Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Rookie Willard Schmidt pitched a 5 hit shutout striking out 11 as the Cardinals nip the Braves 2-0 ending Milwaukee's 6 game winning streak.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 St. Louis Cardinals At 1955 Milwaukee Braves 8/11/1955
Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
S.Hemus 3B 3 0 0 1 .247 B.Bruton CF 4 0 0 0 .275
W.Moon 1B 4 1 3 0 .288 J.Logan SS 4 0 2 0 .281
S.Musial RF 4 0 1 1 .302 E.Mathews 3B 4 0 0 0 .264
B.Virdon CF 4 0 0 0 .258 H.Aaron 2B 3 0 1 0 .345
R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 0 0 .273 G.Crowe 1B 3 0 0 0 .225
R.Repulski LF 3 0 0 0 .262 A.Pafko RF 3 0 1 0 .271
A-H.Elliott LF 1 0 0 0 .239 B.Thomson LF 3 0 1 0 .271
N.Burbrink C 3 0 1 0 .230 D.Rice C 3 0 0 0 .126
A.Grammas SS 3 1 2 0 .271 B.Buhl P 3 0 0 0 .094
W.Schmidt P 2 0 0 0 .077
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Totals 31 2 7 2 Totals 30 0 5 0
A-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Repulski In 8th Inning
Cardinals....... 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 7 0
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0
Cardinals (46-65) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Schmidt WIN(4-1) 9 5 0 0 0 11 0 1.74
Totals 9 5 0 0 0 11 0
Braves (73-41) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Buhl LOSS(13-6) 9 7 2 2 0 2 0 3.62
Totals 9 7 2 2 0 2 0
ATTENDANCE- 31,044 DATE- Thursday, August 11th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Dusty Boggess, Tom Gorman, Bill Engeln, Babe Pinelli
T- 2:06
LEFT ON BASE- Cardinals: 4 Braves: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Cardinals: 0 Braves: 0
DOUBLES- A.Grammas(19th), H.Aaron(33rd)
TRIPLES- W.Moon(5th), A.Pafko(3rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- W.Moon
SACRIFICE HITS- W.Schmidt
SACRIFICE FLIES- S.Hemus
STRIKE OUTS- S.Hemus, N.Burbrink, B.Bruton-2, J.Logan, E.Mathews, G.Crowe,
D.Rice-3, B.Buhl-3
PASSED BALLS- D.Rice
Willard Schmidt mowed down 11 Milwaukee batters as the St. Louis Cardinals
defeated the Milwaukee Braves by the score of 2 to 0 at County
Stadium.
Schmidt(4-1) was on top of his game. He didn't give up much, just 5 hits and
no walks in 9 innings lowering his ERA to 1.74. St. Louis rapped out 7 hits
for the afternoon.
Bob Buhl(13-6) was the loser. He gave up only 7 hits and no walks in 9
innings. 'He was really impressive today,' Buhl said of his counterpart.
'Our guys were just swinging at air.'