Cincinnati Redlegs vs Chicago Cubs
May 4, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1958 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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Cincinnati Redlegs 4, Chicago Cubs 5
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 1 0
Pinson rf 4 1 0 0
Robinson lf 5 1 3 0
Crowe 1b 3 0 1 1
  Fondy pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 1 1
Bell cf 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 3 1 0 0
  Burgess ph,c 1 0 0 0
McMillan ss 2 0 0 0
  Thurman ph 1 0 1 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
Purkey p 2 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 1 1
  Rabe p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant ph 1 1 0 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 0 1 1
Walls rf 5 0 3 1
Banks ss 5 1 2 0
Moryn lf 5 0 3 1
Long 1b 3 0 0 0
Goryl 3b 4 1 1 0
Thomson cf 4 2 2 1
Taylor S. c 3 1 0 0
Brosnan p 3 0 1 1
  Elston p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 13 5
Cincinnati 000 000 121–482
Chicago 020 002 001–5130
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey   6.0 10 4 4 2 0
  Rabe   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Jeffcoat  L (2-1) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.2
13
5
5
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Brosnan   7.0 6 3 3 5 4
  Elston  W (4-0) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
6
  E–Bell (1), Bailey (1).  2B–Cincinnati Robinson (3,off Brosnan).  Team LOB–8.  SB–Bailey (1,2nd base off Brosnan/S. Taylor).  CS–Hoak (2,2nd base by Brosnan/S. Taylor).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:32.
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