Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 15, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1957 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, St. Louis Cardinals 11

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 4 0 1 1
  Purkey p 0 0 0 0
  Fondy ph 1 0 0 0
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0
Groat ss 5 0 2 1
Skinner lf 4 1 2 0
Thomas 1b 4 0 1 1
Freese 3b 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 1 0
Kravitz c 4 0 1 0
Swanson p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 1 0 0 0
  O'Brien p 1 0 1 0
  Powers ph,rf 1 1 0 0
Totals 37 3 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 0 0
Moon cf,rf 5 3 4 4
Musial 1b 2 1 2 0
  Smith pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Cunningham rf,1b 3 2 1 0
Ennis lf 3 0 0 1
  King lf 1 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 3 1 0 1
Landrith c 5 2 3 2
Kasko ss 5 2 2 0
Jones p 3 0 0 0
  Muffett p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 11 13 8
Pittsburgh 000 001 200391
St. Louis 500 201 21x11131
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Swanson  L (3-3) 0.2 3 5 4 2 0
  Arroyo   3.0 3 2 2 3 1
  O'Brien   2.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Purkey   2.0 5 3 3 2 2
Totals
8.0
13
11
10
7
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (12-8) 6.1 9 3 3 1 7
  Muffett  SV (7) 2.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
7

  E–Freese (16).  2B–Pittsburgh J. O'Brien (2,off Jones); Skinner (11,off Jones); P. Smith (4,off Jones)..  HBP–Powers (1,by Jones).  Team LOB–9.  SB–Cunningham (3,2nd base off Swanson/Kravitz); Boyer (11,Home off Swanson/Kravitz); Landrith (1,2nd base off Swanson/Kravitz).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:38.  A–24,577.
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