Friday, November 02, 2007
Bill Virdon went 2 for 4 with a homer and 3 RBI as St. Louis doubles up Milwaukee 6-3.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Milwaukee Braves At 1955 St. Louis Cardinals 8/15/1955
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Cardinals AB R H RBI AVG
B.Bruton CF 4 0 0 0 .274 B.Stephenson SS 4 0 1 0 .170
D.O'Connell 2B,3B 3 1 1 0 .198 W.Moon 1B 4 1 1 0 .289
E.Mathews 3B 0 0 0 0 .263 S.Musial RF 4 1 2 0 .302
A-B.Thomson PH,LF 3 1 1 0 .274 B.Virdon CF 4 1 2 3 .266
H.Aaron LF,2B 4 1 1 2 .338 S.Hemus 2B,3B 4 1 1 1 .247
J.Logan SS 4 0 0 1 .284 P.Whisenant LF 3 0 0 0 .077
G.Crowe 1B 2 0 1 0 .231 B.Sarni C 4 1 3 0 .227
C.Tanner RF 3 0 0 0 .282 K.Boyer 3B 3 1 1 1 .254
D.Crandall C 4 0 0 0 .261 C-H.Elliott PH 1 0 0 0 .227
W.Spahn P 1 0 0 0 .191 D-R.Schoendienst 2B 0 0 0 0 .271
R.Vargas P 1 0 0 0 .000 W.Schmidt P 4 0 0 0 .059
B-A.Pafko PH 1 0 0 0 .264 P.Lapalme P 0 0 0 0 .333
D.Jolly P 0 0 0 0 .000
E-D.Rice PH 1 0 0 0 .124
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Totals 31 3 4 3 Totals 35 6 11 5
A-Pinch Hit For Mathews In 1st Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Vargas In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Boyer In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Elliott In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Jolly In 9th Inning
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 4 2
Cardinals....... 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 - 6 11 1
Braves (75-43) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Spahn LOSS(15-7) 4 5 5 2 0 3 1 2.45
R.Vargas 3 5 1 1 1 2 1 8.74
D.Jolly 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.36
Totals 8 11 6 3 1 6 2
Cardinals (49-66) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Schmidt WIN(5-1) 8 1/3 4 3 2 5 7 0 1.80
P.Lapalme SAVE(3rd) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.84
Totals 9 4 3 2 5 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 12,365 DATE- Monday, August 15th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 1:55
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 6 Cardinals: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 0 Cardinals: 1
ERRORS- B.Bruton-2, W.Schmidt
DOUBLES- K.Boyer(19th)
TRIPLES- H.Aaron(8th)
HOME RUNS- B.Virdon(19th), S.Hemus(8th)
CAUGHT STEALING- B.Stephenson
WALKS- D.O'Connell, B.Thomson, G.Crowe-2, C.Tanner, P.Whisenant
STRIKE OUTS- B.Bruton, B.Thomson, J.Logan-2, G.Crowe, C.Tanner, W.Spahn,
B.Stephenson, B.Sarni, K.Boyer, W.Schmidt-3
GIDP- C.Tanner
BALKS- P.Lapalme
WILD PITCHES- R.Vargas
Bill Virdon hit one over the fence and had 3 RBI as the St. Louis Cardinals
outscored the Milwaukee Braves 6 to 3.
St. Louis scored 5 runs in the 4th inning when they had 4 base hits. The key
offensive moment was provided by Virdon who brought a roar from the partisan
Sportsmans Park fans when he rifled a three-run blast (his 19th of the
season). For the game St. Louis out-hit Milwaukee 11 to 4.
Willard Schmidt(5-1) was the winner allowing 3 runs in 8 and 1/3 innings. Paul
Lapalme was credited with his 3rd save. Warren Spahn(15-7) was the loser.
He allowed St. Louis 5 runs in 4 innings of work.