St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Redlegs
September 21, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 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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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 8, Cincinnati Redlegs 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 2 1 2
Dark ss 3 2 2 2
Musial 1b 3 1 3 0
  Smith B. pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Ennis lf 5 0 1 2
Boyer cf 2 0 0 0
  Cunningham ph,rf,1b 4 0 1 2
Moon rf,cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Smith H. c 5 0 1 0
Kasko 3b 5 2 1 0
Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Merritt p 0 0 0 0
  Lassetter ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Green ph 1 0 0 0
  Lovenguth p 0 0 0 0
  Noren ph 1 0 0 0
  Kuzava p 0 0 0 0
  Muffett p 0 0 0 0
  King ph 1 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Wehmeier p 1 1 1 0
Totals 41 8 11 8
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Flood 3b,2b 0 0 0 0
Thurman lf 4 0 0 0
  Whisenant cf 0 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 1 1 1
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
Robinson cf,lf,cf 4 2 3 1
Crowe 1b 4 0 0 0
Post rf 3 2 1 1
Bailey c 5 1 2 1
Hoak 3b,2b,3b 3 2 2 3
McMillan ss 5 1 2 2
Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 2 0 0 0
  Rabe p 0 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 11 9
St. Louis 000 020 230 18110
Cincinnati 130 001 011 29112
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   1.0 4 4 4 1 1
  Merritt   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Schmidt   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Lovenguth   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Kuzava   0.1 2 1 1 2 0
  Muffett   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Martin   0.2 1 1 1 1 1
  Wehmeier  L (10-7) 2.0 3 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.2
11
9
9
6
5
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall   4.1 5 2 1 2 3
  Klippstein   3.1 5 5 5 3 0
  Rabe   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Freeman  W (7-2) 1.0 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
10.0
11
8
7
7
4

  E–Crowe (10), McMillan (15).  DP–St. Louis 2. Dark-Musial, Dark-Blasingame-Musial.  2B–St. Louis Dark 2 (24,off Nuxhall,off Klippstein); Cunningham (15,off Klippstein); Ennis (24,off Klippstein)., Cincinnati Robinson (28,off Kuzava); Bailey (14,off Martin)..  HR–St. Louis Blasingame (8,5th inning off Nuxhall 1 on 1 out), Cincinnati Robinson (28,1st inning off Jones 0 on 2 out); Hoak (19,2nd inning off Jones 2 on 0 out); Lynch (3,9th inning off Wehmeier 0 on 2 out); McMillan (1,10th inning off Wehmeier 1 on 2 out)..  SH–Dark (5,off Freeman); Nuxhall (5,off Merritt).  SF–Ennis (8,off Freeman).  IBB–Musial (19,by Klippstein); B. Smith (3,by Freeman).  Team LOB–12.  Team–6.  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–3:08.  A–5,448.
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