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Philadelphia Phillies @ St. Louis Cardinals

1959-08-08 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · 2:31

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Philadelphia Phillies 4–3. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 4th. Bob Miller earned the win. Stan Musial went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Miller L: Robin Roberts SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Frank Dascoli · 1B: Frank Secory · 2B: Hal Dixon · 3B: Vinnie Smith · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Koppe	3	1	1	0	1	0
Richie Ashburn	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Philley	4	0	0	0	0	1
Wally Post	4	1	2	1	0	1
Gene Freese	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ed Bouchee	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sparky Anderson	3	1	1	1	0	0
Carl Sawatski	3	0	1	0	1	0
Robin Roberts	3	0	1	1	0	1
Harry Hanebrink	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Anderson	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Don Blasingame	4	1	1	0	0
Gino Cimoli	4	0	0	0	1
Bill White	4	0	0	1	1
Ken Boyer	4	1	3	0	0
Joe Cunningham	3	0	0	0	0
Stan Musial	4	2	2	2	2
Wally Shannon	3	0	1	0	0
Hal Smith	2	0	0	0	0
Bob Miller	3	0	2	1	1
Alex Grammas	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robin Roberts	8.0	9	0	5

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Miller	9.0	8	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Koppe: 6/P
Richie Ashburn: 23
Dave Philley: 13

Bot 1

Don Blasingame: S9
Gino Cimoli: SB2
Gino Cimoli: 9/L.2-3
Bill White: 13.3-H
Ken Boyer: 8

Top 2

Wally Post: S8
Gene Freese: S7.1-2
Ed Bouchee: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Sparky Anderson: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Carl Sawatski: 7

Bot 2

Joe Cunningham: 31
Stan Musial: K
Wally Shannon: 2/FL

Top 3

Robin Roberts: 8
Joe Koppe: S8
Richie Ashburn: W.1-2
Dave Philley: K
Wally Post: S8.2-H;1-3
Gene Freese: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Hal Smith: 8
Bob Miller: S7
Don Blasingame: 8
Gino Cimoli: K

Top 4

Ed Bouchee: 8
Sparky Anderson: S8
Carl Sawatski: S8.1-3
Robin Roberts: S1.3-H;1-2
Joe Koppe: W.2-3;1-2
Richie Ashburn: 8/DP.3XH(82)

Bot 4

Bill White: K/C
Ken Boyer: S8
Joe Cunningham: 5/FL
Stan Musial: HR/9.1-H
Wally Shannon: 3/G

Top 5

Dave Philley: 6/P
Wally Post: K
Gene Freese: W
Ed Bouchee: CS2(26)

Bot 5

Hal Smith: 7
Bob Miller: K/C
Don Blasingame: 43

Top 6

Ed Bouchee: 31
Sparky Anderson: 43
Carl Sawatski: W
Robin Roberts: K/C

Bot 6

Gino Cimoli: 5/P
Bill White: 8
Ken Boyer: S7
Joe Cunningham: SB2
Joe Cunningham: 43

Top 7

Joe Koppe: 43
Richie Ashburn: 8
Dave Philley: 53

Bot 7

Stan Musial: S9
Wally Shannon: S3.1-2
Hal Smith: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Bob Miller: S1.3-H;2-3
Don Blasingame: FC6.3XH(62);1-2
Gino Cimoli: 8

Top 8

Wally Post: 8
Gene Freese: 63
Ed Bouchee: 8

Bot 8

Bill White: 7
Ken Boyer: S8
Alex Grammas: 5/FL
Stan Musial: K

Top 9

Harry Hanebrink: 43
Carl Sawatski: 6/P
Harry Anderson: S8
Bob Bowman: 64(1)/FO