Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 24, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1958 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."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 8, St. Louis Cardinals 12

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 3 3 1
Clemente rf 5 1 1 0
Stuart 1b 5 3 3 3
Mejias lf 5 1 3 2
Thomas 3b 4 0 2 2
Mazeroski 2b 5 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Hall c 3 0 1 0
Raydon p 1 0 0 0
  Powers ph 1 0 0 0
  Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  Law p 0 0 0 0
  Gross p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 8 13 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 3 2 2
Noren lf 5 1 3 1
Cunningham 1b,rf 5 2 3 2
Boyer 3b 4 1 3 3
Moon rf 3 0 0 0
  Green ph,rf,c 2 0 1 1
Freese ss 4 1 0 0
  Wight p 0 0 0 0
Landrith c 2 0 0 0
  Musial ph,1b 1 1 1 0
Flood cf 5 2 1 1
Mabe p 0 0 0 0
  Ennis ph 1 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 1 0 0 0
  Smith ph 0 0 0 0
  Kasko pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Totals 38 12 14 10
Pittsburgh 202 010 3008131
St. Louis 004 300 05x12142
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Raydon   3.0 4 4 4 1 4
  Blackburn   0.2 2 3 3 1 1
  Smith   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Law   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Gross  L (4-5) 0.2 4 5 4 1 1
  Face   1.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
14
12
11
5
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mabe   3.0 5 4 4 1 2
  Brosnan  W (9-7) 5.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Wight  SV (2) 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
2
3

  E–Thomas (21).  2B–Pittsburgh Stuart (8,off Mabe); Clemente (18,off Brosnan); Mejias (3,off Brosnan).  HR–Pittsburgh Virdon (7,1st inning off Mabe 0 on 0 out); Mejias (5,1st inning off Mabe 0 on 2 out); Stuart (12,5th inning off Brosnan 0 on 1 out)..  SF–Thomas (7,off Brosnan).  Team LOB–8.  SB–Freese (1,2nd base off Blackburn/Hall).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:55.  A–25,630.
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