Friday, February 02, 2007
Struggling veteran Hank Sauer hit a walk off shot in the bottom of the 12th, his 2nd of the game, giving the Cubs a 4-3 win over the Cardinals.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 St. Louis Cardinals At 1955 Chicago Cubs 7/2/1955
Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
B.Stephenson SS 6 0 1 0 .125 E.Miksis CF 3 0 0 0 .254
W.Moon CF 5 0 1 0 .292 C-B.Speake PH 1 0 0 0 .203
S.Musial 1B 5 1 2 0 .331 H.Jeffcoat P 0 0 0 0 .000
R.Repulski LF 4 0 1 1 .242 G.Baker 2B 5 0 3 1 .285
R.Schoendienst 2B 5 0 1 0 .303 J.King RF 5 0 1 0 .184
B.Virdon RF 5 1 1 1 .268 E.Banks SS 5 0 1 0 .307
K.Boyer 3B 5 1 2 1 .259 H.Sauer LF 5 2 2 2 .189
N.Burbrink C 5 0 0 0 .178 R.Jackson 3B 4 0 1 0 .285
L.Jackson P 3 0 0 0 .172 D.Fondy 1B 4 0 0 0 .317
F.Smith P 0 0 0 0 .250 W.Cooper C 3 2 2 1 .256
E-J.Frazier PH 1 0 0 0 .240 A-F.Baumholtz PH 1 0 0 0 .325
M.Wright P 0 0 0 0 .000 B-H.Chiti C 0 0 0 0 .207
P.Minner P 3 0 1 0 .167
D-L.Merriman CF 0 0 0 0 .205
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Totals 44 3 9 3 Totals 39 4 11 4
A-Pinch Hit For Cooper In 10th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Baumholtz In 11th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Miksis In 11th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Minner In 12th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Smith In 12th Inning
Cardinals....... 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 0
Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 11 0
Cardinals (30-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Jackson 9 10 3 3 0 4 2 3.87
F.Smith 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.97
M.Wright LOSS(1-1) 0 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 1 5.87
Totals 11 1/3 11 4 4 0 4 3
Cubs (36-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
P.Minner 11 8 3 3 2 8 2 3.67
H.Jeffcoat WIN(4-6) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.35
Totals 12 9 3 3 2 8 2
ATTENDANCE- 21,927 DATE- Saturday, July 2nd 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:37
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 7 Cubs: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 2 Cubs: 0
DOUBLES- S.Musial(20th)
HOME RUNS- B.Virdon(12th), K.Boyer(10th), H.Sauer-2(5th), W.Cooper(1st)
STOLEN BASES- S.Musial(4th), R.Schoendienst(6th), K.Boyer(10th)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Baker, J.King
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Miksis, P.Minner
WALKS- R.Repulski, L.Jackson
STRIKE OUTS- B.Stephenson, S.Musial-2, B.Virdon-2, K.Boyer-2, L.Jackson, J.King,
E.Banks, H.Sauer-2
GIDP- J.King, H.Sauer
WILD PITCHES- L.Jackson
Hank Sauer blasted 2 homeruns at Wrigley Field as the Chicago Cubs beat the
St. Louis Cardinals in 12 innings 4 to 3.
The score was knotted at 3 after nine innings. Chicago came out the victor in
the 12th inning. After an out was recorded, Sauer became the sole author of
the rally when he cracked a bases-empty home run (his 5th of the season)
making Chicago the victors to the delight of the home town faithful. Chicago
totaled 11 on the afternoon.
Hal Jeffcoat(4-6) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1 inning. The
loss was charged to Mel Wright(1-1) in relief. He pitched 1/3 of an inning
giving up 1 hit and no walks.
