St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 23, 1940 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 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 0, Chicago Cubs 10
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown 2b 3 0 1 0
  Martin S. 2b 1 0 0 0
Moore cf 3 0 1 0
  Gillenwater cf 1 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 4 0 1 0
Mize 1b 3 0 0 0
  Hopp 1b 1 0 0 0
Martin P. lf 3 0 0 0
Orengo 3b 4 0 0 0
Marion ss 3 0 0 0
Owen c 3 0 1 0
Shoun p 1 0 0 0
  Kimball p 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 4 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hack 3b 4 1 1 0
Warstler 2b 5 1 2 1
Nicholson rf 5 2 2 5
Russell 1b 4 1 1 2
Gleeson cf 3 1 1 1
Dallessandro lf 3 0 1 0
McCullough c 2 1 0 0
Mattick ss 4 1 1 0
Passeau p 3 2 1 1
Totals 33 10 10 10
St. Louis 000 000 000–040
Chicago 015 004 00x–10101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Shoun  L(13-11) 3.0 6 6 6 1 1
  Kimball   5.0 4 4 4 4 2
Totals
8.0
10
10
10
5
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Passeau  W(20-13) 9.0 4 0 0 1 5
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
1
5
  E–Warstler (16).  DP–St. Louis 1. Owen-Brown-Mize.  2B–Chicago Warstler (4).  HR–Chicago Nicholson (25,6th inning off Kimball 2 on); Russell (5,3rd inning off Shoun 1 on); Gleeson (5,2nd inning off Shoun 0 on); Passeau (1,3rd inning off Shoun 0 on).  Team LOB–6.  HBP–Gleeson (6).  Team–5.  U–Ziggy Sears, George Barr, George Magerkurth.  T–1:42.  A–1,843.
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