Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 12, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1957 at Busch Stadium I. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Milwaukee Braves 10, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 4 3 2 2
Aaron rf 5 2 2 3
Mathews 3b 4 1 2 3
Adcock 1b 4 0 1 1
  Mantilla pr 0 0 0 0
  Torre 1b 1 0 0 0
Tanner lf 3 1 1 0
  Pafko ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 0 2 0
Bruton cf 3 1 1 1
Crandall c 3 1 0 0
Murff p 2 1 0 0
  Phillips p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 10 11 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 1 1 2
Dark ss 4 1 2 0
Musial 1b 4 0 1 0
Ennis rf 4 0 1 0
Moon lf 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 1
Landrith c 3 0 1 0
  Smith H. ph 1 0 1 0
Smith B. cf 4 1 1 1
Wehmeier p 1 0 1 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Alston ph 1 1 1 0
  Smith B. p 0 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Miksis ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 12 4
Milwaukee 002 602 00010110
St. Louis 000 130 0004121
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Murff   4.0 7 4 4 0 2
  Phillips  W (2-0) 5.0 5 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
0
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier  L (2-2) 3.1 7 7 5 1 1
  Schmidt   1.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Smith   0.1 1 2 2 2 1
  Davis   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Wilhelm   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
10
8
4
7

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 3. Phillips-Logan-Adcock, Mathews-Torre, Logan-O'Connell-Torre.  2B–Milwaukee O'Connell (6,off Wehmeier); Bruton (6,off Wehmeier).  HR–Milwaukee Aaron (9,3rd inning off Wehmeier 1 on 2 out); Mathews (5,4th inning off Schmidt 2 on 2 out)..  Team LOB–4.  SB–O'Connell (1,3rd base off B. Smith/Landrith).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:42.  A–26,298.
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