St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 20, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1958 at Wrigley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 9, Chicago Cubs 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 3 2 0 0
Blasingame 2b 5 2 3 1
Musial 1b 4 3 2 4
Noren cf 1 1 1 1
  Smith B. cf 1 0 0 0
Moon rf 3 1 1 1
Cunningham lf 4 0 1 1
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Smith H. c 3 0 0 0
Wehmeier p 1 0 0 0
  Martin p 2 0 0 0
  Clark p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 9 8 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 0 1 0
Walls rf 4 1 1 1
Banks ss 4 1 1 2
Moryn lf 3 0 1 0
Thomson cf 3 0 1 0
Long 1b 3 0 0 0
Goryl 3b 4 1 1 1
Neeman c 4 0 1 0
Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph 0 1 0 0
  Phillips p 0 0 0 0
  Nichols p 0 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Ernaga ph 0 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
  Fodge p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor S. ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
St. Louis 202 041 000981
Chicago 003 000 100470
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier   2.1 4 3 3 1 3
  Martin  W (1-0) 3.2 2 1 1 2 2
  Clark  SV (1) 3.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Brosnan  L (1-1) 3.0 4 4 4 3 0
  Phillips   1.1 3 4 3 2 2
  Nichols   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Lown   2.0 1 1 1 1 1
  Fodge   2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
9
8
6
6

  E–Schofield (1).  DP–St. Louis 3. Schofield-Blasingame-Musial, Martin-Schofield-Musial, Boyer-Blasingame-Musial, Chicago 1. T. Taylor-Banks-Long.  PB–Neeman (1).  2B–St. Louis Blasingame (2,off Lown), Chicago Thomson (1,off Wehmeier); Walls (1,off Wehmeier).  3B–St. Louis Blasingame (1,off Brosnan).  HR–St. Louis Musial 2 (4,1st inning off Brosnan 1 on 1 out,5th inning off Phillips 1 on 1 out), Chicago Banks (2,3rd inning off Wehmeier 1 on 1 out); Goryl (2,7th inning off Martin 0 on 0 out).  SF–Noren (1,off Brosnan).  Team LOB–3.  HBP–Moryn (1,by Martin).  Team–6.  SB–T. Taylor (1,2nd base off Wehmeier/H. Smith).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Vinnie Smith.  T–2:45.  A–24,380.
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