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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1955-08-26 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 11387 · night · 2:29

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 5th. Willard Schmidt earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	11
PHI	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5

W: Willard Schmidt L: Curt Simmons SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tom Gorman · 1B: Dusty Boggess · 2B: Bill Engeln · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ken Boyer	3	1	0	0	1	0
Red Schoendienst	4	1	1	1	0	0
Stan Musial	4	0	1	1	0	0
Rip Repulski	4	1	2	0	0	0
Bill Virdon	4	1	2	0	0	1
Bill Sarni	3	0	2	1	1	0
Wally Moon	4	0	1	1	0	1
Alex Grammas	3	0	2	0	0	0
Willard Schmidt	3	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bobby Morgan	3	0	0	0	0	2
Granny Hamner	4	0	1	0	0	0
Del Ennis	4	0	0	0	0	1
Willie Jones	3	1	2	0	1	0
Eddie Waitkus	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jim Greengrass	4	0	1	1	0	0
Stan Lopata	2	0	0	0	1	1
Curt Simmons	1	0	0	0	0	0
Glen Gorbous	1	0	0	0	0	0
Robin Roberts	0	0	0	0	1	0
Marv Blaylock	0	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Willard Schmidt	9.0	5	6	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	4.1	9	1	2
Bob Miller	0.2	0	0	0
Ron Mrozinski	3.0	2	1	1
Bob Kuzava	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ken Boyer: 9
Red Schoendienst: 8
Stan Musial: 7/FL

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: 143
Bobby Morgan: K/C
Granny Hamner: 4

Top 2

Rip Repulski: 63
Bill Virdon: S
Bill Sarni: S.1-2
Wally Moon: D8/DP.2-H;1X3(8362);BXH(26)

Bot 2

Del Ennis: 63
Willie Jones: W
Eddie Waitkus: 8
Jim Greengrass: D.1-H
Stan Lopata: K

Top 3

Alex Grammas: S
Willard Schmidt: K/C
Ken Boyer: 8
Red Schoendienst: 4

Bot 3

Curt Simmons: 7
Richie Ashburn: W
Bobby Morgan: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Stan Musial: 3/G
Rip Repulski: S
Bill Virdon: S.1-2#
Bill Sarni: S.2-H;1-2#
Wally Moon: K
Alex Grammas: 8

Bot 4

Granny Hamner: S
Del Ennis: K
Willie Jones: S.1-2#
Eddie Waitkus: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Willard Schmidt: 2/FL
Ken Boyer: W
Red Schoendienst: D.1-H
Stan Musial: S.2-H
Rip Repulski: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Jim Greengrass: 9
Stan Lopata: W
Glen Gorbous: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Bill Virdon: K
Bill Sarni: W
Wally Moon: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Richie Ashburn: W
Bobby Morgan: K
Granny Hamner: 4/FL
Del Ennis: 5

Top 7

Alex Grammas: S
Willard Schmidt: 16(1)3/GDP
Ken Boyer: 9

Bot 7

Willie Jones: 3
Eddie Waitkus: D
Jim Greengrass: 9
Stan Lopata: 43

Top 8

Red Schoendienst: 7
Stan Musial: 6
Rip Repulski: S
Bill Virdon: OA.1X2(26)#

Bot 8

Robin Roberts: W
Richie Ashburn: 2/FL
Marv Blaylock: W.1-2
Granny Hamner: 7
Del Ennis: 4(1)/FO

Top 9

Bill Virdon: 8
Bill Sarni: 7
Wally Moon: 53

Bot 9

Willie Jones: S
Eddie Waitkus: 46(1)3/GDP
Jim Greengrass: 8

Notes & reviews

Wally Moon nearly caught up to Bill Sarni at 3B, had to retreat to 2B; Eddie Waitkus cut off throw from Richie Ashburn and threw to Bobby Morgan at 2B; Sarni broke for HP; Stan Lopata caught throw, chased Sarni back to 3B, tripping over him as he made the tag; Moon charged past Lopata who was lying on the ground, but Lopata was able to throw to Morgan who was covering HP

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