Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 18, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 18, 1957 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."

"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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Philadelphia Phillies 7, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 2 3 0
Hamner 2b 4 1 2 3
Lopata c 5 0 2 2
Bouchee 1b 4 0 0 0
Jones 3b 3 1 0 0
Repulski lf 5 1 1 0
Bowman rf 3 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 5 0 2 1
Simmons p 4 2 2 0
Totals 37 7 12 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 1 1 0
Dark ss 5 0 2 1
Musial 1b 5 0 0 0
Ennis rf 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 3 3 0
Moon lf 3 0 2 0
Smith H. c 4 0 1 1
Smith B. cf 2 0 0 1
Mizell p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
  Merritt p 0 0 0 0
  Miksis ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
  Kasko ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 35 5 11 3
Philadelphia 003 002 1107121
St. Louis 010 111 0015112
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  W (3-1) 9.0 11 5 4 2 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
4
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell   0.0 0 0 0 2 0
  Schmidt   4.0 5 3 3 0 4
  Merritt  L (1-1) 2.0 2 2 1 2 0
  Davis   0.1 2 1 1 1 0
  Wilhelm   2.2 3 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
12
7
6
7
4

  E–Hamner (4), Ennis 2 (3).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Fernandez-Hamner-Bouchee, Hamner-Fernandez-Bouchee, St. Louis 1. Dark-Blasingame-Musial.  PB–H. Smith (5).  2B–Philadelphia Hamner (3,off Schmidt); Ashburn (5,off Davis); Lopata (6,off Davis)., St. Louis H. Smith (4,off Simmons).  Team LOB–10.  SF–B. Smith (2,off Simmons).  HBP–Schmidt (1,by Simmons).  IBB–B. Smith (2,by Simmons).  Team–7.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Bill Baker, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:27.  A–5,232.
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