St. Louis Cardinals vs Philadelphia Phillies
May 17, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1966 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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 3, Philadelphia Phillies 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 3 2 1 0
Shannon rf 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 3 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 2 2
Smith 3b 4 0 0 0
Gagliano lf 4 0 1 0
Buchek ss 4 0 2 0
Corrales c 3 0 0 0
  Brock pr 0 0 0 0
Simmons p 1 0 0 0
  Gibson ph 1 0 0 0
  Briles p 1 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 3b 5 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 3 1 1 0
Groat ss 3 2 2 1
  Wine ss 0 0 0 0
Callison rf 3 0 0 1
Kuenn lf 3 0 1 1
  Gonzalez lf 0 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 2 2
Brandt cf 3 0 1 0
Uecker c 3 1 1 0
Short p 4 1 3 0
Totals 31 5 11 5
St. Louis 011 010 000381
Philadelphia 201 000 20x5111
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons   3.0 4 3 3 3 3
  Briles  L (0-2) 3.1 5 2 1 1 0
  Hoerner   1.2 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
11
5
4
6
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Short  W (4-3) 9.0 8 3 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
8
3
1
2
4

  E–Buchek (5), Groat (3).  DP–St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 2.  PB–Uecker (3).  2B–St. Louis Buchek 2 (3,off Short 2); Cepeda (4,off Short), Philadelphia Groat (5,off Simmons); Kuenn (3,off Simmons).  HR–St. Louis Cepeda (5,2nd inning off Short 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Corrales (1,by Short).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  CS–Gagliano (1,2nd base by Short/Uecker); White (1,2nd base by Briles/Corrales); Brandt (1,2nd base by Hoerner/Corrales).  HBP–Short (2,Corrales).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Harry Wendelstedt, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:46.  A–8,731.
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