St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Redlegs
May 25, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1957 at Crosley Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 1 3 2
Dark ss 6 1 1 0
Musial 1b 5 2 3 2
Moon lf 5 3 3 2
Boyer cf 5 1 2 1
Cunningham rf 4 2 2 2
Smith c 4 1 2 1
Kasko 3b 5 1 1 1
Schmidt p 3 0 0 0
  Davis p 1 0 0 0
Totals 43 12 17 11
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 0 1 0
Post rf 4 0 0 0
Bell cf 4 1 2 1
Robinson lf 4 0 1 0
Crowe 1b 4 1 1 0
Bailey c 4 1 2 1
Hoak 3b 4 1 2 2
McMillan ss 2 0 1 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Lawrence p 1 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant ph 1 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
  Schult ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 10 4
St. Louis 020 222 04012170
Cincinnati 021 000 0014102
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  W (3-1) 7.0 9 3 3 0 6
  Davis  SV (1) 2.0 1 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
1
6
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Lawrence  L (4-2) 4.0 7 6 4 3 2
  Gross   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Acker   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Freeman   0.1 5 4 4 0 0
  Fowler   1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
17
12
10
4
5

  E–Temple (6), McMillan (5).  DP–St. Louis 1. Kasko-Blasingame-Musial.  PB–Bailey (1).  2B–St. Louis H. Smith (5,off Lawrence), Cincinnati Crowe (6,off Schmidt); Robinson (9,off Schmidt).  HR–St. Louis Cunningham (1,4th inning off Lawrence 0 on 0 out); Moon (10,6th inning off Acker 1 on 2 out); Musial (6,8th inning off Freeman 1 on 1 out)., Cincinnati Hoak (4,2nd inning off Schmidt 1 on 1 out); Bell (4,3rd inning off Schmidt 0 on 2 out); Bailey (7,9th inning off Davis 0 on 0 out)..  SH–Schmidt (1,off Lawrence).  IBB–H. Smith (1,by Gross).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:42.  A–25,925.
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