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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 31, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 31, 1955 at Forbes Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 31, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 31, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Willard Schmidt |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lino Donoso |
| Ballpark | Forbes Field |
| City | Pittsburgh |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 6,379 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Larry Goetz 1B: Frank Dascoli 2B: Lon Warneke 3B: Frank Secory |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Rip Repulski | Left Fielder |
| Stan Musial | Right Fielder |
| Bill Sarni | Catcher |
| Wally Moon | First Baseman |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Willard Schmidt | Pitcher |
| Harry Walker | Manager |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Eddie O'Brien | Center Fielder |
| Gene Freese | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Lynch | Right Fielder |
| Preston Ward | First Baseman |
| Toby Atwell | Catcher |
| Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
| Johnny O'Brien | Second Baseman |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Lino Donoso | Pitcher |
| Fred Haney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Pirates
Forbes Field
August 31, 1955
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Donoso
Boyer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Donoso
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Donoso
Virdon strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Donoso
Repulski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whisenant vs. Donoso
Pete Whisenant pinch hits for Stan Musial.
Whisenant hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
Pete Whisenant now playing right field.
O'Brien hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Boyer. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freese vs. Schmidt
Freese takes first base on ball four. O'Brien moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lynch vs. Schmidt
Lynch hits a popup for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ward vs. Schmidt
Ward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. O'Brien scores. Freese moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Atwell vs. Schmidt
Atwell hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Freese tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Donoso
Sarni hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Donoso
Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Donoso
There goes Moon. The throw from Atwell and he is safe. Moon steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grammas vs. Donoso
Grammas strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schmidt vs. Donoso
Schmidt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Schmidt reaches second base with a double. Moon scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Donoso
Boyer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Donoso vs. Schmidt
Donoso bunts for an out with unknown description. O'Brien moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Donoso
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Donoso
Virdon hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Donoso
Repulski hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Schmidt
Freese hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Schmidt
Lynch hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Schmidt
Ward takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Atwell vs. Schmidt
Atwell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whisenant vs. Donoso
Whisenant hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sarni vs. Donoso
Sarni hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Donoso
Moon hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. O'Brien fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on O'Brien. Moon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grammas vs. Donoso
Grammas hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Repulski. O'Brien reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Donoso vs. Schmidt
Donoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. O'Brien moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
There's a wild pitch. O'Brien scores. Donoso moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Donoso moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Freese vs. Schmidt
Freese hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Donoso
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Donoso
Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Boyer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Donoso
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Virdon vs. Donoso
Virdon hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Boyer scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Repulski vs. Donoso
Repulski strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Schmidt
Lynch hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Schmidt
Ward hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Atwell vs. Schmidt
Atwell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whisenant vs. Donoso
Whisenant hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Whisenant reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sarni vs. Donoso
Sarni hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Whisenant scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Donoso
Moon takes first base on ball four. Sarni moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grammas vs. Donoso
Grammas hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schmidt vs. Donoso
Schmidt strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Donoso
Boyer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Donoso vs. Schmidt
Donoso strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Donoso
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Donoso
The ball gets by Atwell for a passed ball. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Virdon vs. Donoso
Virdon is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Repulski vs. Donoso
Repulski hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Whisenant vs. Donoso
Whisenant hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sarni vs. Donoso
Sarni hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Schmidt
Freese hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Schmidt
Lynch hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Schmidt
Ward hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Donoso
Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lynch throws the ball in to Groat who tags Moon trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Donoso
Grammas hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schmidt vs. Donoso
Schmidt hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Atwell vs. Schmidt
Atwell hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Donoso
Boyer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Donoso
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Donoso
Virdon hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Schmidt
Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Donoso vs. Schmidt
Donoso hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Schmidt
Dale Long pinch hits for Eddie O'Brien.
Long hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Groat moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freese vs. Schmidt
Tom Saffell pinch runs for Dale Long.
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 10
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Repulski vs. Donoso
Tom Saffell now playing center field.
Repulski hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Whisenant vs. Donoso
Whisenant hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sarni vs. Donoso
Sarni hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Donoso
There goes Whisenant. The throw from Atwell and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Moon vs. Donoso
Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Saffell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Schmidt
Lynch hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Schmidt
Ward hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Repulski. Ward reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Atwell vs. Schmidt
Atwell is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Schmidt
Thomas hits a fly ball for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Pirates, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
O'Brien vs. Schmidt
O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Ward scores. Atwell moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/31/1955 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Pittsburgh AB R H RBI
Boyer K, 3b 5 1 2 0 O'Brien E, cf 3 1 1 0
Schoendienst R, 2b 5 0 2 0 Long D, ph 1 0 1 0
Virdon B, cf 4 0 0 1 Saffell T, pr-cf 0 0 0 0
Repulski R, lf 5 0 1 0 Freese G, 3b 4 1 0 0
Musial S, rf 0 0 0 0 Lynch J, rf 5 0 0 0
Whisenant P, ph-rf 5 1 2 0 Ward P, 1b 4 1 2 1
Sarni B, c 5 0 1 1 Atwell T, c 3 0 0 1
Moon W, 1b 4 1 3 0 Thomas F, lf 5 0 1 0
Grammas A, ss 4 0 0 0 O'Brien J, 2b 5 1 3 1
Schmidt W, p 4 0 1 1 Groat D, ss 4 0 2 0
Donoso L, p 3 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
41 3 12 3 37 4 11 3
St.Louis 010 011 000 0 -- 3
Pittsburgh 200 100 000 1 -- 4
2 outs when winning run was scored.
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt W (L) 9.2 11 4 4 4 3
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Donoso L (W) 10.0 12 3 3 1 4
E -- Boyer K, O'Brien E, Atwell T
DP -- St.Louis 1
LOB -- St.Louis 10, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- Schmidt W, Moon W, O'Brien J, Boyer K, Whisenant P, Ward P
SB -- Moon W, Whisenant P
SH -- Donoso L
SF -- Atwell T
HBP -- by Donoso L (Virdon B)
WP -- Schmidt W
PB -- Atwell T
T -- 2:34
A -- 6379
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