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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1958 at Forbes Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 7, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 6 1 2 1
Flood cf 5 3 4 1
Musial 1b 5 0 2 0
  Cunningham 1b 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 2
Green rf 5 1 1 0
  Noren rf 0 0 0 0
Ennis lf 4 0 2 0
Smith c 4 0 1 1
Kasko ss 5 1 1 0
Brosnan p 3 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 0 1 3
Skinner lf 5 0 1 0
Groat ss 4 1 2 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 1 2 0
Thomas 3b 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 1 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 3 1
Foiles c 2 0 1 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
  Hall c 0 0 0 0
Gross p 1 1 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Powers ph 1 0 0 0
  Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Kravitz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 12 5
St. Louis 000 120 1307141
Pittsburgh 030 000 0205125
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Brosnan  W (7-5) 7.2 11 5 5 2 2
  Jackson  SV (6) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
2
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Gross  L (2-1) 6.0 10 4 3 1 3
  Face   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Blackburn   0.1 3 3 1 0 0
  Smith   1.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
14
7
4
3
4

  E–Brosnan (1), Skinner (5), Groat (14), Kluszewski 3 (4).  DP–St. Louis 3. Blasingame-Kasko-Musial, Boyer-Musial, Blasingame-Kasko-Musial.  PB–Foiles (2).  2B–St. Louis Boyer (6,off Gross); Flood (10,off Blackburn).  3B–Pittsburgh Virdon (6,off Brosnan).  SH–Brosnan (1,off Blackburn); Jackson (1,off B. Smith).; Foiles (2,off Brosnan).  IBB–Ennis (3,by Face); Boyer (4,by B. Smith).  Team LOB–12.  Team–6.  SB–Blasingame (9,2nd base off Blackburn/Foiles).  CS–Blasingame (5,2nd base by Gross/Foiles).  U–Augie Donatelli, Shag Crawford, Frank Dascoli.  T–2:51.  A–13,529.
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