April 15, 1959 St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score and Play by Play

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NYY 3
@BAL 1 BOS 7
WSH 3 KCA 10
@CHW 8 CLE 2
DET 1
(10) CIN 10
PIT 5 LAD 5
STL 0 SFG 7
CHC 1

Standings at end of play this day

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Attendance: 14,491

Wednesday, April 15, 1959
Time of Game: 2:14

Cardinals

1-4

Lost 1

7th, 3 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0  0    0  8  0
Dodgers         0  0  0   2  0  1   1  1  X    5  9  2

W: D Drysdale (1-1), L: L Jackson (0-1)

Dodgers

2-2

Won 1

4th, 1½ GB

BATTING

St.Louis Cardinals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Blasingame 2B               3   0   2   0    1   0  .500 1.331   21    3   1   
G Cimoli RF                   4   0   1   0    0   0  .389  .950   15    0   0   GDP
S Musial 1B                   4   0   2   0    0   0  .158  .358   10    7   0   
K Boyer 3B                    3   0   1   0    1   1  .286  .634   18    0   2   
J Cunningham LF               4   0   1   0    0   0  .364  .927   16    2   0   
C Flood CF                    4   0   1   0    0   1  .200  .400   16    1   0   
H Smith C                     4   0   0   0    0   1  .167  .500   11   11   1   
A Grammas SS                  2   0   0   0    0   1  .333  .733    6    0   1   GDP
  I Noren PH                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    5    0   0   
  L Tate SS                   1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    5    0   0   
L Jackson P                   2   0   0   0    0   1  .250  .500   10    0   1   
  G Crowe PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    3    0   0   
  B Gibson P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   2   
Totals                       33   0   8   0    2   7              136   24   8

BATTING

TB: S Musial 2; D Blasingame 2; G Cimoli; J Cunningham; K Boyer; C Flood.

GIDP: A Grammas (1); G Cimoli (1).

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 1 for 9.

Los Angeles Dodgers          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
R Fairly RF                   4   0   0   0    0   2  .154  .368   15    0   0   
W Moon LF                     4   0   0   0    0   1  .364  .872   16    2   0   
J Roseboro C                  4   2   2   0    0   1  .167  .334   15    8   0   SB
D Demeter CF                  3   2   2   1    0   0  .444 1.555    9    2   1   HR,SH
C Neal 2B                     3   0   0   1    0   0  .071  .204   12    0   2   SH
G Hodges 1B                   4   0   1   1    0   2  .333  .933   15   11   0   
D Zimmer SS                   3   0   2   1    0   0  .400  .800    6    2   5   SB
J Baxes 3B                    3   1   2   1    0   1  .417 1.250   11    2   2   HR,SB
D Drysdale P                  3   0   0   0    0   2  .250 1.250   13    0   5   
Totals                       31   5   9   5    0   9              112   27  15

BATTING

HR: J Baxes (1, off B Gibson; 7th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF-CF); D Demeter (2, off L Jackson; 6th inn, 0 on, 0 outs to LF).

SH: C Neal (1, off B Gibson); D Demeter (1, off B Gibson).

TB: J Baxes 5; D Demeter 5; D Zimmer 2; J Roseboro 2; G Hodges.

RBI: D Zimmer (1); G Hodges (2); C Neal (1); D Demeter (3); J Baxes (1).

Team LOB: 4.

With RISP: 2 for 8.

FIELDING

DP: 2. C Neal-D Zimmer-G Hodges 2.

E: G Hodges (2); W Moon (1).

BASERUNNING

SB: D Zimmer (1, 3rd base off L Jackson/H Smith); J Roseboro (1, 3rd base off B Gibson/H Smith); J Baxes (1, 2nd base off L Jackson/H Smith).

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
L Jackson, L (0-1)             6     7   3   3    0   9   1   4.15   25   82-54   27·11·16    9· 4· 3· 0     55    -     1.07  -0.04
B Gibson                       2     2   2   2    0   0   1   9.00    8   29-17   13· 2· 2    3· 3· 1· 1          0-0    0.10  -0.03
Totals                         8     9   5   5    0   9   2          33  111-71   40·13·18   12· 7· 4· 1           -

Los Angeles Dodgers           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
D Drysdale, W (1-1)            9     8   0   0    2   7   0   3.21   35  136-90   52·10·28   15· 5· 3· 3     76    -     0.98   0.43
Totals                         9     8   0   0    2   7   0          35  136-90   52·10·28   15· 5· 3· 3           -

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: None.

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Dusty Boggess, 1B - Stan Landes, 2B - Ed Sudol, 3B - Tom Gorman.

Time of Game: 2:14.

Attendance: 14,491.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   St.Louis Cardinals            Los Angeles Dodgers                  
1. D Blasingame         2B    1. R Fairly             RF 
2. G Cimoli             RF    2. W Moon               LF 
3. S Musial             1B    3. J Roseboro           C  
4. K Boyer              3B    4. D Demeter            CF 
5. J Cunningham         LF    5. C Neal               2B 
6. C Flood              CF    6. G Hodges             1B 
7. H Smith              C     7. D Zimmer             SS 
8. A Grammas            SS    8. J Baxes              3B 
9. L Jackson            P     9. D Drysdale           P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 4   1  0-0  12-  2   11%  72% G Hodges        L Jackson       Single to LF (Line Drive); Roseboro Scores; Demeter to 2B
   t 6   0  2-0  1--  3   11%  83% G Cimoli        D Drysdale      Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   t 5   0  2-0  1--  1   10%  80% A Grammas       D Drysdale      Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   b 4   1  0-1  12-  1    9%  81% D Zimmer        L Jackson       Single to LF (Line Drive); Demeter Scores; Hodges to 2B
   b 6   0  0-2  ---  5    7%  91% D Demeter       L Jackson       Home Run (Fly Ball)

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Drysdale facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   O      ---  3   52%  D Blasingame    Foul Flyball: 3B
   O      ---  3   54%  G Cimoli        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  2   53%  S Musial        Single to CF (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   51%  K Boyer         Walk; Musial to 2B
   O      12-  3   55%  J Cunningham    Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Larry Jackson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  3   53%  R Fairly        Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   51%  W Moon          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  4   50%  J Roseboro      Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Drysdale facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5   52%  C Flood         Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  4   54%  H Smith         Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  5   55%  A Grammas       Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Larry Jackson facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  2   53%  D Demeter       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  1   51%  C Neal          Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  6   50%  G Hodges        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Drysdale facing 9-1-2
   O      ---  3   53%  L Jackson       Strikeout Swinging
          ---  6   50%  D Blasingame    Single to SS
   O      1--  3   52%  G Cimoli        Groundout: SS-1B; Blasingame to 2B
   O      -2-  1   56%  S Musial        Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Larry Jackson facing 7-8-9
          ---  2   60%  D Zimmer        Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--  3   65%  J Baxes         Single to CF (Ground Ball); Zimmer to 2B
   O      12-  5   60%  D Drysdale      Strikeout (missed bunt)
   O      12-  6   57%  R Fairly        Strikeout Swinging, Zimmer Steals 3B, Baxes Steals 2B
   O      -23  2   50%  W Moon          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Don Drysdale facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  5   53%  K Boyer         Strikeout Looking
   O      ---  5   55%  J Cunningham    Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  3   56%  C Flood         Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Larry Jackson facing 3-4-5
          ---  5   60%  J Roseboro      Single to CF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   67%  D Demeter       Single to LF (Ground Ball); Roseboro to 2B
   O      12-  2   61%  C Neal          Foul Bunt Popfly: C
   R      12-  2   72%  G Hodges        Single to LF (Line Drive); Roseboro Scores; Demeter to 2B
   R      12-  1   81%  D Zimmer        Single to LF (Line Drive); Demeter Scores; Hodges to 2B
   O      12-  5   78%  J Baxes         Strikeout Looking
   O      12-  4   75%  D Drysdale      Strikeout Looking
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 2.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-2, Don Drysdale facing 7-8-9
          ---  3   70%  H Smith         Reached on E3 (catch) (Ground Ball to 3B)
   OO     1--  1   80%  A Grammas       Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
   O      ---  7   81%  L Jackson       Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 2.

Bottom of the 5th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 2-0, Larry Jackson facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  1   79%  R Fairly        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   78%  W Moon          Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---  1   78%  J Roseboro      Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 2.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-2, Don Drysdale facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   72%  D Blasingame    Walk
   OO     1--  3   83%  G Cimoli        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
          ---  3   81%  S Musial        Single to LF (Ground Ball)
          1--  5   78%  K Boyer         Single to LF (Ground Ball); Musial to 2B
   O      12-  5   84%  J Cunningham    Single to CF (Line Drive); Musial out at Hm/CF-C; Boyer to 2B
                  0 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 2.

Bottom of the 6th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 2-0, Larry Jackson facing 4-5-6
   R      ---  5   91%  D Demeter       Home Run (Fly Ball)
   O      ---  5   90%  C Neal          Flyball: 2B
   O      ---  4   90%  G Hodges        Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   89%  D Zimmer        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 3.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-3, Don Drysdale facing 6-7-8
          ---  3   83%  C Flood         Single to LF (Line Drive); Flood to 2B/Adv on E7
   O      -2-  3   88%  H Smith         Strikeout Swinging
                  Irv Noren pinch hits for Alex Grammas batting 8th
   O      -2-  5   91%  I Noren         Strikeout Looking
                  George Crowe pinch hits for Larry Jackson batting 9th
   O      -2-  3   94%  G Crowe         Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 3.

Bottom of the 7th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 3-0, Bob Gibson facing 8-9-1
                  Bob Gibson replaces George Crowe pitching and batting 9th; Lee Tate replaces Irv Noren playing SS batting 8th
   R      ---  3   97%  J Baxes         Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
   O      ---  4   97%  D Drysdale      Lineout: 2B
   O      ---  5   96%  R Fairly        Flyball: LF
   O      ---  5   96%  W Moon          Groundout: P-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 4.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-4, Don Drysdale facing 1-2-3
          ---  6   94%  D Blasingame    Single to 3B
          1--  6   89%  G Cimoli        Single to 2B; Blasingame to 2B
   O      12-  4   94%  S Musial        Foul Flyball: 3B
   O      12-  3   97%  K Boyer         Lineout: CF
   O      12-  3   99%  J Cunningham    Groundout: P-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 4.

Bottom of the 8th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 4-0, Bob Gibson facing 3-4-5
          ---  5   99%  J Roseboro      Single to 2B
   O      1--  1   99%  D Demeter       Bunt Groundout: C-2B/Sacrifice; Roseboro to 2B
          -2-      99%  C Neal          Roseboro Steals 3B
   RO     --3  3   99%  " "             Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Roseboro Scores
   O      ---  3   99%  G Hodges        Foul Flyball: C
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 5.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Behind 0-5, Don Drysdale facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  5  100%  C Flood         Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  1  100%  H Smith         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  5  100%  L Tate          Strikeout Swinging
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 0, Dodgers 5.

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LINEUPS

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation