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Philadelphia Phillies @ St. Louis Cardinals

1955-06-23 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 6430 · 2:25

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 7–1. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 4th. Floyd Wooldridge earned the win. Bill Virdon went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PHI	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7
SLN	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	1		7	12

W: Floyd Wooldridge L: Herm Wehmeier SV: (none)

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

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Richie Ashburn	4	0	3	0	0
Glen Gorbous	4	0	0	0	0
Granny Hamner	2	0	0	1	1
Del Ennis	4	0	0	0	0
Stan Lopata	4	0	0	0	0
Marv Blaylock	4	0	1	0	0
Willie Jones	3	0	1	0	1
Roy Smalley	4	0	0	0	0
Herm Wehmeier	1	0	1	0	0
Bob Kuzava	1	1	1	0	0
Jim Greengrass	1	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Solly Hemus	3	0	0	0	0	1
Wally Moon	4	2	2	1	0	0
Stan Musial	3	1	1	0	1	0
Bill Virdon	4	1	2	3	0	0
Red Schoendienst	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rip Repulski	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ken Boyer	4	2	1	1	0	1
Nelson Burbrink	4	0	3	1	0	0
Floyd Wooldridge	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bob Stephenson	2	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herm Wehmeier	3.0	5	1	0
Bob Kuzava	3.0	4	0	3
Thornton Kipper	2.0	3	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Floyd Wooldridge	9.0	7	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Richie Ashburn: 13
Glen Gorbous: 9/L
Granny Hamner: W
Del Ennis: 7/L

Bot 1

Solly Hemus: 3/G
Wally Moon: 8
Stan Musial: S9
Bill Virdon: 4/P

Top 2

Stan Lopata: 9
Marv Blaylock: S9
Willie Jones: S7.1-2
Roy Smalley: 5(2)3/GDP

Bot 2

Red Schoendienst: 9/L
Rip Repulski: 8
Ken Boyer: 5/P

Top 3

Herm Wehmeier: S9
Richie Ashburn: S8.1-2
Glen Gorbous: 8.2-3
Granny Hamner: 5/FL
Del Ennis: 43

Bot 3

Nelson Burbrink: 63
Floyd Wooldridge: D9
Solly Hemus: PO2(16)
Solly Hemus: 9/L

Top 4

Stan Lopata: 4/P
Marv Blaylock: 8
Willie Jones: W
Roy Smalley: 9

Bot 4

Wally Moon: HR/9
Stan Musial: W
Bill Virdon: HR/9.1-H
Red Schoendienst: S9
Rip Repulski: 3/P
Ken Boyer: K/C
Nelson Burbrink: S7.1-2
Floyd Wooldridge: 3/FL

Top 5

Bob Kuzava: S9
Richie Ashburn: S9.1-2
Glen Gorbous: 3/G.1-2;2-3
Granny Hamner: 9(B)35(2)/SF/DP.3-H

Bot 5

Solly Hemus: K
Wally Moon: 13
Stan Musial: 13

Top 6

Del Ennis: 8
Stan Lopata: 5/L
Marv Blaylock: E4
Willie Jones: 7

Bot 6

Bill Virdon: 43
Red Schoendienst: 7
Rip Repulski: D7
Ken Boyer: S8.2-H
Nelson Burbrink: T7.1-H
Floyd Wooldridge: K

Top 7

Roy Smalley: 63
Jim Greengrass: 8
Richie Ashburn: S8
Glen Gorbous: 8

Bot 7

Bob Stephenson: 53
Wally Moon: S9
Stan Musial: WP.1-2
Stan Musial: 43.2-3
Bill Virdon: S7.3-H
Red Schoendienst: SB2
Red Schoendienst: 43

Top 8

Granny Hamner: 5/P
Del Ennis: 3/P
Stan Lopata: 9

Bot 8

Rip Repulski: W
Ken Boyer: 64(1)/FO
Nelson Burbrink: S9.1-3
Floyd Wooldridge: 64(1)/FO.3-H
Bob Stephenson: 43

Top 9

Marv Blaylock: 9
Willie Jones: 53
Roy Smalley: 31