Milwaukee Braves vs Chicago Cubs
May 2, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 2, 1958 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 7, Chicago Cubs 8

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Schoendienst 2b 4 2 1 0
Logan ss 3 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 2 1 2 2
Aaron cf 4 1 2 1
Torre 1b 4 0 0 1
Covington lf 2 1 1 2
  Roach ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Hanebrink rf 2 0 0 0
  Pafko ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Sawatski c 3 0 1 0
  Burdette pr 0 0 0 0
  Rice c 0 0 0 0
Conley p 3 1 1 1
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
  Willey p 0 0 0 0
  Adcock ph 1 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 9 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 1 1 0
Walls rf 5 1 1 0
Banks ss 5 1 2 1
Moryn lf 4 2 2 2
Long 1b 4 0 2 1
Goryl 3b 2 0 0 0
Thomson cf 4 1 1 0
Taylor S. c 3 1 2 0
  Adams ph 0 0 0 0
  Tappe c 0 0 0 0
Drott p 1 0 1 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
  Mayer p 0 0 0 0
  Bolger ph 1 1 1 3
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
  Ernaga ph 1 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 13 7
Milwaukee 100 321 000792
Chicago 000 001 6018131
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Conley   6.1 9 5 5 1 3
  Johnson   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Willey   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield  L (0-1) 1.1 1 1 1 1 3
Totals
8.1
13
8
8
3
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drott   5.0 7 6 6 2 3
  Mayer   2.0 2 1 1 3 1
  Lown   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Elston  W (3-0) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
7
7
8
5

  E–Mathews (3), Torre (1), Walls (1).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Schoendienst-Logan-Torre, Chicago 2. Mayer-Banks-Long, Goryl-T. Taylor-Long.  2B–Milwaukee Schoendienst (2,off Drott); Aaron (4,off Drott)..  HR–Milwaukee Covington (1,4th inning off Drott 1 on 2 out), Chicago Moryn 2 (4,6th inning off Conley 0 on 2 out,9th inning off Littlefield 0 on 1 out); Bolger (1,7th inning off Conley 2 on 1 out).  SF–Torre (1,off Drott); Mathews (1,off Drott)..  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Moryn (3,by Conley).  Team–7.  CS–T. Taylor (1,2nd base by Conley/Sawatski).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:44.  A–5,751.
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