Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 23, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1958 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 0 0 0
Walls rf 5 2 2 1
Banks ss 4 2 2 0
Moryn lf 5 0 0 0
Thomson cf 5 1 3 3
Long 1b 5 0 0 0
Goryl 3b 2 1 1 1
Tappe c 2 0 1 1
  Bolger ph 1 0 0 0
  Neeman c 0 0 0 0
Drott p 3 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 1 1 1
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Nichols p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 10 7
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 4 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Reese ss 4 3 1 1
Neal 2b 4 1 1 1
Hodges 1b 5 1 2 1
Gray 3b 4 0 1 0
Cimoli cf 3 0 1 0
Furillo rf 3 0 0 0
Roseboro c 3 0 0 0
Erskine p 3 1 1 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 0 0 0 0
  Pignatano pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 7 3
Chicago 200 200 0037104
Los Angeles 003 000 201671
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drott   6.2 5 5 2 4 0
  Elston  W (1-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Nichols  SV (1) 1.0 1 1 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
6
2
5
0
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine   8.0 7 5 5 4 7
  Labine  L (0-1) 1.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
4
8

  E–T. Taylor 3 (3), Banks (1), Erskine (1).  DP–Chicago 3. Goryl-T. Taylor-Long, Elston-Banks-Long, Banks-T. Taylor-Long.  2B–Chicago Banks (2,off Erskine); Thomson 2 (3,off Erskine,off Labine).  3B–Chicago Goryl (2,off Erskine), Los Angeles Neal (1,off Nichols).  HR–Chicago Walls (1,1st inning off Erskine 0 on 1 out); Tanner (1,9th inning off Erskine 0 on 0 out), Los Angeles Reese (1,7th inning off Drott 0 on 1 out); Hodges (2,7th inning off Drott 0 on 2 out).  SH–Tappe (1,off Erskine).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Cimoli (2,by Drott).  Team–7.  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Tom Gorman.
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