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St. Louis Cardinals @ Philadelphia Phillies

1958-09-15 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 5988 · night · 2:11

Philadelphia Phillies defeated St. Louis Cardinals 6–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 2nd. Robin Roberts earned the win. Irv Noren went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Robin Roberts L: Vinegar Bend Mizell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: Ed Sudol · 2B: Tony Venzon · 3B: Frank Secory · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	4	1	1	0	0	0
Irv Noren	4	1	2	1	0	1
Joe Cunningham	3	0	1	1	1	0
Ken Boyer	3	0	0	0	1	1
Wally Moon	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Green	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Smith	4	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Kasko	3	0	1	0	0	0
Vinegar Bend Mizell	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ray Katt	2	0	0	0	0	0
Del Ennis	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	5	1	2	0	0	0
Chico Fernandez	5	1	1	0	0	1
Ed Bouchee	3	0	0	1	0	1
Bob Bowman	2	1	2	1	2	0
Harry Anderson	3	1	1	0	1	1
Pancho Herrera	3	1	1	0	1	0
Ted Kazanski	3	1	2	2	0	0
Jim Hegan	4	0	3	2	0	1
Robin Roberts	4	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vinegar Bend Mizell	6.0	9	2	3
Nelson Chittum	2.0	3	2	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robin Roberts	9.0	7	2	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Blasingame: 8
Irv Noren: S9
Joe Cunningham: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: 13
Chico Fernandez: 63
Ed Bouchee: 53

Top 2

Ken Boyer: 13
Wally Moon: 8
Gene Green: 8/L

Bot 2

Bob Bowman: W
Harry Anderson: D9.1-3
Pancho Herrera: 63
Ted Kazanski: 8/SF.3-H
Jim Hegan: D9.2-H
Robin Roberts: 9/9D

Top 3

Bobby Smith: 5/FL
Eddie Kasko: 63
Vinegar Bend Mizell: K/C

Bot 3

Richie Ashburn: S7.B-2(E7)
Chico Fernandez: 63.2-3
Ed Bouchee: FC6.3XH(625);B-2
Bob Bowman: S1.2-3
Harry Anderson: K/C

Top 4

Don Blasingame: 6/P/8S
Irv Noren: K
Joe Cunningham: W
Ken Boyer: W.1-2
Wally Moon: 3/G

Bot 4

Pancho Herrera: W
Ted Kazanski: 64(1)3/GDP
Jim Hegan: D9
Robin Roberts: 8

Top 5

Gene Green: K/C
Bobby Smith: S9
Eddie Kasko: 2/FL
Vinegar Bend Mizell: K

Bot 5

Richie Ashburn: 63
Chico Fernandez: S8/89
Ed Bouchee: SB2
Ed Bouchee: K/C
Bob Bowman: S7/G.2-H
Harry Anderson: CS2(26)

Top 6

Don Blasingame: D9/89
Irv Noren: 8.2-3
Joe Cunningham: S6.3-H
Ken Boyer: K
Wally Moon: 7/7D

Bot 6

Harry Anderson: 4/P
Pancho Herrera: S8
Ted Kazanski: SB2
Ted Kazanski: S7.2-H
Jim Hegan: SB2.1-3(E2/TH)#
Jim Hegan: K/C
Robin Roberts: 9/FL

Top 7

Ray Katt: 3/L
Bobby Smith: 63
Eddie Kasko: S7
Del Ennis: 8

Bot 7

Richie Ashburn: T/78
Chico Fernandez: 5/FL
Ed Bouchee: 8/L/SF.3-H
Bob Bowman: W
Harry Anderson: W.1-2
Pancho Herrera: 64(1)/FO

Top 8

Don Blasingame: 43
Irv Noren: HR/9
Joe Cunningham: 31
Ken Boyer: 53

Bot 8

Ted Kazanski: D8/P
Jim Hegan: S/89.2-H
Robin Roberts: 36(1)/FO/BG
Richie Ashburn: 9/L
Chico Fernandez: K

Top 9

Wally Moon: S9/G
Ray Katt: 6(1)3/GDP
Bobby Smith: 8

Notes & reviews

Gene Green ejected by HP umpire Jocko Conlan

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