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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

1955-09-19 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · 12 innings · Att: 4953 · 2:54

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 6–5. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 8th. Mel Wright earned the win. Ernie Banks went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
CHN	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	13
SLN	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	6	12

W: Mel Wright L: Jim Davis SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Lon Warneke · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Babe Pinelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dee Fondy	5	2	1	0	1	0
Gene Baker	5	1	2	1	1	1
Gale Wade	6	1	2	0	0	1
Ernie Banks	5	1	3	4	1	0
Bob Speake	6	0	2	0	0	2
Frank Baumholtz	4	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Miksis	5	0	0	0	1	1
Walker Cooper	5	0	2	0	0	0
Paul Minner	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jim Davis	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ken Boyer	6	0	1	1	0	1
Red Schoendienst	4	0	0	0	2	0
Stan Musial	4	1	1	0	1	1
Rip Repulski	6	2	2	1	0	0
Harry Elliott	5	1	2	3	0	0
Pete Whisenant	3	1	1	0	0	0
Nelson Burbrink	5	0	1	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	5	1	2	1	0	0
Lindy McDaniel	2	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Sarni	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Virdon	2	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Moon	2	0	0	0	0	0
Mel Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Minner	7.0	10	1	3
Bill Tremel	1.2	1	1	0
Jim Davis	3.0	1	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lindy McDaniel	7.0	10	4	3
Frank Smith	2.0	3	2	2
Mel Wright	3.0	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Dee Fondy: W
Gene Baker: PB.1-2
Gene Baker: S7.2-H
Gale Wade: S9.1-3
Ernie Banks: 5/P
Bob Speake: 4/P
Frank Baumholtz: 43

Bot 1

Ken Boyer: K
Red Schoendienst: 8/F
Stan Musial: 53

Top 2

Eddie Miksis: 63
Walker Cooper: D5
Paul Minner: S8.2XH(82)
Dee Fondy: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Rip Repulski: 4/P
Harry Elliott: S8
Pete Whisenant: 8/F
Nelson Burbrink: 6(1)/FO

Top 3

Gene Baker: K/C
Gale Wade: 31
Ernie Banks: S7
Bob Speake: 43

Bot 3

Alex Grammas: 9/F
Lindy McDaniel: S9
Ken Boyer: 4/P
Red Schoendienst: 9/FL

Top 4

Frank Baumholtz: 13/BG
Eddie Miksis: 53
Walker Cooper: 63

Bot 4

Stan Musial: K
Rip Repulski: 63
Harry Elliott: 63

Top 5

Paul Minner: 8/F
Dee Fondy: 43
Gene Baker: W
Gale Wade: 41

Bot 5

Pete Whisenant: 2/FL
Nelson Burbrink: 43
Alex Grammas: S8
Lindy McDaniel: K

Top 6

Ernie Banks: W
Bob Speake: S9.1-2
Frank Baumholtz: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Eddie Miksis: IW
Walker Cooper: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Ken Boyer: 53
Red Schoendienst: W
Stan Musial: 63.1-2
Rip Repulski: 13

Top 7

Paul Minner: K
Dee Fondy: S9
Gene Baker: S8.1-2
Gale Wade: S4/4M.2-3;1-2
Ernie Banks: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Bob Speake: K
Frank Baumholtz: 9/F

Bot 7

Harry Elliott: 43
Pete Whisenant: S7/5
Nelson Burbrink: 53.1-2
Alex Grammas: S9.2-H
Bill Sarni: S/89.1-3
Ken Boyer: S8.3-H;1-3
Red Schoendienst: 9/F

Top 8

Eddie Miksis: K/C
Walker Cooper: S8
Paul Minner: W.1-2
Dee Fondy: 6(B)4(2)/LDP

Bot 8

Stan Musial: S7
Rip Repulski: S5/BG.1-2
Harry Elliott: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Bill Virdon: 7/F
Nelson Burbrink: S8
Alex Grammas: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Gene Baker: 4/L
Gale Wade: K
Ernie Banks: S9.BX1(9E2)
Bob Speake: S8.1-3
Frank Baumholtz: W.1-2
Eddie Miksis: 8/F

Bot 9

Wally Moon: 43
Ken Boyer: 8/F
Red Schoendienst: W
Stan Musial: W.1-2
Rip Repulski: 64(1)/FO

Top 10

Walker Cooper: 9/F
Jim Davis: K/C
Dee Fondy: 31

Bot 10

Harry Elliott: 63
Bill Virdon: 9/F
Nelson Burbrink: 43

Top 11

Gene Baker: 9/F
Gale Wade: 43
Ernie Banks: 43

Bot 11

Alex Grammas: 9/L
Wally Moon: 31
Ken Boyer: 7/L

Top 12

Bob Speake: K
Frank Baumholtz: 43
Eddie Miksis: 53

Bot 12

Red Schoendienst: 63
Mel Wright: 13
Rip Repulski: HR/89/L

Notes & reviews

Ernie Banks rounded 1B too far; Nelson Burbrink dropped the throw

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