Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 8, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1955 at Busch Stadium I. 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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Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Merriman cf 6 0 0 0
Baker 2b 5 1 2 0
King rf 6 1 2 1
Banks ss 4 3 3 3
Sauer lf 6 1 3 2
Jackson 3b 5 0 1 0
Fondy 1b 6 0 3 0
Cooper c 4 0 0 0
  Chiti c 0 0 0 0
Minner p 3 0 1 0
  Davis p 1 0 0 0
  Miksis ph 1 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
  Perkowski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 6 15 6
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Boyer 3b 5 0 2 0
Schoendienst 2b 5 0 1 1
Musial 1b 4 1 1 1
Repulski lf 2 1 0 0
Whisenant cf 3 1 1 0
  Moon ph,cf 1 0 0 0
Elliott rf 3 0 0 0
  Virdon rf 0 0 0 0
Burbrink c 3 0 1 1
  Stephenson pr 0 1 0 0
  Wright p 1 0 0 0
  Frazier ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
Grammas ss 4 0 1 0
Wooldridge p 2 0 1 0
  Sarni ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 3
Chicago 200 020 000 026151
St. Louis 000 300 100 00481
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Minner   6.1 6 4 3 6 2
  Davis   2.2 1 0 0 1 1
  Jeffcoat   0.2 0 0 0 2 0
  Perkowski  W(1-4) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
8
4
3
9
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wooldridge   7.0 11 4 4 2 1
  Wright   3.0 2 0 0 1 2
  Jones  L(1-4) 0.1 2 2 2 1 0
  Lawrence   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
15
6
6
4
3

  E–Baker (15), Boyer (10).  DP–Chicago 2. Baker-Banks-Fondy, Jackson-Baker-Fondy, St. Louis 1. Schoendienst-Grammas-Musial.  2B–Chicago Baker (14); Minner (2)., St. Louis Whisenant (3).  HR–Chicago King (7,1st inning off Wooldridge 0 on); Banks 2 (23,1st inning off Wooldridge 0 on,11th inning off Jones 1 on); Sauer (6,5th inning off Wooldridge 1 on)., St. Louis Musial (17,4th inning off Minner 0 on).  SH–Chiti (1); Sarni (3).  IBB–Banks (3); Boyer (2); Virdon (2).  Team LOB–13.  HBP–Grammas (1).  Team–10.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Lon Warneke, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Larry Goetz.
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