September 20, 1957 St. Louis Cardinals at Cincinnati Redlegs Box Score and Play by Play

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BAL 1
WSH 0 CLE 3
CHW 2 NYY 7
BOS 4 PHI 3
@BRO 2 MLN 9
@CHC 3 STL 7
@CIN 5
(10)

Standings at end of play this day

Crosley Field, Attendance: 6,626

Friday, September 20, 1957
Time of Game: 2:59

Cardinals

85-61

Won 1

2nd, 4 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9  10    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -   -    -  -  -
Cardinals       0  1  2   0  0  0   1  0  1   2    7 12  0
Reds            0  4  1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0    5 10  1

W: B Muffett (2-1), L: B Kennedy (0-1)

Reds

76-70

Lost 1

4th, 13 GB

BATTING

St.Louis Cardinals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Blasingame 2B               3   2   1   0    1   1  .272  .709    0    0   3   2B,SH
A Dark SS                     5   1   2   0    0   1  .290  .704    0    2   4   
S Musial 1B                   4   0   2   2    1   0  .344 1.021    0   10   1   IW
  B Smith CF                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .213  .570         1   0   
D Ennis LF                    4   1   2   2    0   0  .288  .840    0    2   0   HR,HBP
K Boyer CF                    3   0   0   0    0   0  .266  .736    0    4   0   GDP
  I Noren PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .242  .664    0    0   0   
  H Landrith C                1   0   0   0    0   1  .245  .639    0    0   0   
W Moon RF-CF-RF               4   1   1   0    1   0  .304  .902    0    2   0   
H Smith C                     3   0   0   0    0   1  .277  .656    0    7   0   
  J Cunningham PH-RF-1B       2   1   1   2    0   0  .323  .932    0    1   0   HR
E Kasko 3B                    5   1   2   0    0   0  .272  .655    0    0   1   
V Mizell P                    0   0   0   0    0   0  .089  .279         1   0   
  L Jackson P                 2   0   0   0    0   1  .188  .436    0    0   0   
  J King PH                   1   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .618    0    0   0   
  M Martin P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   2   
  W Cooper PH                 1   0   1   1    0   0  .269  .784    0    0   0   
  D Schofield PR              0   0   0   0    0   0  .167  .422         0   0   
  B Muffett P                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
Totals                       40   7  12   7    3   6                    30  11

BATTING

2B: D Blasingame (23, off T Acker).

HR: D Ennis (24, off D Gross; 2nd inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF); J Cunningham (9, off B Kennedy; 10th inn, 1 on, 1 out to LF).

SH: D Blasingame (5, off T Acker).

IBB: S Musial (18, by T Acker).

HBP: D Ennis (1, by T Acker).

TB: D Ennis 5; J Cunningham 4; A Dark 2; S Musial 2; D Blasingame 2; E Kasko 2; W Moon; W Cooper.

GIDP: K Boyer (11).

RBI: S Musial 2 (100); J Cunningham 2 (49); D Ennis 2 (102); W Cooper (10).

2-out RBI: S Musial.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 4 for 10.

Cincinnati Reds              AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
A Grammas 2B                  2   0   1   1    0   0  .298  .690    0    0   0   2B
  J Temple PR-2B              3   0   0   0    0   0  .283  .727    0    2   2   
J Taylor LF                   4   0   0   0    0   0  .258  .755    0    0   0   
  T Kluszewski PH             1   0   0   0    0   0  .280  .801    0    0   0   
  B Kennedy P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .333         0   0   
F Robinson 1B-CF              5   0   2   0    0   1  .325  .906    0    6   0   
W Post RF                     3   1   1   0    1   1  .240  .702    0    4   0   
  S Burgess PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .284  .927    0    0   0   
P Whisenant CF                1   1   1   0    0   0  .188  .655    0    2   0   
  G Crowe PH-1B               4   1   1   0    0   1  .275  .837    0    6   0   
D Hoak 3B                     5   1   2   2    0   0  .295  .866    0    3   3   2B
E Bailey C                    4   0   1   0    0   1  .259  .838    0    6   0   
R McMillan SS                 3   1   1   2    1   1  .274  .720    0    1   3   2B
D Gross P                     1   0   0   0    0   0  .091  .245    0    0   1   
  T Acker P                   2   0   0   0    0   2  .056  .283    0    0   0   
  B Thurman PH-LF             1   0   0   0    0   0  .255  .875    0    0   0   
Totals                       40   5  10   5    2   7                    30   9

BATTING

2B: R McMillan (24, off V Mizell); A Grammas (4, off V Mizell); D Hoak (37, off V Mizell).

TB: D Hoak 3; R McMillan 2; F Robinson 2; A Grammas 2; E Bailey; G Crowe; W Post; P Whisenant.

RBI: D Hoak 2 (81); R McMillan 2 (50); A Grammas (8).

2-out RBI: R McMillan; A Grammas.

Team LOB: 7.

With RISP: 4 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 1. D Hoak-F Robinson.

E: D Hoak (14).

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
V Mizell                       1.2   4   4   4    1   0   0   3.70   10     -       ·  ·      2· 3· 0· 4     30    -     1.01  -0.32
L Jackson                      4.1   5   1   1    1   7   0   3.54   19     -       ·  ·      4· 1· 1· 5          1-0    0.80   0.06
M Martin                       2     0   0   0    0   0   0   0.00    6     -       ·  ·      4· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.53   0.08
B Muffett, W (2-1)             2     1   0   0    0   0   0   1.98    7     -       ·  ·      1· 5· 0· 1          0-0    2.24   0.23
Totals                        10    10   5   5    2   7   0          42     -       ·  ·     11·11· 1·10          1-0

Cincinnati Reds               IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Gross                        2.1   4   3   3    1   2   1   4.24   12     -       ·  ·      3· 2· 0· 4     38    -     0.89  -0.16
T Acker                        6.2   7   2   2    1   3   0   4.93   28     -       ·  ·      7· 9· 0· 7          2-1    2.06   0.11
B Kennedy, L (0-1)             1     1   2   2    1   1   1   5.73    5     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 1          0-0    1.57  -0.41
Totals                        10    12   7   7    3   6   2          45     -       ·  ·     11·12· 0·12          2-1

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: T Acker (8; S Musial).

HBP: T Acker (7; D Ennis).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Bill Jackowski, 1B - Shag Crawford, 2B - Tony Venzon, 3B - Lee Ballanfant.

Time of Game: 2:59.

Attendance: 6,626.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   St.Louis Cardinals            Cincinnati Reds                      
1. D Blasingame         2B    1. A Grammas            2B 
2. A Dark               SS    2. J Taylor             LF 
3. S Musial             1B    3. F Robinson           1B 
4. D Ennis              LF    4. W Post               RF 
5. K Boyer              CF    5. P Whisenant          CF 
6. W Moon               RF    6. D Hoak               3B 
7. H Smith              C     7. E Bailey             C  
8. E Kasko              3B    8. R McMillan           SS 
9. V Mizell             P     9. D Gross              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   t10   1  5-5  1--      42%  92% J Cunningham    B Kennedy       Home Run; Moon Scores
   t 9   0  5-4  -2-      22%  58% W Cooper        T Acker         Single to CF; Kasko Scores
   t 9   0  5-4  ---      20%  36% E Kasko         T Acker         Single to 3B; Kasko to 2B/Adv on E5
   t 9   2  5-5  1-3     -14%  36% D Ennis         T Acker         Popfly: 2B
   b 2   0  1-0  1-3     -13%  29% D Hoak          V Mizell        Double to CF; Post Scores; Whisenant Scores

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Gross facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---      48%  D Blasingame    Strikeout
   O      ---      46%  A Dark          Strikeout
   O      ---      45%  S Musial        Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Reds Batting, Tied 0-0, Vinegar Bend Mizell facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      47%  A Grammas       Flyball: CF
   O      ---      49%  J Taylor        Flyball: CF
   O      ---      50%  F Robinson      Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Reds 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Gross facing 4-5-6
   R      ---      60%  D Ennis         Home Run
   O      ---      58%  K Boyer         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      61%  W Moon          Single to P
   O      1--      58%  H Smith         Flyball: CF
   O      1--      56%  E Kasko         Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Reds Batting, Behind 0-1, Vinegar Bend Mizell facing 4-5-6
          ---      52%  W Post          Walk
          1--      42%  P Whisenant     Single to LF; Post to 3B
   RR     1-3      29%  D Hoak          Double to CF; Post Scores; Whisenant Scores
   O      -2-      30%  E Bailey        Groundout: 2B-1B; Hoak to 3B
   R      --3      24%  R McMillan      Double to LF; Hoak Scores
   O      -2-      26%  D Gross         Groundout: 1B-P
   R      -2-      19%  A Grammas       Double to RF; McMillan Scores
                  Larry Jackson replaces Vinegar Bend Mizell pitching and batting 9th; Johnny Temple pinch runs for Alex Grammas batting 1st
   O      -2-      20%  J Taylor        Groundout: SS-1B
                  4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 1, Reds 4.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Behind 1-4, Don Gross facing 9-1-2
                  Johnny Temple moves to 2B
   O      ---      18%  L Jackson       Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      21%  D Blasingame    Walk
          1--      24%  A Dark          Single to CF; Blasingame to 2B
   R      12-      36%  S Musial        Single to LF; Blasingame Scores; Dark to 3B
                  Tom Acker replaces Don Gross pitching and batting 9th
   R      1-3      43%  D Ennis         Single to CF; Dark Scores; Musial to 2B
   OO     12-      33%  K Boyer         Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-1B
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 4.

Bottom of the 3rd, Reds Batting, Ahead 4-3, Larry Jackson facing 3-4-5
   O      ---      35%  F Robinson      Strikeout
   O      ---      37%  W Post          Strikeout
                  George Crowe pinch hits for Pete Whisenant batting 5th
          ---      35%  G Crowe         Single to RF
          1--      34%  D Hoak          Single to CF; Crowe to 2B
          12-      31%  E Bailey        Single to 2B; Crowe to 3B; Hoak to 2B
   R      123      22%  R McMillan      Walk; Crowe Scores; Hoak to 3B; Bailey to 2B
   O      123      27%  T Acker         Strikeout
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-5, Tom Acker facing 6-7-8
                  George Crowe moves to 1B; Frank Robinson moves to CF
   O      ---      24%  W Moon          Foul Flyball: 3B
   O      ---      22%  H Smith         Strikeout
   O      ---      21%  E Kasko         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

Bottom of the 4th, Reds Batting, Ahead 5-3, Larry Jackson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      23%  J Temple        Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      24%  J Taylor        Lineout: SS
          ---      23%  F Robinson      Single to LF
          1--      22%  W Post          Single to LF; Robinson to 2B
   O      12-      25%  G Crowe         Strikeout
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-5, Tom Acker facing 9-1-2
   O      ---      22%  L Jackson       Strikeout Looking
          ---      27%  D Blasingame    Double to LF
   O      -2-      23%  A Dark          Flyball: RF
   O      -2-      19%  S Musial        Foul Flyball: 3B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

Bottom of the 5th, Reds Batting, Ahead 5-3, Larry Jackson facing 6-7-8
   O      ---      20%  D Hoak          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---      21%  E Bailey        Strikeout
   O      ---      22%  R McMillan      Strikeout
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-5, Tom Acker facing 4-5-6
          ---      27%  D Ennis         Hit By Pitch
   O      1--      22%  K Boyer         Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--      18%  W Moon          Flyball: RF
   O      1--      15%  H Smith         Groundout: 1B unassisted
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

Bottom of the 6th, Reds Batting, Ahead 5-3, Larry Jackson facing 9-1-2
   O      ---      17%  T Acker         Strikeout
   O      ---      18%  J Temple        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      18%  J Taylor        Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 3, Reds 5.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 3-5, Tom Acker facing 8-9-1
          ---      24%  E Kasko         Single to RF
                  Jim King pinch hits for Larry Jackson batting 9th
   O      1--      19%  J King          Flyball: RF
   O      1--      15%  D Blasingame    Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--      18%  A Dark          Single to CF; Blasingame to 3B
   R      1-3      31%  S Musial        Single to CF; Blasingame Scores; Dark to 3B
   O      1-3      21%  D Ennis         Foul Flyball: 1B
                  1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 5.

Bottom of the 7th, Reds Batting, Ahead 5-4, Morrie Martin facing 3-4-5
                  Morrie Martin replaces Jim King pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---      23%  F Robinson      Flyball: CF
   O      ---      24%  W Post          Flyball: LF
   O      ---      26%  G Crowe         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 5.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-5, Tom Acker facing 5-6-7
                  Irv Noren pinch hits for Ken Boyer batting 5th
   O      ---      20%  I Noren         Strikeout
   O      ---      16%  W Moon          Flyball: CF
                  Joe Cunningham pinch hits for Hal Smith batting 7th
   O      ---      13%  J Cunningham    Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 5.

Bottom of the 8th, Reds Batting, Ahead 5-4, Morrie Martin facing 6-7-8
                  Hobie Landrith replaces Irv Noren playing C batting 5th; Wally Moon moves to CF; Joe Cunningham moves to RF
   O      ---      15%  D Hoak          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---      16%  E Bailey        Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---      16%  R McMillan      Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 4, Reds 5.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 4-5, Tom Acker facing 8-9-1
          ---      36%  E Kasko         Single to 3B; Kasko to 2B/Adv on E5
                  Walker Cooper pinch hits for Morrie Martin batting 9th
   R      -2-      58%  W Cooper        Single to CF; Kasko Scores
                  Dick Schofield pinch runs for Walker Cooper batting 9th
   O      1--      56%  D Blasingame    Bunt Groundout: 3B-1B/Sacrifice; Schofield to 2B
   O      -2-      48%  A Dark          Groundout: 1B unassisted; Schofield to 3B
          --3      50%  S Musial        Intentional Walk
   O      1-3      36%  D Ennis         Popfly: 2B
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Reds 5.

Bottom of the 9th, Reds Batting, Tied 5-5, Billy Muffett facing 9-1-2
                  Billy Muffett replaces Dick Schofield pitching and batting 9th; Bob Thurman pinch hits for Tom Acker batting 9th
   O      ---      42%  B Thurman       Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      46%  J Temple        Flyball: RF
                  Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Joe Taylor batting 2nd
   O      ---      50%  T Kluszewski    Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Reds 5.

Top of the 10th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 5-5, Bill Kennedy facing 5-6-7
                  Bill Kennedy replaces Ted Kluszewski pitching and batting 2nd; Bob Thurman moves to LF
   O      ---      44%  H Landrith      Strikeout Looking
          ---      50%  W Moon          Walk
   RR     1--      92%  J Cunningham    Home Run; Moon Scores
   O      ---      91%  E Kasko         Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---      91%  B Muffett       Flyball: RF
                  2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Reds 5.

Bottom of the 10th, Reds Batting, Behind 5-7, Billy Muffett facing 3-4-5
                  Joe Cunningham moves to 1B; Bobby Gene Smith replaces Stan Musial playing CF batting 3rd; Wally Moon moves to RF
          ---      81%  F Robinson      Single to LF
                  Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Wally Post batting 4th
   O      1--      89%  S Burgess       Flyball: RF
   O      1--      95%  G Crowe         Popfly: SS
   O      1--     100%  D Hoak          Flyball: CF
        0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 7, Reds 5.

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