St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Redlegs
May 26, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1957 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 6, Cincinnati Redlegs 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 1 0 0
Dark ss 2 1 1 0
Musial 1b 4 2 2 5
Moon lf 4 0 1 0
Boyer cf 4 1 1 0
Cunningham rf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 0 0
Kasko 3b 3 0 1 1
  Landrith ph 1 0 0 0
Dickson p 2 0 0 0
  Merritt p 0 0 0 0
  Ennis ph 1 1 1 0
  Wehmeier p 0 0 0 0
  Wilhelm p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 7 6
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 3 2
Post rf 3 0 0 0
Bell cf 5 2 2 0
Robinson lf 5 1 0 0
Crowe 1b 3 1 1 3
Bailey c 3 0 1 1
Hoak 3b 3 1 1 0
McMillan ss 4 1 1 0
Jeffcoat p 3 1 1 1
Totals 33 7 10 7
St. Louis 011 000 040672
Cincinnati 003 101 11x7101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson   6.0 8 6 5 3 1
  Merritt   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Wehmeier  L (2-4) 0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Wilhelm   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
6
5
1
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Jeffcoat  W (3-2) 9.0 7 6 5 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
5
1
0

  E–Blasingame 2 (4), Temple (7).  DP–St. Louis 1. Blasingame-Dark-Musial, Cincinnati 1. Temple-McMillan-Crowe.  PB–H. Smith (8).  2B–St. Louis Moon (10,off Jeffcoat); Boyer (6,off Jeffcoat); Ennis (5,off Jeffcoat)., Cincinnati McMillan (6,off Dickson); Temple (10,off Dickson); Hoak (13,off Dickson)..  HR–St. Louis Musial 2 (8,3rd inning off Jeffcoat 0 on 2 out,8th inning off Jeffcoat 3 on 1 out), Cincinnati Crowe (7,3rd inning off Dickson 2 on 2 out); Jeffcoat (1,8th inning off Wehmeier 0 on 0 out)..  HBP–Dark (1,by Jeffcoat).  Team LOB–2.  SF–Temple (2,off Dickson); Bailey (1,off Merritt)..  Team–9.  SB–Temple (7,2nd base off Wehmeier/H. Smith).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:23.  A–17,782.
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