Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 17, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1958 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."

"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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Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 0 1 2
Walls rf 5 0 1 0
Banks ss 5 0 1 0
Moryn lf 4 1 1 0
Thomson cf 4 1 3 0
Long 1b 2 1 0 1
Goryl 3b 3 1 1 1
Neeman c 3 0 1 0
Hobbie p 2 0 0 0
  Hillman p 2 0 0 0
  Mayer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 1 0
Dark ss 5 0 1 1
Musial 1b 4 1 2 1
Ennis lf 2 1 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Moon rf 1 0 1 1
Landrith c 3 0 0 0
  Smith H. ph,c 1 0 0 0
Smith B. cf 3 1 1 0
McDaniel p 2 0 0 0
  Cunningham ph 1 0 0 0
  Muffett p 0 0 0 0
  Green ph 0 0 0 0
  Schofield pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Chicago 020 100 010490
St. Louis 000 110 010361
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hobbie  W (1-0) 5.2 3 2 2 5 4
  Hillman   1.2 3 1 1 1 0
  Mayer  SV (1) 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
7
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McDaniel  L (0-1) 7.0 7 3 3 3 5
  Muffett   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
6

  E–Dark (1).  DP–Chicago 2. T. Taylor-Banks-Long, Banks-T. Taylor-Long, St. Louis 1. Boyer-Blasingame-Musial.  2B–Chicago Banks (1,off L. McDaniel).  HR–Chicago Goryl (1,4th inning off L. McDaniel 0 on 0 out), St. Louis Musial (1,4th inning off Hobbie 0 on 0 out).  SH–Goryl (1,off L. McDaniel).  SF–Long (2,off Muffett).  IBB–Neeman (1,by L. McDaniel).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:35.  A–11,500.
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