Lineups and Summary
(back to top)
Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
May 21, 1955
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on May 21, 1955 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 21, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 21, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gordon Jones |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Gerry Staley |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 5,123 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Jackowski 1B: Stan Landes 2B: Lee Ballanfant 3B: Al Barlick |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Solly Hemus | Third Baseman |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Wally Moon | Right Fielder |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Bill Sarni | Catcher |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Gordon Jones | Pitcher |
| Eddie Stanky | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Wally Post | Right Fielder |
| Bob Thurman | Left Fielder |
| Chuck Harmon | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Gerry Staley | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
All Plays in Game
(back to top)
Cardinals
@ Reds
Crosley Field
May 21, 1955
Top 1
-
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Staley
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Staley
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Staley
Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Virdon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Staley
There goes Schoendienst. The throw from Burgess and he is safe. Schoendienst steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Musial vs. Staley
Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Virdon tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moon vs. Staley
Moon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Repulski vs. Staley
Repulski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thurman. Repulski reaches second base with a double. Thurman throws the ball in to Burgess who tags Repulski trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Schoendienst scores. Moon goes all the way around to score. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Jones
Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Jones
Burgess hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Jones
Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple scores. Burgess moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Jones
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Post vs. Jones
Post strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thurman vs. Jones
Thurman hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Staley
Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Staley
Grammas is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Staley
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Jones
Harmon hits a line drive towards third. Hemus reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Jones
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Staley vs. Jones
Staley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hemus vs. Staley
Hemus takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Staley
Virdon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thurman who is chasing the ball. Virdon reaches third base with a triple. Hemus goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schoendienst vs. Collum
Jackie Collum now pitching.
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Musial vs. Collum
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski has Virdon trapped. There's the throw to Burgess and over to Harmon, who tags Virdon for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Collum
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Jones
Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Jones
Burgess hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Jones
Bell bunts towards third. Hemus fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Jones
Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Post vs. Tiefenauer
Bobby Tiefenauer now pitching.
Post hits a ball on the ground towards second. Schoendienst fields the ball, races to the bag for one, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Bell scores. Post moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thurman vs. Tiefenauer
Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Collum
Repulski hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Collum
Sarni hits a fly ball into left field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Collum
Grammas is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Tiefenauer
Harmon strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Tiefenauer
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Tiefenauer covering, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collum vs. Tiefenauer
Collum hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tiefenauer vs. Collum
Tiefenauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemus vs. Collum
Hemus hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Collum
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tiefenauer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Collum
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Collum
Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Tiefenauer
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Tiefenauer
Burgess hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Tiefenauer
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Collum
Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Collum
Repulski hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Collum
Sarni strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Tiefenauer
Harry Elliott now playing right field. Wally Moon now playing center field.
Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moon. Kluszewski reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Post vs. Tiefenauer
Post bunts towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Post for the out. Kluszewski moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Thurman vs. Tiefenauer
Thurman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Tiefenauer
Harmon is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Tiefenauer
McMillan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Harmon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Collum vs. Tiefenauer
Collum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harmon scores. McMillan moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Temple vs. Moford
Herb Moford now pitching.
Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burgess vs. Moford
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus juggles the ball. That's an error on Hemus. McMillan scores. Collum moves to third. Burgess moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bell vs. Moford
Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Collum scores. Burgess scores. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Moford
Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Collum
Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Collum
Del Rice pinch hits for Herb Moford.
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan misplays the ball. That's an error on McMillan. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hemus vs. Collum
Dick Schofield pinch runs for Del Rice.
Hemus hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Elliott vs. Collum
Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Poholsky
Tom Poholsky now pitching.
Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thurman vs. Poholsky
Thurman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harmon vs. Poholsky
Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thurman moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McMillan vs. Poholsky
McMillan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Collum
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Collum
Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Collum
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Collum covering, for the out. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Repulski vs. Collum
Repulski hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collum vs. Poholsky
Collum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Poholsky
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Poholsky
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Poholsky covering, for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Collum
Sarni hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Collum
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Frazier vs. Collum
Joe Frazier pinch hits for Tom Poholsky.
Frazier hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hemus vs. Collum
Hemus strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Elliott vs. Collum
Elliott takes first base on ball four. Grammas moves to third. Frazier moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 4 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Schoendienst vs. Collum
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Grammas scores. Frazier scores. Elliott moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Reds, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Collum
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play
(back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score
(back to top)
Game of 5/21/1955 -- St.Louis at Cincinnati (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Hemus S, 3b 3 1 0 0 Temple J, 2b 5 1 1 0
Virdon B, cf 3 1 2 1 Burgess S, c 5 2 2 1
Elliott H, rf 1 0 0 0 Bell G, cf 4 1 3 3
Schoendienst R, 2b 4 1 2 2 Kluszewski T, 1b 4 1 2 0
Musial S, 1b 4 0 0 1 Post W, rf 3 0 0 1
Moon W, rf-cf 3 1 0 0 Thurman B, lf 4 1 2 2
Repulski R, lf 4 0 1 2 Harmon C, 3b 3 1 0 0
Sarni B, c 4 0 0 0 McMillan R, ss 4 1 1 0
Grammas A, ss 4 1 1 0 Staley G, p 1 0 0 0
Jones G, p 1 0 0 0 Collum J, p 3 1 1 1
Tiefenauer B, p 0 0 0 0
Moford H, p 0 0 0 0
Rice D, ph 1 0 0 0
Schofield D, pr 0 0 0 0
Poholsky T, p 0 0 0 0
Frazier J, ph 1 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 6 7 6 36 9 12 8
St.Louis 301 000 002 -- 6
Cincinnati 102 006 00x -- 9
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Jones G 2.1 6 3 3 0 1
Tiefenauer B (L) 3.0 4 5 3 0 1
Moford H 0.2 1 1 0 0 0
Poholsky T 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Staley G* 2.0 3 4 4 3 2
Collum J (W) 7.0 4 2 2 3 3
* Pitched to 2 batters in 3rd
E -- Schoendienst R, Hemus S, McMillan R
LOB -- St.Louis 7, Cincinnati 5
2B -- Repulski R, Kluszewski T
3B -- Virdon B
HR -- Burgess S, Thurman B
SB -- Schoendienst R
SH -- Post W
SF -- Musial S
HBP -- by Tiefenauer B (Harmon C)
T -- 2:25
A -- 5123
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
