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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1959-05-24 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 19921 · 2:57

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Chicago Cubs 7–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 3 in the 4th. Lindy McDaniel earned the win. Hal Smith went 3-for-4 with 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Lindy McDaniel L: Moe Drabowsky SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Augie Donatelli · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: Ken Burkhart · 3B: Tony Venzon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	4	1	2	1	1	0
Gino Cimoli	4	0	0	0	1	1
Stan Musial	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ken Boyer	5	1	2	2	0	1
Bill White	3	1	1	0	1	0
Joe Cunningham	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hal Smith	4	1	3	2	0	0
Lee Tate	4	1	2	2	0	0
Vinegar Bend Mizell	2	1	0	0	0	0
Lindy McDaniel	2	0	0	0	0	0
Curt Flood	1	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tony Taylor	4	0	1	1	0	2
Lee Walls	3	0	0	0	1	1
Walt Moryn	2	0	1	1	2	1
Ernie Banks	4	0	0	0	0	2
Bobby Thomson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Al Dark	3	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Marshall	4	1	1	0	0	1
Cal Neeman	1	1	0	0	1	1
Moe Drabowsky	1	0	0	0	0	0
Earl Averill	0	0	0	1	1	0
Sammy Taylor	2	0	1	0	0	0
George Altman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Irv Noren	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Long	1	0	1	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vinegar Bend Mizell	4.1	4	4	5
Lindy McDaniel	4.2	3	1	5

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Moe Drabowsky	3.1	7	3	1
John Buzhardt	1.2	2	1	0
Seth Morehead	2.0	1	0	0
Elmer Singleton	2.0	3	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Blasingame: 1/G
Gino Cimoli: W
Stan Musial: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Tony Taylor: K/C
Lee Walls: K
Walt Moryn: W
Ernie Banks: K

Top 2

Ken Boyer: 8
Bill White: 43
Joe Cunningham: D7
Hal Smith: 13

Bot 2

Bobby Thomson: S7
Al Dark: 7
Jim Marshall: 7
Cal Neeman: K

Top 3

Lee Tate: D7
Vinegar Bend Mizell: FC1.2X3(15)
Don Blasingame: W.1-2
Gino Cimoli: K
Stan Musial: W.2-3;1-2
Ken Boyer: D7.3-H;2-H;1-3
Bill White: 8

Bot 3

Moe Drabowsky: 9
Tony Taylor: S5/BG
Lee Walls: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 4

Joe Cunningham: S9
Hal Smith: D9.1-3
Lee Tate: T7.3-H;2-H
Vinegar Bend Mizell: 2/FL
Don Blasingame: S1/BG.3-H
Gino Cimoli: SB2
Gino Cimoli: 31/DP.2XH(12)

Bot 4

Walt Moryn: K
Ernie Banks: 4/P
Bobby Thomson: 9

Top 5

Stan Musial: 53
Ken Boyer: S8
Bill White: SB2
Bill White: W
Joe Cunningham: 43.2-3;1-2
Hal Smith: S8.3-H;2-H
Lee Tate: 9

Bot 5

Al Dark: S7
Jim Marshall: D9.1-3
Cal Neeman: W
Earl Averill: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Tony Taylor: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Lee Walls: W.1-2
Walt Moryn: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Ernie Banks: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Lindy McDaniel: 63
Don Blasingame: 43
Gino Cimoli: 53

Bot 6

Bobby Thomson: 53
Al Dark: 43
Jim Marshall: 3/L

Top 7

Stan Musial: 4/P
Ken Boyer: 9
Bill White: D9
Joe Cunningham: 7/L

Bot 7

Sammy Taylor: 43
George Altman: K
Tony Taylor: 6/L

Top 8

Hal Smith: S7.BX2(74)
Lee Tate: 63
Lindy McDaniel: 53

Bot 8

Lee Walls: 63
Walt Moryn: D7
Ernie Banks: K
Bobby Thomson: K

Top 9

Don Blasingame: S8
Gino Cimoli: CS2(24)
Gino Cimoli: 9
Curt Flood: S7
Ken Boyer: K

Bot 9

Irv Noren: 13
Jim Marshall: K
Sammy Taylor: S9
Dale Long: S8.1-2
Tony Taylor: K

Notes & reviews

Cardinals manager Hemus ejected by HP umpire Donatelli for arguing balls and strikes; coach Keane managed team
Cardinals acting manager Keane ejected by 1B umpire Conlan for complaining about balls and strikes after making pitching change; coach Walker managed team

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