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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 17, 1959 at Connie Mack Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Philadelphia Phillies 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 0 0
Grammas ss 3 1 1 0
White lf,1b 4 1 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 2 1
Cunningham rf,lf,rf 4 0 2 0
Porter c 4 2 1 0
  Smith c 0 0 0 0
Oliver 1b 4 1 2 0
  Cimoli rf,lf 0 0 0 0
Flood cf 3 0 1 3
Mizell p 3 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 0 0 0
Anderson S. 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hanebrink ph 1 0 1 2
Bouchee 1b 2 0 0 0
Post rf 4 0 1 0
Freese 3b 5 0 1 0
Anderson H. lf 4 1 2 0
Koppe ss 3 1 0 0
Thomas c 4 1 1 1
Semproch p 2 0 0 0
  Bowman ph 1 0 0 0
  Robinson p 0 0 0 0
  Philley ph 1 0 1 1
  Drake pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
St. Louis 121 001 0005101
Philadelphia 000 000 004471
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  W (12-7) 8.0 6 4 3 6 2
  McDaniel  SV (10) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
6
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Semproch  L (3-9) 7.0 9 5 5 1 2
  Robinson   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
4

  E–Grammas (12), S. Anderson (9).  2B–St. Louis White (29,off Semproch); Oliver (6,off Semproch); Flood (4,off Semproch); Grammas (9,off Semproch); Porter (3,off Semproch), Philadelphia H. Anderson (21,off Mizell).  SH–Mizell (5,off Semproch).  SF–Flood (1,off Semproch).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Ashburn (6,by Mizell).  Team–10.  SB–Boyer (11,2nd base off Semproch/Thomas).  CS–Boyer (5,2nd base by Semproch/Thomas); S. Anderson (7,2nd base by Mizell/Porter).  U–Stan Landes, Tom Gorman, Ed Sudol.  T–2:38.  A–6,178.
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