St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 23, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1958 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 2, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 3 1 1 0
Blasingame 2b 3 1 2 0
  Kasko ph 1 0 0 0
Musial 1b 4 0 3 1
Moon lf 3 0 1 1
Green rf 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 1 0
Smith c 3 0 1 0
  Cunningham ph 1 0 1 0
Mizell p 3 0 0 0
  Paine p 0 0 0 0
  Wight p 0 0 0 0
  Noren ph 0 0 0 0
  Ennis ph 1 0 0 0
  Barnes pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 10 2
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 3 0 1 0
Skinner lf 2 1 1 0
Groat ss 4 2 2 1
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 1 0
  Stevens pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 3 0 1 1
Clemente rf 3 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 2 1
Foiles c 1 0 0 0
  Kravitz c 3 0 0 0
Kline p 3 0 1 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 9 3
St. Louis 002 000 0002101
Pittsburgh 200 000 01x390
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  L (2-5) 7.0 8 3 3 4 5
  Paine   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Wight   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
3
3
5
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  W (5-3) 8.0 10 2 2 3 4
  Gross  SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
4
5

  E–Musial (3).  DP–St. Louis 3. Schofield-Musial, Blasingame-Schofield-Musial, Boyer-Blasingame-Musial, Pittsburgh 3. Kluszewski-Groat-Kluszewski, Groat-Mazeroski-Kluszewski, Kravitz-Thomas.  2B–St. Louis Blasingame (8,off Kline), Pittsburgh Kline (1,off Mizell).  IBB–Moon (2,by Kline).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  CS–Barnes (1,3rd base by Gross/Kravitz).  SB–Skinner (6,2nd base off Mizell/H. Smith).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:37.  A–29,369.
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