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Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 6, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Braves, played on May 6, 1955 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 6, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 6, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Chet Nichols |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Gordon Jones |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 13,803 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 55 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Babe Pinelli 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: Tom Gorman 3B: Bill Engeln |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Hank Aaron | Left Fielder |
| Andy Pafko | Right Fielder |
| George Crowe | First Baseman |
| Danny O'Connell | Second Baseman |
| Charlie White | Catcher |
| Chet Nichols | Pitcher |
| Charlie Grimm | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Solly Hemus | Third Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Left Fielder |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Rip Repulski | Right Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Shortstop |
| Bill Sarni | Catcher |
| Gordon Jones | Pitcher |
| Eddie Stanky | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 6, 1955
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Jones
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Jones, and towards Schoendienst, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Jones
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Jones
Mathews hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Nichols
Hemus hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Nichols
Moon hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bruton, who is chasing the ball. Moon reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Virdon vs. Nichols
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moon scores. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Nichols
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Nichols
Repulski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Jones
Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Jones
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Jones
Crowe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Connell vs. Jones
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Nichols
Schoendienst hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Nichols
Boyer hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Nichols
Sarni strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Jones
White strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nichols vs. Jones
Nichols hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Jones
Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Nichols
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Nichols
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Nichols
There's a wild pitch. Hemus moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moon vs. Nichols
Moon strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Virdon vs. Nichols
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hemus scores. Virdon moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Nichols
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Repulski vs. Nichols
Repulski strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Jones
Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Jones
Mathews takes first base on ball four. Logan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aaron vs. Jones
Aaron strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pafko vs. Jones
Pafko hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Pafko reaches second base with a double. Logan scores. Mathews goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crowe vs. Jones
Crowe hits a popup towards short. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Connell vs. Jones
O'Connell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pafko scores. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Jones
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. O'Connell moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nichols vs. Schultz
Barney Schultz now pitching.
Nichols hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Nichols
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Nichols
Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Nichols
Sarni hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Schultz
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Schultz
Logan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Schultz
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Schultz
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schultz vs. Nichols
Schultz strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Nichols
Hemus hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Nichols
Moon hits a popup towards the mound. Nichols settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Schultz
Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Schultz
Crowe hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Connell vs. Schultz
O'Connell strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Schultz
White is hit by the pitch. Pafko moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nichols vs. Schultz
Nichols hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Nichols
Virdon hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Nichols
Musial hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Nichols
Repulski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Nichols
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Robinson
Humberto Robinson now pitching.
Boyer is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sarni vs. Robinson
Sarni hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schultz vs. Robinson
Schultz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Schultz
Bruton bunts towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Schultz
Logan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Schultz
The ball gets by Sarni for a passed ball. Logan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mathews vs. Schultz
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aaron vs. Schultz
Alex Grammas now playing shortstop. Ken Boyer now playing third base.
Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Logan scores. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pafko vs. Moford
Herb Moford now pitching.
Pafko hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Pafko reaches second base with a double. Mathews scores. Aaron moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Crowe vs. Moford
Crowe is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tanner vs. Moford
Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Danny O'Connell.
Tanner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. Aaron scores. Pafko moves to third. Crowe moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
White vs. Moford
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pafko scores. Crowe scores. Tanner moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Tiefenauer
Bobby Tiefenauer now pitching.
Robinson bunts towards the mound. Tiefenauer fields it and throws to third for the out. White moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bruton vs. Tiefenauer
Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Robinson
Jack Dittmer now playing second base. Joe Adcock now playing first base.
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Robinson, and towards Logan, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Robinson
Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Robinson
Virdon hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Robinson
Musial takes first base on ball four. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Repulski vs. Robinson
Repulski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon scores. Musial moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Jolly
Dave Jolly now pitching.
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Tiefenauer
Logan strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Tiefenauer
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Tiefenauer
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Jolly
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sarni vs. Jolly
Sarni takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Frazier vs. Jolly
Joe Frazier pinch hits for Bobby Tiefenauer.
Frazier strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Elliott vs. Jolly
Harry Elliott pinch hits for Alex Grammas.
Elliott is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moon vs. Jolly
Moon hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Lawrence
Bob Stephenson now playing shortstop. Brooks Lawrence now pitching.
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Lawrence
Adcock takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dittmer vs. Lawrence
Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lawrence fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Jolly
Del Crandall now catching.
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Jolly
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Jolly
Repulski is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 8 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Jolly
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko 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 5/6/1955 -- Milwaukee at St.Louis (N)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Bruton B, cf 5 0 0 0 Hemus S, 3b 2 1 0 0
Logan J, ss 3 2 1 0 Grammas A, ss 1 0 0 0
Mathews E, 3b 2 2 0 0 Elliott H, ph 1 0 0 0
Aaron H, lf 5 1 1 1 Stephenson B, ss 0 0 0 0
Pafko A, rf 5 2 3 3 Moon W, lf 5 2 2 0
Crowe G, 1b 3 1 1 0 Virdon B, cf 5 1 4 3
Adcock J, 1b 0 0 0 0 Musial S, 1b 3 0 0 0
O'Connell D, 2b 3 0 1 1 Repulski R, rf 5 1 2 2
Tanner C, ph 1 0 0 1 Schoendienst R, 2b 4 0 0 0
Dittmer J, 2b 1 0 0 0 Boyer K, ss-3b 4 0 1 0
White C, c 3 0 2 2 Sarni B, c 3 0 1 0
Crandall D, c 0 0 0 0 Jones G, p 1 0 0 0
Nichols C, p 3 0 0 0 Schultz B, p 2 0 0 0
Robinson H, p 1 0 0 0 Moford H, p 0 0 0 0
Jolly D, p 0 0 0 0 Tiefenauer B, p 0 0 0 0
Frazier J, ph 1 0 0 0
Lawrence B, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
35 8 9 8 37 5 10 5
Milwaukee 000 300 500 -- 8
St.Louis 101 002 100 -- 5
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Nichols C 5.1 5 4 4 3 4
Robinson H (W) 1.1 3 1 1 1 1
Jolly D (S) 2.1 2 0 0 1 3
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Jones G 3.2 5 3 3 1 2
Schultz B (L) 2.2 2 3 3 3 1
Moford H* 0.0 2 2 2 1 0
Tiefenauer B 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Lawrence B 1.0 0 0 0 1 0
* Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
E -- Boyer K
DP -- St.Louis 2
LOB -- Milwaukee 8, St.Louis 10
2B -- Pafko A 2
3B -- Moon W
HR -- Virdon B, Repulski R
HBP -- by Schultz B (White C)
WP -- Nichols C
PB -- Sarni B
T -- 2:55
A -- 13803
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