St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
August 21, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 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 1, Cincinnati Reds 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 1 0
Cunningham lf 4 1 1 1
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Cimoli rf 2 0 1 0
Flood cf 3 0 1 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
Grammas ss 2 0 0 0
  Shannon ph,ss 2 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 0 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Musial ph 0 0 0 0
  Gibson pr 0 0 0 0
  Bridges p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 0 0
Pinson cf 4 0 2 1
Bell rf 4 0 2 1
Robinson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Lockman 1b 0 0 0 0
Lynch lf 3 0 0 0
  Thomas ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 0 1 0
Jones 3b 3 0 0 0
Kasko ss 3 1 1 0
Hook p 2 1 1 0
Totals 31 2 8 2
St. Louis 100 000 000150
Cincinnati 000 020 00x280
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (10-12) 7.0 6 2 2 1 1
  Bridges   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
2
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Hook  W (3-3) 9.0 5 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
3
2

  E–None.  3B–St. Louis Cimoli (6,off Hook), Cincinnati Pinson (9,off Bridges).  HR–St. Louis Cunningham (6,1st inning off Hook 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Robinson (8,by Bridges).  Team–7.  U–Shag Crawford, Vic Delmore, Al Barlick.  T–2:28.  A–11,624.
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