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Phillies
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 16, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Phillies, played on May 16, 1959 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 16, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 16, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Owens |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Gary Blaylock |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 6,609 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Sudol 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Dusty Boggess 3B: Stan Landes |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Gene Freese | Second Baseman |
| Harry Hanebrink | Third Baseman |
| Ed Bouchee | First Baseman |
| Dave Philley | Right Fielder |
| Harry Anderson | Left Fielder |
| Bob Bowman | Center Fielder |
| Joe Koppe | Shortstop |
| Carl Sawatski | Catcher |
| Jim Owens | Pitcher |
| Eddie Sawyer | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Gino Cimoli | Center Fielder |
| George Crowe | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Bill White | Left Fielder |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Gary Blaylock | Pitcher |
| Solly Hemus | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Phillies
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 16, 1959
Top 1
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Blaylock
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hanebrink vs. Blaylock
Hanebrink hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bouchee vs. Blaylock
Bouchee hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Philley vs. Blaylock
Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blaylock fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Owens
Blasingame hits a line drive into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Owens
Cimoli hits a popup, foul, towards first. Bouchee settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Owens
Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hanebrink fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Blaylock
Anderson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowman vs. Blaylock
Bowman hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Blaylock
Koppe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sawatski vs. Blaylock
Sawatski takes first base on ball four. Koppe moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Owens vs. Blaylock
There's a wild pitch. Koppe moves to third. Sawatski moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Owens vs. Blaylock
Owens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Owens
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Owens
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Owens fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Owens
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hanebrink fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Blaylock
Freese is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hanebrink vs. Blaylock
Hanebrink is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bouchee vs. Blaylock
Bouchee strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Owens
Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Anderson. Smith reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grammas vs. Owens
Grammas strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blaylock vs. Owens
Blaylock hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Owens
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Owens
Cimoli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Philley. Cimoli reaches second base with a double. There goes Blasingame trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crowe vs. Owens
Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crowe for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Philley vs. Blaylock
Philley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Anderson vs. Blaylock
Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bowman vs. Blaylock
Bowman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 4
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Owens
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Owens
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cunningham vs. Owens
Cunningham hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer scores. White moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Owens
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hanebrink fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to third. Cunningham moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Grammas vs. Owens
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe misplays the ball. That's an error on Koppe. White scores. Cunningham moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Blaylock vs. Owens
Blaylock strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Blasingame vs. Owens
Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cunningham scores. Grammas moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cimoli vs. Owens
Cimoli is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Blaylock
Koppe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sawatski vs. Blaylock
Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Owens vs. Blaylock
Owens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Owens
Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crowe for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Owens
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Owens
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Owens
There's a wild pitch. White moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Owens
Cunningham is walked intentionally. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Owens
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Blaylock
Curt Flood now playing center field. Joe Cunningham now playing first base. Gino Cimoli now playing right field.
Freese hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hanebrink vs. Blaylock
Hanebrink hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bouchee vs. Blaylock
Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hanebrink moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Philley vs. Blaylock
Philley 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
Bottom 6
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Owens
Grammas hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blaylock vs. Owens
Blaylock strikes out. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Owens
Blasingame hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Owens
Owens fires to first and picks off Blasingame. View Play
Top 7
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Phillies, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Blaylock
Anderson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowman vs. Blaylock
Bowman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cunningham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Koppe vs. Blaylock
Koppe is called out on strikes. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Blaylock
Sawatski hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Owens
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Owens
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Koppe misplays the ball. That's an error on Koppe. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Owens
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Owens
White hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Flood scores. Boyer moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Owens
Cunningham is walked intentionally. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Owens
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Bowman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashburn vs. Blaylock
Richie Ashburn pinch hits for Jim Owens. Bobby Smith now playing right field.
Ashburn hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Blaylock
Freese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hanebrink vs. Blaylock
Hanebrink hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bouchee vs. Blaylock
Bouchee hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Freese moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Philley vs. Blaylock
Philley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Freese scores. Bouchee moves to third. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Anderson vs. Blaylock
Anderson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Phillips
Taylor Phillips now pitching.
Grammas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blaylock vs. Phillips
Blaylock bunts towards the mound. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Phillips
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Bowman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Phillips
Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Phillips
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hanebrink fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bowman vs. Blaylock
Bowman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Koppe vs. Blaylock
Koppe hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sawatski vs. Blaylock
Sawatski hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Phillies, 2 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Post vs. Blaylock
Wally Post pinch hits for Taylor Phillips.
Post strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/16/1959 -- Philadelphia at St.Louis (D)
Philadelphia AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Freese G, 2b 3 1 0 0 Blasingame D, 2b 4 0 2 1
Hanebrink H, 3b 4 0 2 0 Cimoli G, cf-rf 4 0 1 0
Bouchee E, 1b 4 0 1 0 Smith B, rf 1 1 1 2
Philley D, rf 4 0 2 1 Crowe G, 1b 3 0 0 0
Anderson H, lf 4 1 1 1 Flood C, cf 2 1 0 0
Bowman B, cf 4 0 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 1 2 0
Koppe J, ss 3 0 1 0 White B, lf 4 1 2 1
Sawatski C, c 3 0 0 0 Cunningham J, rf-1b 2 1 1 1
Owens J, p 2 0 0 0 Smith H, c 4 1 1 0
Ashburn R, ph 1 0 0 0 Grammas A, ss 4 1 1 0
Phillips T, p 0 0 0 0 Blaylock G, p 3 1 1 2
Post W, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 2 8 2 35 8 12 7
Philadelphia 000 000 110 -- 2
St.Louis 002 300 12x -- 8
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Owens J (L) 7.0 10 6 3 3 5
Phillips T 1.0 2 2 2 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Blaylock G (W) 9.0 8 2 2 3 5
E -- Koppe J 2
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- Philadelphia 7, St.Louis 7
2B -- Smith H, Cimoli G
HR -- Blaylock G, Anderson H, Smith B
SH -- Blaylock G
WP -- Blaylock G, Owens J
T -- 2:15
A -- 6609
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