St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 5, 1951 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1951 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 2, Chicago Cubs 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Hemus ss 3 0 2 0
Schoendienst 2b 4 0 0 0
Musial 1b 4 1 2 0
Slaughter rf 3 1 1 1
Rice lf 5 0 1 0
Lowrey cf 5 0 1 1
Johnson 3b 5 0 1 0
Sarni c 5 0 1 0
Brecheen p 5 0 1 0
Totals 39 2 10 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Miksis 2b 5 0 0 0
Jeffcoat cf 5 1 1 0
Hermanski rf 4 1 1 0
Sauer lf 5 1 1 0
Jackson 3b 4 0 0 0
Smalley ss 4 0 2 1
Owen c 2 0 0 0
  Edwards ph 0 0 0 0
  Burgess c 2 0 2 1
Connors 1b 2 0 0 0
  Ramazzotti ph 0 0 0 0
  Cavarretta 1b 1 0 0 0
Kelly p 4 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 7 2
St. Louis 000 002 000 002101
Chicago 000 000 200 01370
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Brecheen  L(8-4) 10.2 7 3 3 5 3
Totals
10.2
7
3
3
5
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Kelly  W(6-2) 11.0 10 2 2 7 4
Totals
11.0
10
2
2
7
4

  E–H. Rice (5).  DP–St. Louis 1. Slaughter-Musial, Chicago 3. Miksis-Smalley-Connors, Smalley-Miksis-Connors, Owen-Smalley.  2B–St. Louis Slaughter (13,off Kelly), Chicago Smalley (5,off Brecheen); Sauer (17,off Brecheen).  SH–Schoendienst (10,off Kelly).  Team LOB–12.  IBB–Jackson (3,by Brecheen).  Team–8.  CS–Hemus (6,2nd base by Kelly/Owen).  U–Bill Stewart, Jocko Conlan, Frank Dascoli.
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