April 23, 1958 St. Louis Cardinals at San Francisco Giants Play by Play and Box Score

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BOS 7
BAL 5 CLE 2
CHW 0 DET 8
@KCA 2 WSH 5
NYY 4
(10) CIN 2
MLN 0 CHC 7
@LAD 6 PHI 8
PIT 1 SFG 8
STL 7

Standings at end of play this day

Seals Stadium, Attendance: 14,715

Wednesday, April 23, 1958
Time of Game: 3:01

Cardinals

2-5

Lost 1

7th, 3 GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Cardinals       5  0  0   0  0  0   1  0  1    7 11  2
Giants          0  0  0   1  0  1   0  2  4    8 12  1

W: M Grissom (1-0), L: P Clark (0-1)

Winning Run scored with 2 outs

Giants

5-3

Won 1

2nd, ½ GB

BATTING

St.Louis Cardinals           AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
D Schofield SS                3   1   0   0    2   1  .167  .829    0    0   3   CS
D Blasingame 2B               5   3   3   0    0   0  .400 1.086    0    3   2   3B,SB
S Musial 1B                   2   1   1   1    3   0  .467 1.496    0    7   0   2B,GDP,IW
D Ennis LF                    4   1   2   2    1   0  .320  .934    0    1   0   CS,GDP
W Moon RF                     4   0   1   0    1   0  .286  .940    0    2   0   2B,IW
I Noren CF                    4   0   0   1    0   0  .250  .739    0    3   0   
  B Smith CF                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .536    0    1   0   
K Boyer 3B                    3   1   1   2    0   0  .148  .455    0    0   2   HBP
R Katt C                      4   0   2   1    0   0  .333  .929    0    9   0   2B
S Jones P                     4   0   1   0    0   1  .250  .650    0    0   1   
  P Paine P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  M Martin P                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
  P Clark P                   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       34   7  11   7    7   2                    26   8

BATTING

2B: W Moon (1, off S Miller); R Katt (1, off S Miller); S Musial (3, off M Grissom).

3B: D Blasingame (2, off C Barclay).

IBB: W Moon (1, by M Grissom); S Musial (1, by C Barclay).

HBP: K Boyer (1, by C Barclay).

TB: D Blasingame 5; R Katt 3; D Ennis 2; S Musial 2; W Moon 2; S Jones; K Boyer.

GIDP: S Musial (2); D Ennis (2).

RBI: K Boyer 2 (2); D Ennis 2 (9); I Noren (2); R Katt (1); S Musial (9).

2-out RBI: K Boyer 2; R Katt.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 5 for 15.

FIELDING

DP: 1. D Schofield-D Blasingame-S Musial.

E: D Schofield 2 (3).

BASERUNNING

SB: D Blasingame (1, 2nd base off M Grissom/N Testa).

CS: D Schofield (1, 2nd base by J Constable/V Thomas); D Ennis (1, 2nd base by S Miller/V Thomas).

San Francisco Giants         AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Davenport 3B                4   1   2   0    1   1  .429  .976    0    1   4   
J King LF                     5   0   0   0    0   3  .294  .782    0    0   0   
W Mays CF                     5   1   0   0    0   1  .417  .962    0    2   0   GDP
W Kirkland RF                 5   1   1   1    0   1  .229  .784    0    1   0   HR
O Cepeda 1B                   5   3   3   2    0   1  .314  .971    0   10   1   3B,2B
D Spencer SS                  5   2   4   2    0   0  .387 1.233    0    6   5   HR
D O'Connell 2B                2   0   1   1    1   0  .368 1.308    0    4   4   
  H Sauer PH                  0   0   0   0    1   0  .333 1.233    0    0   0   
  E Bressoud PR-2B            0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   1   
V Thomas C                    1   0   0   0    0   0  .214  .567    0    0   2   
  W Lockman PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.000    0    0   0   
  B Schmidt C                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .273 1.112    0    2   0   
  R Jablonski PH              1   0   1   2    0   0  .667 1.334    0    0   0   
  N Testa PR-C                0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
R Gomez P                     0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.250         0   0   
  S Miller P                  0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   1   
  J Finigan PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  J Constable P               0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  D Taussig PH                1   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  C Barclay P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .500 1.000         1   0   
  B Speake PH                 1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  R Crone P                   0   0   0   0    0   0                     0   0   
  A Rodgers PH                1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    0    0   0   
  M Grissom P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
Totals                       39   8  12   8    3   9                    27  18

BATTING

2B: O Cepeda (3, off S Jones).

3B: O Cepeda (1, off P Clark).

HR: D Spencer (3, off P Clark; 9th inn, 1 on, 2 outs to LF); W Kirkland (2, off S Jones; 6th inn, 0 on, 1 out to LF).

TB: D Spencer 7; O Cepeda 6; W Kirkland 4; J Davenport 2; D O'Connell; R Jablonski.

GIDP: W Mays (2).

RBI: D Spencer 2 (10); O Cepeda 2 (8); R Jablonski 2 (4); D O'Connell (5); W Kirkland (4).

2-out RBI: O Cepeda 2; D Spencer 2; R Jablonski 2; D O'Connell.

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 4 for 9.

FIELDING

DP: 2. D O'Connell-D Spencer-O Cepeda; D Spencer-D O'Connell-O Cepeda.

E: N Testa (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
S Jones                        7.2   8   4   3    3   8   1   5.73   34     -       ·  ·      9· 6· 0· 8     54    -     0.62   0.10
P Paine, H (1)                 0.2   2   2   0    0   1   0   0.00    5     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 2          3-2    1.99  -0.06
M Martin, H (1)                0.1   0   0   0    0   0   0   1.50    1     -       ·  ·      0· 1· 0· 0          2-0    2.86   0.06
P Clark, BS (1), L (0-1)       0     2   2   0    0   0   1   0.00    2     -       ·  ·      0· 0· 0· 2          2-2    3.90  -0.96
Totals                         8.2  12   8   3    3   9   2          42     -       ·  ·     10· 8· 0·12          7-4

San Francisco Giants          IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
R Gomez                        0.2   3   5   5    2   0   0   4.34    7     -       ·  ·      1· 1· 0· 3     24    -     1.61  -0.33
S Miller                       2.1   3   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    9     -       ·  ·      4· 1· 0· 3          1-1    0.38  -0.01
J Constable                    2     1   0   0    1   0   0   0.00    6     -       ·  ·      4· 0· 0· 1          0-0    0.31   0.03
C Barclay                      2     3   1   1    1   2   0   1.69   11     -       ·  ·      3· 1· 0· 3          0-0    0.43  -0.02
R Crone                        1     0   0   0    0   0   0  16.20    3     -       ·  ·      1· 2· 0· 0          0-0    0.12   0.01
M Grissom, W (1-0)             1     1   1   1    2   0   0   1.80    6     -       ·  ·      1· 2· 0· 1          0-0    0.34  -0.03
Totals                         9    11   7   7    7   2   0          42     -       ·  ·     14· 7· 0·11          1-1

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: M Grissom (1; W Moon); C Barclay (1; S Musial).

HBP: C Barclay (2; K Boyer).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Shag Crawford, 1B - Vinnie Smith, 2B - Frank Dascoli, 3B - Augie Donatelli.

Time of Game: 3:01.

Attendance: 14,715.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   St.Louis Cardinals            San Francisco Giants                 
1. D Schofield          SS    1. J Davenport          3B 
2. D Blasingame         2B    2. J King               LF 
3. S Musial             1B    3. W Mays               CF 
4. D Ennis              LF    4. W Kirkland           RF 
5. W Moon               RF    5. O Cepeda             1B 
6. I Noren              CF    6. D Spencer            SS 
7. K Boyer              3B    7. D O'Connell          2B 
8. R Katt               C     8. V Thomas             C  
9. S Jones              P     9. R Gomez              P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 9   2  7-6  --3      84% 100% D Spencer       P Clark         Home Run; Cepeda Scores/unER; Spencer Scores/unER
   t 1   2  0-2  -23     -13%  17% K Boyer         R Gomez         Single to LF; Musial Scores; Ennis Scores; Boyer to 2B/Adv on throw
   b 9   2  7-4  12-      12%  16% O Cepeda        P Clark         Triple to LF; Mays Scores/unER; Davenport Scores/unER
   b 8   2  6-2  123       8%  15% R Jablonski     P Paine         Single to LF; Bressoud to 2B; Spencer Scores; Cepeda Scores
   b 8   2  6-4  12-      -8%   7% A Rodgers       P Paine         Strikeout

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Cardinals Batting, Tied 0-0, Ruben Gomez facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---      46%  D Schofield     Walk
          1--      41%  D Blasingame    Single to RF; Schofield to 2B
          12-      34%  S Musial        Walk; Schofield to 3B; Blasingame to 2B
   R      123      25%  D Ennis         Single to 3B; Musial to 2B; Blasingame to 3B; Schofield Scores
   O      123      31%  W Moon          Foul Flyball: 3B
   RO     123      30%  I Noren         Groundout: 2B unassisted; Ennis to 2B; Musial to 3B; Blasingame Scores
   RR     -23      17%  K Boyer         Single to LF; Musial Scores; Ennis Scores; Boyer to 2B/Adv on throw
                  Stu Miller replaces Ruben Gomez pitching and batting 9th
   R      -2-      12%  R Katt          Double to CF; Boyer Scores
   O      -2-      13%  S Jones         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  5 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Giants Batting, Behind 0-5, Sam Jones facing 1-2-3
          ---      15%  J Davenport     Walk
   O      1--      13%  J King          Groundout: 3B-2B/Forceout at 2B
   OO     1--      10%  W Mays          Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 0.

Top of the 2nd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-0, Stu Miller facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      11%  D Schofield     Flyball: SS
          ---      10%  D Blasingame    Single to CF
   OO     1--      12%  S Musial        Ground Ball Double Play: 2B-SS-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-5, Sam Jones facing 4-5-6
   O      ---      10%  W Kirkland      Groundout: P-1B
   O      ---       9%  O Cepeda        Groundout: SS-1B
          ---      10%  D Spencer       Single to LF
          1--      11%  D O'Connell     Walk; Spencer to 2B
   O      12-       9%  V Thomas        Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 0.

Top of the 3rd, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-0, Stu Miller facing 4-5-6
          ---       8%  D Ennis         Walk
   O      1--       9%  W Moon          Ennis Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
          ---       8%  " "             Double to RF
   O      -2-       9%  I Noren         Fielder's Choice P; Moon out at 3B/P-3B-SS; Noren to 2B
   O      -2-      10%  K Boyer         Groundout: 3B-1B
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Giants Batting, Behind 0-5, Sam Jones facing 9-1-2
                  Jim Finigan pinch hits for Stu Miller batting 9th
   O      ---       9%  J Finigan       Flyball: RF
   O      ---       8%  J Davenport     Strikeout Looking
   O      ---       7%  J King          Strikeout
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 0.

Top of the 4th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-0, Jim Constable facing 8-9-1
                  Jim Constable replaces Jim Finigan pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---       8%  R Katt          Groundout: 3B-1B
          ---       7%  S Jones         Single to RF
   O      1--       8%  D Schofield     Groundout: SS-2B/Forceout at 2B
   O      1--       8%  D Blasingame    Schofield Caught Stealing 2B (C-SS)
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Giants Batting, Behind 0-5, Sam Jones facing 3-4-5
   O      ---       7%  W Mays          Flyball: CF
   O      ---       6%  W Kirkland      Strikeout Looking
          ---       7%  O Cepeda        Double to LF
          -2-       9%  D Spencer       Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball); Cepeda to 3B; Spencer to 2B
   R      -23      13%  D O'Connell     Single to LF; Spencer to 3B; Cepeda Scores/unER
                  Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Valmy Thomas batting 8th
   O      1-3      10%  W Lockman       Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 1.

Top of the 5th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-1, Jim Constable facing 2-3-4
                  Bob Schmidt replaces Whitey Lockman playing C batting 8th
   O      ---      10%  D Blasingame    Groundout: 2B-1B
          ---      10%  S Musial        Walk
   OO     1--      11%  D Ennis         Ground Ball Double Play: SS-2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 1.

Bottom of the 5th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-5, Sam Jones facing 9-1-2
                  Don Taussig pinch hits for Jim Constable batting 9th
   O      ---       9%  D Taussig       Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---       8%  J Davenport     Flyball: CF
   O      ---       8%  J King          Strikeout
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 1.

Top of the 6th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-1, Curt Barclay facing 5-6-7
                  Curt Barclay replaces Don Taussig pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---       8%  W Moon          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---       9%  I Noren         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---       8%  K Boyer         Hit By Pitch
          1--       8%  R Katt          Single to LF; Boyer to 2B
   O      12-       9%  S Jones         Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 1.

Bottom of the 6th, Giants Batting, Behind 1-5, Sam Jones facing 3-4-5
   O      ---       7%  W Mays          Strikeout Looking
   R      ---      13%  W Kirkland      Home Run
   O      ---      11%  O Cepeda        Strikeout Looking
          ---      12%  D Spencer       Single to CF
   O      1--      10%  D O'Connell     Flyball: LF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 5, Giants 2.

Top of the 7th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 5-2, Curt Barclay facing 1-2-3
   O      ---      11%  D Schofield     Strikeout Looking
          ---       8%  D Blasingame    Triple to CF
          --3       7%  S Musial        Intentional Walk
   R      1-3       5%  D Ennis         Single to LF; Musial to 2B; Blasingame Scores
   O      12-       5%  W Moon          Groundout: 1B-P; Ennis to 2B; Musial to 3B
   O      -23       6%  I Noren         Flyball: CF
                  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Giants Batting, Behind 2-6, Sam Jones facing 8-9-1
                  Bobby Gene Smith replaces Irv Noren playing CF batting 6th
   O      ---       5%  B Schmidt       Flyball: CF
                  Bob Speake pinch hits for Curt Barclay batting 9th
   O      ---       4%  B Speake        Strikeout
          ---       5%  J Davenport     Single to SS
   O      1--       3%  J King          Strikeout
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 2.

Top of the 8th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 6-2, Ray Crone facing 7-8-9
                  Ray Crone replaces Bob Speake pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---       4%  K Boyer         Flyball: CF
   O      ---       4%  R Katt          Flyball: 2B
   O      ---       4%  S Jones         Groundout: SS-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Giants Batting, Behind 2-6, Sam Jones facing 3-4-5
   O      ---       3%  W Mays          Groundout: 2B-1B
   O      ---       2%  W Kirkland      Groundout: 1B unassisted
          ---       2%  O Cepeda        Single to CF
          1--       4%  D Spencer       Single to SS; Cepeda to 2B
                  Hank Sauer pinch hits for Danny O'Connell batting 7th
          12-       7%  H Sauer         Walk; Cepeda to 3B; Spencer to 2B
                  Phil Paine replaces Sam Jones pitching and batting 9th; Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Bob Schmidt batting 8th; Eddie Bressoud pinch runs for Hank Sauer batting 7th
   RR     123      15%  R Jablonski     Single to LF; Bressoud to 2B; Spencer Scores; Cepeda Scores
                  Andre Rodgers pinch hits for Ray Crone batting 9th; Nick Testa pinch runs for Ray Jablonski batting 8th
   O      12-       7%  A Rodgers       Strikeout
                  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Cardinals 6, Giants 4.

Top of the 9th, Cardinals Batting, Ahead 6-4, Marv Grissom facing 1-2-3
                  Marv Grissom replaces Andre Rodgers pitching and batting 9th; Nick Testa moves to C; Eddie Bressoud moves to 2B
          ---       6%  D Schofield     Walk
   O      1--       7%  D Blasingame    Groundout: 2B-SS/Forceout at 2B
          1--       6%  S Musial        Blasingame Steals 2B
   R      -2-       3%  " "             Double to LF; Blasingame Scores
          -2-       3%  D Ennis         E2 on Foul Ball
   O      -2-       3%  " "             Flyball: RF
          -2-       3%  W Moon          Intentional Walk
   O      12-       4%  B Smith         Foul Flyball: 1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Cardinals 7, Giants 4.

Bottom of the 9th, Giants Batting, Behind 4-7, Phil Paine facing 1-2-3
          ---       8%  J Davenport     Single to SS
   O      1--       4%  J King          Flyball: 2B
          1--      10%  W Mays          Reached on E6 (Ground Ball); Davenport to 2B
                  Morrie Martin replaces Phil Paine pitching and batting 9th
   O      12-       4%  W Kirkland      Foul Flyball: RF
                  Phil Clark replaces Morrie Martin pitching and batting 9th
   RR     12-      16%  O Cepeda        Triple to LF; Mays Scores/unER; Davenport Scores/unER
   RR     --3     100%  D Spencer       Home Run; Cepeda Scores/unER; Spencer Scores/unER
        4 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Cardinals 7, Giants 8.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation