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Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
July 27, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on July 27, 1959 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | July 27, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 27, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Vinegar Bend Mizell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Purkey |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 8,911 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 38 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Stan Landes 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Dusty Boggess 3B: Ed Sudol |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Bill White | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Gino Cimoli | Center Fielder |
| George Crowe | First Baseman |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | Pitcher |
| Solly Hemus | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Vada Pinson | Center Fielder |
| Gus Bell | Right Fielder |
| Frank Robinson | First Baseman |
| Willie Jones | Third Baseman |
| Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
| Dutch Dotterer | Catcher |
| Eddie Kasko | Shortstop |
| Bob Purkey | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
July 27, 1959
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Purkey
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Purkey
Cunningham strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Purkey
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Purkey
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Mizell
Temple takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Mizell
Pinson takes first base on ball four. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Mizell
Bell takes first base on ball four. Temple moves to third. Pinson moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Robinson vs. Mizell
Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Temple tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Mizell
Jones takes first base on ball four. Pinson moves to third. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Thomas vs. Mizell
Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pinson scores. Bell moves to third. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Dotterer vs. Mizell
Dotterer hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kasko vs. Mizell
Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Purkey
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Purkey
Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Purkey covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Purkey
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Purkey vs. Mizell
Purkey strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Mizell
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Mizell
Pinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Pinson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Mizell
The ball gets by Smith for a passed ball. Pinson moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bell vs. Mizell
Bell strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Purkey
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mizell vs. Purkey
Mizell bunts in front of the plate. Dotterer fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Purkey
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Purkey covering, for the out. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cunningham vs. Purkey
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Purkey covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Mizell
Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Mizell
Jones hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Mizell
Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Purkey
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Purkey
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Purkey
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dotterer vs. Mizell
Dotterer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kasko vs. Mizell
Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Dotterer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Purkey vs. Mizell
Purkey bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Dotterer moves to third. Kasko moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Temple vs. Mizell
Temple hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pinson vs. Bridges
Marshall Bridges now pitching.
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Bridges
Bell strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Purkey
Crowe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Crowe reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grammas vs. Purkey
Grammas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Purkey
There's a wild pitch. Crowe moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Purkey
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crowe scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jablonski vs. Purkey
Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Marshall Bridges.
Jablonski strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Purkey
Blasingame hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell who is chasing the ball. Blasingame reaches third base with a triple. Smith goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cunningham vs. Purkey
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Blasingame scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Purkey
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cunningham moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Purkey
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Ricketts
Dick Ricketts now pitching.
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Ricketts
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Ricketts
Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Dotterer vs. Ricketts
Dotterer hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jones tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kasko vs. Ricketts
Kasko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Purkey vs. Ricketts
Purkey strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Purkey
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Purkey
Crowe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Purkey
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grammas for the out. Crowe moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Purkey
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Ricketts
Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pinson vs. Ricketts
Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Ricketts
There goes Pinson. The throw from Smith and he is safe. Pinson steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Ricketts
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Robinson vs. Ricketts
Robinson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jones vs. Ricketts
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Purkey
Wally Shannon pinch hits for Dick Ricketts.
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shannon for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Purkey
Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Purkey
Cunningham strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Purkey
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Jeffcoat
Hal Jeffcoat now pitching.
Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dotterer vs. Jeffcoat
Dotterer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kasko vs. Jeffcoat
Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Purkey
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Purkey
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Purkey
Crowe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Purkey
Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Purkey vs. Jeffcoat
JW Porter now catching.
Purkey strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Jeffcoat
Temple hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cimoli. Temple reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pinson vs. Jeffcoat
Pinson strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Jeffcoat
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Jeffcoat
Robinson strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Purkey
Porter hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Purkey
Stan Musial pinch hits for Hal Jeffcoat.
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Purkey
Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/27/1959 -- St.Louis at Cincinnati (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 5 1 2 1 Temple J, 2b 4 3 3 3
Cunningham J, rf 4 0 1 1 Pinson V, cf 4 1 1 0
White B, lf 4 0 2 0 Bell G, rf 4 0 1 1
Boyer K, 3b 4 0 1 0 Robinson F, 1b 3 0 0 1
Cimoli G, cf 4 0 0 0 Jones W, 3b 3 1 1 0
Crowe G, 1b 2 1 1 0 Thomas F, lf 4 1 2 1
Grammas A, ss 4 0 0 0 Dotterer D, c 3 1 1 1
Smith H, c 3 1 2 1 Kasko E, ss 4 1 2 1
Porter J, c 1 0 0 0 Purkey B, p 3 0 0 0
Mizell V, p 0 0 0 0
Bridges M, p 0 0 0 0
Jablonski R, ph 1 0 0 0
Ricketts D, p 0 0 0 0
Shannon W, ph 1 0 0 0
Jeffcoat H, p 0 0 0 0
Musial S, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 3 9 3 32 8 11 8
St.Louis 000 030 000 -- 3
Cincinnati 200 320 01x -- 8
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell V (L) 3.1 5 5 5 4 2
Bridges M 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Ricketts D 2.0 4 2 2 1 1
Jeffcoat H 2.0 2 1 1 0 3
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey B (W) 9.0 9 3 3 2 3
DP -- Cincinnati 1
LOB -- St.Louis 7, Cincinnati 8
2B -- Pinson V, Crowe G, Thomas F, Temple J
3B -- Blasingame D
HR -- Temple J
SB -- Pinson V
SH -- Mizell V, Purkey B
SF -- Robinson F, Dotterer D
WP -- Purkey B
PB -- Smith H
T -- 2:38
A -- 8911
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