St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
June 26, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1959 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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 6, Cincinnati Reds 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 2 0
Cunningham rf 5 1 1 1
White lf,1b 5 1 3 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 2 2
Cimoli cf,lf 3 1 0 0
Musial 1b 4 2 3 3
  Flood cf 1 0 0 0
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Grammas ss 2 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 0 0
  Tate ss 1 0 0 0
  Katt ph 1 0 0 0
  Gray ss 0 0 0 0
Jackson p 2 0 1 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Blaylock p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Cheney p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 6 13 6
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 6 0 3 2
Lockman 1b 4 0 1 1
Pinson cf 5 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 2 2 0
Lynch lf 5 0 0 0
Pendleton 3b 5 1 3 1
Bailey c 3 1 1 0
  Robinson pr 0 0 0 0
Kasko ss 4 3 3 2
Newcombe p 3 0 1 1
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
  Powers ph 1 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 7 14 7
St. Louis 000 000 150 06130
Cincinnati 000 011 040 17140
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   6.0 9 2 2 1 4
  Blaylock   1.1 1 3 3 2 2
  McDaniel   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
  Cheney  L (0-1) 1.1 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.1
14
7
7
5
6
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe   7.1 10 4 4 0 3
  Lawrence   0.2 1 2 2 1 2
  Arroyo  W (1-0) 2.0 2 0 0 2 0
Totals
10.0
13
6
6
3
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Boyer, Cincinnati 1. Temple-Kasko-Lockman.  2B–St. Louis White 2 (16,off Newcombe 2); Blasingame (12,off Newcombe), Cincinnati Kasko (3,off Jackson); Bell (7,off Jackson); Temple (22,off Cheney).  HR–St. Louis Musial 2 (7,7th inning off Newcombe 0 on 0 out,8th inning off Lawrence 1 on 1 out); Cunningham (3,8th inning off Newcombe 0 on 1 out); Boyer (16,8th inning off Newcombe 1 on 1 out).  SH–Cimoli (5,off Arroyo).  IBB–H. Smith (4,by Arroyo); Kasko (1,by Cheney).  Team LOB–8.  Team–11.  CS–Blasingame (10,2nd base by Arroyo/E. Bailey).  SB–Pendleton (1,2nd base off Jackson/H. Smith).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–3:01.  A–14,895.
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