
3
  E–Temple (21).  DP–Cincinnati 1. McMillan-Temple-Kluszewski.  HR–Cincinnati Bell (20,3rd inning off Arroyo 1 on 1 out); Palys (8,7th inning off LaPalme 1 on 1 out)..  SH–Gross (2,off Lawrence).  Team LOB–4.  SB–Kluszewski (1,2nd base off Arroyo/Sarni).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Lee Ballanfant, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:27.  A–8,903.
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