Cincinnati Redlegs vs Chicago Cubs
September 5, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 5, 1957 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cincinnati Redlegs 4, Chicago Cubs 1

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 0 0
Thurman lf 4 0 0 0
Robinson cf 4 1 1 1
Crowe 1b 4 0 0 0
Post rf 3 2 1 0
Bailey c 3 1 2 0
Hoak 3b 2 0 1 2
McMillan ss 3 0 1 0
  Burgess ph 0 0 0 1
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Lawrence p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 6 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Adams 3b 2 1 2 0
Speake cf 4 0 1 1
Tanner lf 4 0 1 0
Banks ss 4 0 2 0
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Bolger rf 4 0 1 0
Morgan 2b 3 0 0 0
Silvera c 3 0 0 0
  Walls ph 1 0 0 0
Drott p 2 0 0 0
  Will ph 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Cincinnati 021 000 001460
Chicago 000 010 000170
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Lawrence  W (14-11) 9.0 7 1 1 3 2
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drott  L (12-11) 7.0 5 3 3 2 7
  Lown   2.0 1 1 1 3 1
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
5
8

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2. Temple-McMillan-Crowe, Hoak-Crowe.  2B–Cincinnati Hoak (34,off Drott); Bailey (13,off Lown)., Chicago Banks (27,off Lawrence).  3B–Cincinnati McMillan (3,off Drott), Chicago Adams (2,off Lawrence).  HR–Cincinnati Robinson (24,3rd inning off Drott 0 on 2 out).  SH–Lawrence (6,off Lown).  SF–Burgess (3,off Lown).  IBB–Hoak (5,by Lown).  Team LOB–6.  Team–7.  SB–Post (2,3rd base off Drott/Silvera); Bailey (5,2nd base off Drott/Silvera).  CS–Hoak (15,3rd base by Drott/Silvera).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Bill Baker.  T–2:27.  A–2,141.
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