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Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals

1957-08-07 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 15422 · 2:38

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 5–1. Chicago Cubs put up 2 in the 9th. Dick Drott earned the win and Dick Littlefield picked up the save. Dale Long went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dick Drott L: Herm Wehmeier SV: Dick Littlefield

Umpires — HP: Ken Burkhart · 1B: Hal Dixon · 2B: Ed Sudol · 3B: Tom Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Adams	5	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Speake	5	2	2	1	0	1
Chuck Tanner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Walt Moryn	4	1	1	1	0	1
Dale Long	4	1	2	1	0	0
Ernie Banks	4	1	1	0	0	0
Cal Neeman	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Morgan	4	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Drott	3	0	0	0	0	3
Dick Littlefield	1	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	4	0	0	0	1	0
Al Dark	5	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Musial	3	0	1	1	1	0
Wally Moon	3	0	0	0	1	0
Del Ennis	3	0	1	0	1	1
Ken Boyer	3	0	0	0	1	1
Hobie Landrith	2	0	1	0	1	0
Eddie Kasko	4	0	0	0	0	0
Herm Wehmeier	2	1	1	0	0	1
Dick Schofield	1	0	0	0	0	1
Walker Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Smith	0	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Drott	7.1	5	6	4
Dick Littlefield	1.2	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Herm Wehmeier	5.2	5	0	5
Billy Muffett	1.1	0	0	1
Hoyt Wilhelm	2.0	3	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bobby Adams: 43
Bob Speake: K
Chuck Tanner: 8

Bot 1

Don Blasingame: 43
Al Dark: 6/P
Stan Musial: W
Wally Moon: 8

Top 2

Walt Moryn: HR/9
Dale Long: 7
Ernie Banks: 53
Cal Neeman: K

Bot 2

Del Ennis: 63
Ken Boyer: K
Hobie Landrith: 7/L

Top 3

Bobby Morgan: 7
Dick Drott: K
Bobby Adams: 53

Bot 3

Eddie Kasko: 13
Herm Wehmeier: S7
Don Blasingame: W.1-2
Al Dark: 8
Stan Musial: S9.2-H;1-3
Wally Moon: 43

Top 4

Bob Speake: HR/8
Chuck Tanner: 43
Walt Moryn: K
Dale Long: 5/FL

Bot 4

Del Ennis: K
Ken Boyer: 5/FL
Hobie Landrith: S9
Eddie Kasko: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Ernie Banks: 6/P
Cal Neeman: 13
Bobby Morgan: S8
Dick Drott: K/C

Bot 5

Herm Wehmeier: K
Don Blasingame: 13
Al Dark: S5
Stan Musial: 7

Top 6

Bobby Adams: 53
Bob Speake: S5
Chuck Tanner: 5/FL
Walt Moryn: E4.1-2
Dale Long: S9.2-H(E2)(NR)(UR);1-3
Ernie Banks: 8

Bot 6

Wally Moon: 43
Del Ennis: W
Ken Boyer: WP.1-2#
Ken Boyer: 2/FL
Hobie Landrith: W
Eddie Kasko: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Cal Neeman: 63
Bobby Morgan: 53
Dick Drott: K/C

Bot 7

Dick Schofield: K
Don Blasingame: 8
Al Dark: 9/FL

Top 8

Bobby Adams: 13
Bob Speake: 2/FL
Chuck Tanner: W
Walt Moryn: 43

Bot 8

Stan Musial: 13
Wally Moon: W
Del Ennis: S8.1-2
Ken Boyer: W.2-3;1-2
Walker Cooper: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Dale Long: HR/9
Ernie Banks: S8
Cal Neeman: SB2#
Cal Neeman: K
Bobby Morgan: E6.2-3
Dick Littlefield: K
Bobby Adams: D9.3-H(UR);1-3
Bob Speake: 43

Bot 9

Eddie Kasko: 43
Bobby Smith: W
Don Blasingame: 5/FL
Al Dark: 63

Notes & reviews

Cubs manager Scheffing ejected by 1B umpire Dixon for arguing Adams was safe at 1st
Herm Wehmeier ejected by HP umpire Ken Burkhart arguing Bob Speake was out

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