4/17/1955, ChN55-StL55, game 1, Busch Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1955 Chicago (N) 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 9 15 3 11 1 1955 St. Louis 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 2 8 0 Chicago (N) AB R H BI AVG St. Louis AB R H BI AVG Merriman cf 5 0 0 0 .000 Moon cf 3 1 1 1 .294 Baker 2b 6 1 3 1 .286 Schoendienst 2b 3 0 0 1 .000 Baumholtz rf 4 3 2 1 .263 Musial 1b 5 0 2 0 .421 Sauer lf 4 3 2 2 .300 Repulski lf 4 0 0 0 .375 Jackson 3b 5 1 3 2 .364 Elliott rf 3 1 1 0 .400 Banks ss 4 1 3 2 .389 Boyer 3b 4 1 2 1 .313 Fondy 1b 4 0 1 1 .500 Rice c 2 0 0 1 .000 Chiti c 5 0 1 0 .313 Wooldridge p 1 0 0 0 .000 Minner p 4 0 0 0 .143 Tiefenauer p 0 0 0 0 .000 41 9 15 9 Hemus ph 1 0 0 0 .000 LaPalme p 0 0 0 0 .000 Grammas ss 4 0 0 0 .308 Jones p 0 0 0 0 .000 Moford p 1 1 0 0 .000 Sarni c 3 0 2 0 .286 34 4 8 4 Chicago (N) INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Minner W 2-0 9.0 8 4 3 3 2 134 80 3.00 9.0 8 4 3 3 2 134 80 St. Louis INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Jones L 0-1 2.0 5 5 4 1 3 54 35 12.00 Moford 2.1 3 0 0 1 0 26 17 7.71 Wooldridge 1.2 5 3 3 0 0 30 18 16.20 Tiefenauer 2.0 2 1 1 1 1 34 22 4.50 LaPalme 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 19 10 0.00 9.0 15 9 8 4 5 163 102 StL: Sarni inserted at c in the 5th Hemus batted for Tiefenauer in the 8th E-Baumholtz, Jackson, Banks, Repulski, Jones. 2B-Elliott. HR-Baker(1), Baumholtz(1), Sauer(1), Jackson(3), Banks(2), Moon(1), Boyer(2). CS-Jackson. K-Merriman, Baker 2, Fondy, Chiti, Moon, Wooldridge. BB-Merriman, Baumholtz, Banks, Fondy, Moon, Schoendienst, Elliott. SH-Minner, Moon. SF-Schoendienst. HBP-Sauer. HB-Tiefenauer. WP-Minner, Moford. GWRBI: Baker Temperature: 79, Sky: clear, Wind: right to left at 9 MPH. 4/17/1955, ChN55-StL55, game 1, Busch Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1955 Chicago (N) 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 9 15 3 11 1 1955 St. Louis 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 2 8 0 Chicago (N) -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Merriman cf 1>k 53 9 8 31 Baker 2b HR k S S 8>5 Baumholtz rf S 3>HR 13 9 W Sauer lf HR.1-H e1.B-1 5>63 7>S HBP.1-2 Jackson 3b 43 Moford S.B-2(e7) HR.1-H 6 S.1-2 Banks ss S wp.2-3;1-2 Wooldridge HR S.2-H;1-2 W 7 Fondy 1b W.1-2 note 1 S.2-3 Tiefenauer 23 k Chiti c k note 2 64/f S 9>LaPalme 31 63 Minner p 2>63 4>53 6>6 54/SH.1-2 43 1: 46/f.3-H;2-3;B-1 2: CSH(1362).1-2 St. Louis -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Moon cf 1>HR 54/SH.2-3 k 163/gdp W Schoendienst 2b 63 8/SF.3-H W.1-2 e5.B-1 14/f.B-1 Musial 1b 7 53 note 1 S.1-2 43 Repulski lf 43 4>e6.B-1 6>63 64/f Elliott rf 2>D 6 W 8>53 Boyer 3b 43.2-3 4 S.1-2 HR Rice c 63.3-H wp.1-2 53 Wooldridge p k Tiefenauer p Hemus ph 9 LaPalme p Grammas ss 53 5>43 8 31 Jones p Moford p 3>e9.B-2 Sarni c S 7>S 9>9 1: S.2xH(92);1-2 Chicago (N) -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Merriman cf W Baker 2b k Baumholtz rf Sauer lf Jackson 3b Banks ss Fondy 1b Chiti c Minner p St. Louis -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Moon cf Schoendienst 2b Musial 1b Repulski lf Elliott rf Boyer 3b Rice c Wooldridge p Tiefenauer p Hemus ph LaPalme p Grammas ss Jones p Moford p Sarni c Chicago (N) IN OUT ER St. Louis IN OUT ER Minner A1 E3 3 W 2-0 Jones A1 B4 4 L 0-1 Moford B5 C5 0 Wooldridge C6 D6 3 Tiefenauer D7 E7 1 LaPalme E8 F2 0 4/17/1955, ChN55-StL55, game 1, Busch Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1955 Chicago (N) 3 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 9 15 3 11 1 1955 St. Louis 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 2 8 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Chicago (N) batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Merriman struck out (CFBS) 0-0 1 --- 02 Baker homered deep to left (SFX) 1-0 1 --- 10 Baumholtz lined a single to shallow center (BX) 1-0 1 1-- 12 Sauer homered deep down the left-field line, Baumholtz scored (CCBX) 3-0 1 --- 22 Jackson grounded out to second (BSBSX) 3-0 2 --- 11 Banks lined a single to right center (BCX) 3-0 2 1-- 32 Fondy walked, Banks to second (1BFBFB>B) 3-0 2 12- 22 Chiti struck out (CBFBFFC) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, St. Louis batting 3-0 0 --- 00 Moon homered deep to right (X) 3-1 0 --- 00 Schoendienst grounded out to short (X) 3-1 1 --- 12 Musial flied out to left (CBSX) 3-1 2 --- 21 Repulski grounded out to second (BBCX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Chicago (N) batting 3-1 0 --- 10 Minner grounded out to short (BX) 3-1 1 --- 22 Merriman grounded out to third (CBBSX) 3-1 2 --- 12 Baker struck out (CFbBFC) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, St. Louis batting 3-1 0 --- 12 Elliott lined a double down the right field line (CBFX) 3-1 0 -2- 00 Boyer grounded out to second, Elliott to third (X) 3-1 1 --3 02 Rice grounded out to short, Elliott scored (FFX) 3-2 2 --- 10 Grammas grounded out to third (BX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Chicago (N) batting 3-2 0 --- 01 Baumholtz homered deep to left (FX) 4-2 0 --- 32 Sauer to first on an error by the pitcher Jones (BBCFBX) Moford now pitching 4-2 0 1-- 22 Jackson grounded a single between first and second, Sauer to second (BFBCX) 4-2 0 12- 01 Moford threw a wild pitch, Sauer to third, Jackson to second (CB) 4-2 0 -23 31 Banks walked (CB.BBB) 4-2 0 123 11 Fondy grounded to second, forcing Banks at second, Sauer scored, Jackson to third, Fondy to first (BCX) 5-2 1 1-3 01 Jackson was caught stealing home, Fondy to second (S1) 5-2 2 -2- 01 Chiti grounded out to first (S1.2X) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, St. Louis batting 5-2 0 --- 10 Moford to second on an error by the right fielder Baumholtz (BX) 5-2 0 -2- 10 Moon sacrifice bunted to third, Moford to third (BXb) 5-2 1 --3 20 Schoendienst hit a sacrifice fly to center, Moford scored (BBX) 5-3 2 --- 00 Musial grounded out to third (X) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Chicago (N) batting 5-3 0 --- 00 Minner grounded out to third (X) 5-3 1 --- 01 Merriman flied out to right (CX) 5-3 2 --- 10 Baker grounded a single between third and short (BX) 5-3 2 1-- 00 Baumholtz grounded out to the mound (X) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, St. Louis batting 5-3 0 --- 31 Repulski to first on an error by the shortstop Banks (BBBCX) 5-3 0 1-- 00 Elliott popped out to short (1X) 5-3 1 1-- 31 Boyer popped out to second (FBBB1X) 5-3 2 1-- 20 Minner threw a wild pitch, Repulski to second (B1BB) 5-3 2 -2- 31 Rice grounded out to third (B1BB.CX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Chicago (N) batting 5-3 0 --- 01 Sauer grounded out to short (CX) 5-3 1 --- 11 Jackson lined a single to shallow left, Jackson to second on an error by the left fielder Repulski (SBX) Sarni now playing catcher Wooldridge now pitching 5-3 1 -2- 21 Banks flied out to left (BFBX) 5-3 2 -2- 21 Fondy reached on an infield single to short, Jackson to third (BBFX) 5-3 2 1-3 11 Chiti grounded to short, forcing Fondy at second (CBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, St. Louis batting 5-3 0 --- 00 Grammas grounded out to second (X) 5-3 1 --- 22 Sarni lined a single to shallow right (FFFBBFX) 5-3 1 1-- 22 Moon struck out (1BFBFS) 5-3 2 1-- 31 Schoendienst walked, Sarni to second (BBBCB) 5-3 2 12- 21 Musial lined a single to right, Sarni out at home, Schoendienst to second (BFBX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Chicago (N) batting 5-3 0 --- 11 Minner popped out to short (BCX) 5-3 1 --- 10 Merriman flied out to center (BX) 5-3 2 --- 22 Baker reached on an infield single to third (SBBFX) 5-3 2 1-- 11 Baumholtz popped out to right (FBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, St. Louis batting 5-3 0 --- 22 Repulski grounded out to short (SBBFX) 5-3 1 --- 30 Elliott walked (BBBB) 5-3 1 1-- 00 Boyer lined a single to left, Elliott to second (X) 5-3 1 12- 12 Wooldridge struck out (FbSBFC) 5-3 2 12- 12 Grammas flied out to center (BFCX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Chicago (N) batting 5-3 0 --- 00 Sauer lined a single down the left field line (X) 5-3 0 1-- 00 Jackson homered deep down the left-field line, Sauer scored (X) 7-3 0 --- 21 Banks homered deep down the left-field line (CBBX) Tiefenauer now pitching 8-3 0 --- 02 Fondy struck out (CCC) 8-3 1 --- 12 Chiti grounded a single between third and short (CFBX) 8-3 1 1-- 11 Minner sacrifice bunted to third, Chiti to second (FBXb) 8-3 2 -2- 12 Merriman grounded out to first (BCSX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, St. Louis batting 8-3 0 --- 00 Sarni lined a single to shallow right (X) 8-3 0 1-- 21 Moon grounded into a double play, Minner to Banks to Fondy (BCBX) 8-3 2 --- 22 Schoendienst to first on an error by the third baseman Jackson (FFBBX) 8-3 2 1-- 12 Musial reached on an infield single to short, Schoendienst to second (BFFX) 8-3 2 12- 00 Repulski grounded to short, forcing Musial at second (X) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Chicago (N) batting 8-3 0 --- 12 Baker popped out to third (CBCFX) 8-3 1 --- 31 Baumholtz walked (BBBCB) 8-3 1 1-- 00 Sauer was hit by a pitch, Baumholtz to second (H) 8-3 1 12- 12 Jackson popped out to short (CBSX) 8-3 2 12- 21 Banks lined a single to shallow center, Baumholtz scored, Sauer to second (CBBX) 9-3 2 12- 00 Fondy grounded out to the catcher (X) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, St. Louis batting 9-3 0 --- 22 Elliott grounded out to third (FFBBX) 9-3 1 --- 21 Boyer homered deep to left (BCBX) Hemus pinch hitting for Tiefenauer 9-4 1 --- 00 Tiefenauer flied out to right (X) 9-4 2 --- 02 Grammas grounded out to first (CFFFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Chicago (N) batting LaPalme now pitching 9-4 0 --- 22 Chiti grounded out to short (CBBSX) 9-4 1 --- 10 Minner grounded out to second (BX) 9-4 2 --- 30 Merriman walked (BBBB) 9-4 2 1-- 22 Baker struck out (CFFBFBFS) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, St. Louis batting 9-4 0 --- 21 Sarni flied out to right (BCBX) 9-4 1 --- 32 Moon walked (CBBBSFB) 9-4 1 1-- 22 Schoendienst grounded to the mound, forcing Moon at second, Schoendienst to first (FFBFBX) 9-4 2 1-- 10 Musial grounded out to second (BX)