Cincinnati Redlegs vs Chicago Cubs
May 8, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1958 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Redlegs 10, Chicago Cubs 8

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 1 1 0 0
  Grammas 2b,ss 2 0 1 0
  Fondy ph,lf 1 1 0 0
Pinson rf 2 0 0 0
  Bilko ph 0 0 0 0
  Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0
  Lynch ph,rf 2 1 1 1
Robinson lf,3b 4 1 1 1
Crowe 1b 5 1 3 2
Hoak 3b,ss 4 1 2 1
Bailey c 3 0 1 1
  Haddix pr 0 1 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
Bell cf 5 1 1 1
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0
  Thurman ph 1 0 0 0
  Hatfield 2b 0 0 0 0
  Burgess ph,c 1 1 1 3
Acker p 2 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Wight p 0 0 0 0
  Whisenant ph,rf,2b 1 1 0 0
Totals 37 10 11 10
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 3 2 2 1
Walls rf 4 0 1 0
Banks ss 5 0 1 2
Moryn lf 3 1 1 2
Long 1b 5 2 3 1
Thomson cf 4 0 0 0
Goryl 3b 4 2 2 1
Taylor S. c 5 0 1 0
Drott p 1 0 1 0
  Mayer p 2 1 1 1
  Elston p 1 0 0 0
  Nichols p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 13 8
Cincinnati 200 000 00810110
Chicago 110 051 0008131
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Acker   4.0 9 4 4 2 4
  Schmidt   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Wight   1.1 2 1 1 1 2
  Nuxhall  W (1-1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Jeffcoat  SV (4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
4
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drott   2.0 1 2 2 2 3
  Mayer   4.2 3 0 0 2 2
  Elston   1.1 3 4 3 2 0
  Nichols  L (0-2) 0.1 3 3 3 0 0
  Rodriguez   0.1 1 1 1 1 1
  Hillman   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
10
9
7
6

  E–T. Taylor (5).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Wight-McMillan-Crowe, Chicago 1. T. Taylor-Banks-Long.  2B–Cincinnati Crowe (1,off Drott); Hoak (10,off Mayer), Chicago Long 2 (6,off Acker 2); Goryl (4,off Schmidt).  HR–Cincinnati Burgess (1,9th inning off Rodriguez 2 on 1 out), Chicago Moryn (5,5th inning off Acker 0 on 0 out); Long (3,6th inning off Wight 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Robinson (2,by Drott); Pinson (1,by Drott); Bailey (1,by Mayer); T. Taylor (2,by Schmidt).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Moryn (1,off Acker); T. Taylor (1,off Acker).  Team–9.  SB–Temple (3,3rd base off Drott/S. Taylor); Robinson (4,2nd base off Drott/S. Taylor); Fondy (2,2nd base off Hillman/S. Taylor); T. Taylor (6,2nd base off Acker/Bailey).  CS–Bell (2,2nd base by Mayer/S. Taylor).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–3:04.  A–5,936.
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