St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 20, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1940 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown 3b 5 0 0 0
Martin S. 2b 3 1 1 0
Slaughter rf 5 0 2 0
Mize 1b 5 0 2 1
  Hopp pr 0 1 0 0
Padgett c 3 0 1 0
  Epps pr 0 1 0 0
  Owen c 1 0 1 0
Martin P. lf 4 0 2 1
Moore cf 4 0 2 1
Marion ss 2 0 1 0
Warneke p 2 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Shoun p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 12 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 0 0 0
Herman 2b 4 1 1 0
Galan cf 3 2 2 0
Leiber rf 3 1 1 1
Dallessandro lf 2 0 1 1
Russell 1b 4 0 2 2
Todd c 4 0 0 0
Sturgeon ss 3 0 0 0
Lee p 2 0 0 0
  Raffensberger p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
St. Louis 001 000 011–3120
Chicago 101 000 02x–472
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Warneke   7.0 5 2 2 1 2
  Shoun  L(0-1) 1.0 2 2 2 2 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
3
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Lee   7.0 10 2 2 5 2
  Raffensberger  W(1-0) 2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
6
2
  E–Russell (3), Sturgeon (5).  DP–St. Louis 1. Marion, Chicago 2. Herman-Sturgeon-Russell, Raffensberger-Todd-Russell.  2B–St. Louis S. Martin (1); Padgett (2); P. Martin (2); Moore (1).  3B–St. Louis Mize (1), Chicago Galan (1).  SH–P. Martin (1); Galan (1).  Team LOB–12.  HBP–Lee (1).  Team–6.  SB–Moore (1); Galan (1).  U–Tom Dunn, Dolly Stark, Ziggy Sears.  T–2:11.  A–5,626.
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