Philadelphia Phillies vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 17, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 17, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 4, St. Louis Cardinals 10

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 0 3 0
Bouchee 1b 5 0 2 2
Freese 3b 4 0 1 1
Philley rf 5 0 1 0
Anderson H. lf 4 0 0 0
Hanebrink 2b 3 0 1 0
  Bolger ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson S. 2b 1 0 0 0
Koppe ss 5 1 3 0
Sawatski c 3 1 1 0
  Post ph 1 0 0 0
  Thomas c 1 0 0 0
Semproch p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson p 2 1 2 1
  Phillips p 0 0 0 0
  Bowman ph 1 1 1 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
  Drake ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 4 15 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 2 1 0
Cimoli cf,rf 3 2 1 0
White lf,1b 5 3 2 3
Jablonski 3b 3 1 2 3
  Gray 3b 1 0 0 0
Musial 1b 3 1 0 0
  Flood cf 1 0 0 0
Oliver rf,lf 4 1 2 1
Smith c 4 0 1 1
Grammas ss 3 0 0 0
Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Bridges p 2 0 1 0
Totals 34 10 10 8
Philadelphia 030 001 0004154
St. Louis 300 052 00x10100
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Semproch   0.2 3 3 2 1 0
  Robinson  L (1-1) 3.2 4 5 4 2 4
  Phillips   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Farrell   1.0 1 2 2 1 1
  Meyer   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
10
8
6
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   3.2 10 3 3 1 1
  Bridges  W (1-0) 5.1 5 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
15
4
4
3
7

  E–Ashburn (5), Freese (2), Hanebrink (4), Koppe (7).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Hanebrink-Koppe-Bouchee.  2B–Philadelphia Koppe (4,off Bridges), St. Louis Cimoli (26,off Semproch); Oliver (2,off Semproch); Blasingame (8,off Robinson).  3B–St. Louis H. Smith (2,off Phillips); White (6,off Farrell).  Team LOB–13.  SF–Jablonski (1,off Farrell).  Team–7.  U–Dusty Boggess, Tom Gorman, Stan Landes.  T–2:38.  A–16,765.
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