April 16, 1957 St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Redlegs Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 4
@BAL 2 CHW 3
@CLE 2
(11) KCA 2
DET 1 NYY 2
WSH 1 MLN 4
@CHC 1 STL 13
@CIN 4 BRO 7
@PHI 6
(12) PIT 9
NYG 2

Standings at end of play this day

Crosley Field, Attendance: 32,554

Tuesday, April 16, 1957
Time of Game: 2:44

Cardinals

1-0

Won 1

1st

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       1  0  1   0  1  5   1  4  0   13 17  0
Reds            0  0  0   2  0  1   1  0  0    4  8  1

W: H Wehmeier (1-0), L: J Klippstein (0-1)

Reds

0-1

Lost 1

5th, 1 GB

BATTING

St.Louis Cardinals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Blasingame 2B               6   2   2   0    0   0  .333  .666    0    2   4   SB
A Dark SS                     5   4   3   0    1   0  .600 1.467    0    0   0   2B
S Musial 1B                   4   1   4   2    1   0 1.000 2.500    0   12   1   2·2B
D Ennis RF                    5   1   2   3    0   0  .400 1.000    0    1   0   2B
K Boyer 3B                    3   0   0   1    1   1  .000  .200    0    1   2   SF
W Moon LF                     5   2   2   3    0   3  .400 1.600    0    2   0   HR,2B
H Smith C                     5   2   2   1    0   0  .400  .800    0    6   0   
B Smith CF                    5   1   2   2    0   0  .400 1.400    0    2   0   HR
H Wehmeier P                  4   0   0   1    0   2  .000  .000    0    1   2   SF
Totals                       42  13  17  13    3   6                    27   9

BATTING

2B: A Dark (1, off J Klippstein); W Moon (1, off J Klippstein); D Ennis (1, off J Klippstein); S Musial 2 (2, 2 off J Klippstein).

HR: B Smith (1, off A Fowler; 6th inn, 1 on, 0 outs to Deep CF); W Moon (1, off H Freeman; 8th inn, 2 on, 1 out to Deep CF).

SF: K Boyer (1, off H Freeman); H Wehmeier (1, off D Gross).

TB: W Moon 6; S Musial 6; B Smith 5; A Dark 4; D Ennis 3; H Smith 2; D Blasingame 2.

RBI: D Ennis 3 (3); W Moon 3 (3); S Musial 2 (2); B Smith 2 (2); H Wehmeier (1); H Smith (1); K Boyer (1).

2-out RBI: D Ennis.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 6 for 14.

BASERUNNING

SB: D Blasingame (1, 2nd base off J Klippstein/E Bailey).

Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
F Robinson LF                 3   1   1   0    2   1  .333  .933    0    4   0   
D Hoak 3B                     3   0   2   0    0   0  .667 2.000    0    1   2   2·2B,SH
G Bell CF                     3   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000    0    1   0   SF
W Post RF                     4   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .500    0    4   0   
J Temple 2B                   4   2   2   0    0   0  .500 1.250    0    3   2   2B
T Kluszewski 1B               4   1   1   0    0   0  .250  .750    0    7   0   2B
E Bailey C                    4   0   1   3    0   0  .250  .500    0    6   1   
R McMillan SS                 4   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    0    1   0   
J Klippstein P                2   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  A Fowler P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Gross P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  J Lynch PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  H Freeman P                 0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  A Schult PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    0    0   0   
Totals                       33   4   8   4    2   4                    27   6

BATTING

2B: T Kluszewski (1, off H Wehmeier); J Temple (1, off H Wehmeier); D Hoak 2 (2, 2 off H Wehmeier).

SF: G Bell (1, off H Wehmeier).

SH: D Hoak (1, off H Wehmeier).

TB: D Hoak 4; J Temple 3; T Kluszewski 2; F Robinson; E Bailey; W Post.

RBI: E Bailey 3 (3); G Bell (1).

Team LOB: 6.

With RISP: 1 for 11.

FIELDING

DP: 1. J Temple-T Kluszewski.

E: D Hoak (1).

PITCHING

St.Louis Cardinals            IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
H Wehmeier, W (1-0)            9     8   4   4    2   4   0   4.00   37     -       ·  ·     11·12· 0· 8     57    -     0.87   0.05
Totals                         9     8   4   4    2   4   0          37     -       ·  ·     11·12· 0· 8           -

Cincinnati Reds               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
J Klippstein, L (0-1)          5     8   5   5    3   5   0   9.00   25     -       ·  ·      3· 5· 1· 8     33    -     1.11  -0.26
A Fowler                       0.1   3   3   3    0   0   1  81.00    4     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 3          1-1    0.50  -0.13
D Gross                        1.2   2   1   0    0   1   0   0.00    8     -       ·  ·      2· 2· 1· 2          2-2    0.24  -0.04
H Freeman                      2     4   4   4    0   0   1  18.00   10     -       ·  ·      1· 4· 1· 4          0-0    0.05  -0.02
Totals                         9    17  13  12    3   6   2          47     -       ·  ·      6·12· 3·17          3-3

J Klippstein faced 2 batters in the 6th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: H Wehmeier (1).

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Jocko Conlan, 1B - Augie Donatelli, 2B - Vic Delmore, 3B - Vinnie Smith.

Time of Game: 2:44.

Attendance: 32,554.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   St.Louis Cardinals            Cincinnati Reds                      
1. D Blasingame         2B    1. F Robinson           LF 
2. A Dark               SS    2. D Hoak               3B 
3. S Musial             1B    3. G Bell               CF 
4. D Ennis              RF    4. W Post               RF 
5. K Boyer              3B    5. J Temple             2B 
6. W Moon               LF    6. T Kluszewski         1B 
7. H Smith              C     7. E Bailey             C  
8. B Smith              CF    8. R McMillan           SS 
9. H Wehmeier           P     9. J Klippstein         P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 4   1  2-0  -23     -14%  44% E Bailey        H Wehmeier      Single to RF; Temple Scores; Kluszewski Scores
   t 6   0  2-4  1--      11%  92% B Smith         A Fowler        Home Run (Deep CF); Smith Scores
   t 5   1  2-2  1--      11%  61% S Musial        J Klippstein    Double to RF; Dark to 3B
   b 4   1  2-0  1--     -11%  58% T Kluszewski    H Wehmeier      Double to CF; Temple to 3B
   t 3   2  0-1  1-3      11%  72% D Ennis         J Klippstein    Double to CF; Blasingame Scores; Musial to 3B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Johnny Klippstein facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---      48%  D Blasingame    Popfly: SS
          ---      52%  A Dark          Double to LF
   R      -2-      61%  S Musial        Double to RF; Dark Scores
   O      -2-      58%  D Ennis         Flyball: RF
   O      -2-      55%  K Boyer         Popfly: 3B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Reds Batting, Behind 0-1, Herm Wehmeier facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      58%  F Robinson      Strikeout
   O      ---      59%  D Hoak          Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---      60%  G Bell          Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 1-0, Johnny Klippstein facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      58%  W Moon          Strikeout
   O      ---      57%  H Smith         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      56%  B Smith         Popfly: 2B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Behind 0-1, Herm Wehmeier facing 4-5-6
          ---      52%  W Post          Single to P
          1--      49%  J Temple        Wild Pitch; Post to 2B
   O      -2-      54%  " "             Foul Flyball: 1B
   O      -2-      58%  T Kluszewski    Flyball: LF
   O      -2-      61%  E Bailey        Groundout: 1B-P
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 0.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 1-0, Johnny Klippstein facing 9-1-2
   O      ---      59%  H Wehmeier      Strikeout
          ---      61%  D Blasingame    Single to RF
          1--      63%  A Dark          Blasingame Steals 2B
   O      -2-      60%  " "             Groundout: 2B-1B; Blasingame to 3B
          --3      61%  S Musial        Walk
   R      1-3      72%  D Ennis         Double to CF; Blasingame Scores; Musial to 3B
          -23      73%  K Boyer         Walk
   O      123      67%  W Moon          Strikeout
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Behind 0-2, Herm Wehmeier facing 8-9-1
   O      ---      70%  R McMillan      Strikeout Looking
   O      ---      72%  J Klippstein    Strikeout
          ---      70%  F Robinson      Walk
          1--      66%  D Hoak          Double to CF; Robinson to 3B
   O      -23      73%  G Bell          Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 0.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 2-0, Johnny Klippstein facing 7-8-9
          ---      76%  H Smith         Single to 2B
   OO     1--      70%  B Smith         Line Drive Double Play: 2B-1B
   O      ---      69%  H Wehmeier      Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Reds Batting, Behind 0-2, Herm Wehmeier facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      72%  W Post          Foul Flyball: 1B
          ---      69%  J Temple        Single to LF
          1--      58%  T Kluszewski    Double to CF; Temple to 3B
   RR     -23      44%  E Bailey        Single to RF; Temple Scores; Kluszewski Scores
   O      1--      46%  R McMillan      Groundout: 3B-1B; Bailey to 2B
   O      -2-      50%  J Klippstein    Foul Flyball: 1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 2, Reds 2.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 2-2, Johnny Klippstein facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      47%  D Blasingame    Flyball: LF
          ---      50%  A Dark          Walk
          1--      61%  S Musial        Double to RF; Dark to 3B
   RO     -23      63%  D Ennis         Groundout: 3B-1B; Dark Scores; Musial to 3B
   O      --3      58%  K Boyer         Strikeout Looking
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Reds Batting, Behind 2-3, Herm Wehmeier facing 1-2-3
          ---      53%  F Robinson      Walk
   O      1--      56%  D Hoak          Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Robinson to 2B
   O      -2-      60%  G Bell          Groundout: 2B-1B; Robinson to 3B
   O      --3      66%  W Post          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 2.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 3-2, Johnny Klippstein facing 6-7-8
          ---      73%  W Moon          Double to LF
   R      -2-      81%  H Smith         Single to RF; Moon Scores
                  Art Fowler replaces Johnny Klippstein pitching and batting 9th
   RR     1--      92%  B Smith         Home Run (Deep CF); Smith Scores
   O      ---      91%  H Wehmeier      Flyball: CF
          ---      92%  D Blasingame    Single to RF
          1--      94%  A Dark          Single to CF; Blasingame to 3B
                  Don Gross replaces Art Fowler pitching and batting 9th
   R      1-3      97%  S Musial        Single to RF; Blasingame Scores; Dark to 3B
   RO     1-3      97%  D Ennis         Groundout: C-1B; Dark Scores; Musial to 3B
   O      --3      97%  K Boyer         Popfly: 1B
                  5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 8, Reds 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Reds Batting, Behind 2-8, Herm Wehmeier facing 5-6-7
          ---      95%  J Temple        Double to LF
   O      -2-      96%  T Kluszewski    Groundout: 2B-1B; Temple to 3B
   RO     --3      96%  E Bailey        Groundout: 1B unassisted; Temple Scores
   O      ---      97%  R McMillan      Foul Flyball: 3B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 8, Reds 3.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 8-3, Don Gross facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      97%  W Moon          Strikeout
          ---      97%  H Smith         Reached on E5 (Ground Ball)
          1--      98%  B Smith         Single to RF; Smith to 3B
   RO     1-3      98%  H Wehmeier      Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Smith Scores/unER
   O      1--      98%  D Blasingame    Lineout: 2B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 9, Reds 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Reds Batting, Behind 3-9, Herm Wehmeier facing 9-1-2
                  Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Don Gross batting 9th
   O      ---      99%  J Lynch         Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---      98%  F Robinson      Single to SS
          1--      96%  D Hoak          Double to LF; Robinson to 3B
   RO     -23      97%  G Bell          Flyball: RF/Sacrifice Fly; Robinson Scores; Hoak to 3B
   O      --3      98%  W Post          Popfly: 2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 9, Reds 4.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 9-4, Hersh Freeman facing 2-3-4
                  Hersh Freeman replaces Jerry Lynch pitching and batting 9th
          ---      99%  A Dark          Single to RF
          1--      99%  S Musial        Single to RF; Dark to 2B
          12-      99%  D Ennis         Single to 3B; Dark to 3B; Musial to 2B
   RO     123      99%  K Boyer         Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Dark Scores
   RRR    12-     100%  W Moon          Home Run (Deep CF); Musial Scores; Ennis Scores
   O      ---     100%  H Smith         Flyball: RF
   O      ---     100%  B Smith         Flyball: LF
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 13, Reds 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Reds Batting, Behind 4-13, Herm Wehmeier facing 5-6-7
   O      ---     100%  J Temple        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---     100%  T Kluszewski    Foul Flyball: C
   O      ---     100%  E Bailey        Foul Flyball: C
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 13, Reds 4.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 13-4, Hersh Freeman facing 9-1-2
   O      ---     100%  H Wehmeier      Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---     100%  D Blasingame    Lineout: RF
   O      ---     100%  A Dark          Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 13, Reds 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Reds Batting, Behind 4-13, Herm Wehmeier facing 8-9-1
   O      ---     100%  R McMillan      Flyball: CF
                  Art Schult pinch hits for Hersh Freeman batting 9th
   O      ---     100%  A Schult        Strikeout
   O      ---     100%  F Robinson      Flyball: CF
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 13, Reds 4.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation