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Cardinals 17 @ Pirates 4
Forbes Field
May 20, 1954

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 20, 1954 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates were bested by the visiting Cardinals with a score of 17 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 20, 1954 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 17 H: 17 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 17
Hits: 17
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 4 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherTom Poholsky  
Losing PitcherBob Purkey  
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Game Winning RBIStan Musial 

Game Info

DateMay 20, 1954 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherTom Poholsky  
Home Starting PitcherBob Purkey  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance4,902 
Time of Game2 hours 36 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Engeln
1B: Bill Stewart
2B: Babe Pinelli
3B: Dusty Boggess

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Wally Moon  Left Fielder 
Solly Hemus  Shortstop 
Red Schoendienst  Second Baseman 
Stan Musial  Right Fielder 
Ray Jablonski  Third Baseman 
Tom Alston  First Baseman 
Rip Repulski  Center Fielder 
Del Rice  Catcher 
Tom Poholsky  Pitcher 
Eddie Stanky  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Curt Roberts  Second Baseman 
Bob Skinner  First Baseman 
Hal Rice  Left Fielder 
Jerry Lynch  Right Fielder 
Sid Gordon  Third Baseman 
Toby Atwell  Catcher 
Gair Allie  Shortstop 
Dick Hall  Center Fielder 
Bob Purkey  Pitcher 
Fred Haney  Manager 

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Cardinals 17 @ Pirates 4
Forbes Field
May 20, 1954

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         Game of 5/20/1954 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Moon W, lf            4  0  1  3   Roberts C, 2b         5  0  2  0   
Lowrey P, lf          0  0  0  0   Skinner B, 1b         5  1  0  0   
Hemus S, ss           2  1  1  0   Rice H, lf            4  0  1  1   
Grammas A, ss         2  1  1  1   Lynch J, rf           4  0  0  0   
Schoendienst R, 2b    5  1  1  0   Gordon S, 3b          4  1  2  0   
Musial S, rf          6  2  3  4   Atwell T, c           4  0  1  0   
Frazier J, rf         0  0  0  0   Allie G, ss           4  0  1  0   
Jablonski R, 3b       5  3  2  1   Hall D, cf            4  1  2  0   
Alston T, 1b          4  3  2  0   Purkey B, p           0  0  0  0   
Repulski R, cf        4  2  0  0   O'Donnell G, p        1  0  1  0   
Rice D, c             4  2  2  3   Abrams C, ph          1  0  0  0   
Sarni B, c            1  1  1  1   Yochim L, p           0  0  0  0   
Poholsky T, p         3  1  3  4   Ward P, ph            1  1  1  3   
                                   Page J, p             0  0  0  0   
                                   Hetki J, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   LaPalme P, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Pellagrini E, ph      1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40 17 17 17                        38  4 11  4

St.Louis         600 100 730 -- 17
Pittsburgh       001 003 000 --  4

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Poholsky T (W)        9.0 11  4  4  0  4

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Purkey B (L)          0.1  4  5  5  1  0
O'Donnell G           3.2  4  2  2  1  0
Yochim L              2.0  2  0  0  0  0
Page J                0.1  2  7  2  2  0
Hetki J               0.2  1  0  0  1  0
LaPalme P             2.0  4  3  3  1  3

E -- Gordon S, Roberts C
LOB -- St.Louis 7, Pittsburgh 7
2B -- Rice D 2, Rice H, Atwell T
3B -- Musial S, Grammas A
HR -- Ward P, Musial S
CS -- Alston T
SH -- Poholsky T
SF -- Poholsky T, Moon W 2
HBP -- by Page J (Alston T)
WP -- LaPalme P
T -- 2:36
A -- 4902

    

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