St. Louis Cardinals vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 2, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1957 at Ebbets Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Brooklyn Dodgers 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 8 1 4 1
Dark ss 7 1 1 0
Musial 1b 6 0 0 0
Ennis rf 6 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 6 0 1 1
Moon lf 6 0 1 0
Smith H. c 4 0 1 0
  Cunningham ph 1 0 1 0
  Miksis cf 2 1 2 0
Smith B. cf 3 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Harmon cf 0 0 0 0
  Landrith ph,c 2 0 0 0
Wehmeier p 5 0 1 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 58 3 13 2
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 6 1 0 0
Cimoli lf 7 1 2 0
Snider cf 6 0 2 1
Furillo rf 5 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 6 0 2 1
Campanella c 7 0 0 0
Zimmer ss 7 0 2 0
Neal 3b 6 0 2 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
Podres p 2 0 0 0
  Amoros ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 1 0 0 0
  Valo ph 1 0 0 0
  Bessent p 1 0 0 0
Totals 57 2 10 2
St. Louis 000 002 000 000 000 13131
Brooklyn 100 000 010 000 000 02102
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier   12.0 9 2 2 4 12
  Jackson  W (2-1) 4.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
16.0
10
2
2
5
12
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres   7.0 5 2 1 1 6
  Labine   4.0 4 0 0 1 3
  Bessent  L (1-1) 5.0 4 1 1 3 2
Totals
16.0
13
3
2
5
11

  E–Boyer (3), Zimmer 2 (5).  DP–St. Louis 2. Dark-Blasingame-Musial, Dark-Blasingame-Musial, Brooklyn 1. Hodges-Zimmer-Hodges.  PB–Campanella (4).  2B–Brooklyn Cimoli (1,off Wehmeier); Zimmer (1,off Wehmeier); Snider (3,off Wehmeier)..  SH–Dark (1,off Bessent); Jackson (2,off Bessent)..  IBB–Musial (3,by Bessent); Furillo (2,by Jackson).  Team LOB–14.  Team–12.  CS–Moon (2,2nd base by Bessent/Campanella).  SB–Zimmer (1,2nd base off Wehmeier/H. Smith); Neal (3,2nd base off Wehmeier/Landrith).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Bill Baker.  T–4:52.
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