Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
May 14, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1958 at Wrigley Field. 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Chicago Cubs 7

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 4 0 0 1
Reese ss 4 1 1 2
Snider cf 2 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 0 0 0
Neal 2b 4 0 1 0
Cimoli rf 4 0 1 0
Jackson 3b 3 0 0 0
Roseboro c 3 2 2 0
Erskine p 1 0 0 0
  Larker ph 1 0 0 0
  Bessent p 0 0 0 0
  Podres p 0 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 0 0 0 0
  Kipp pr 0 0 0 0
  Newcombe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 5 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 1 2 0
Walls rf 3 3 3 2
Banks ss 2 1 1 1
Moryn lf 2 0 1 1
  Bolger ph,lf 1 1 1 0
Long 1b 4 1 1 2
Taylor S. c 4 0 2 1
Thomson cf 3 0 1 0
Goryl 3b 4 0 1 0
Brosnan p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 7 13 7
Los Angeles 000 002 010350
Chicago 002 010 40x7130
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  L (1-2) 5.0 8 3 3 2 2
  Bessent   1.1 2 2 2 2 0
  Podres   0.0 3 2 2 0 0
  Roebuck   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Newcombe   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
7
4
2
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Brosnan  W (3-3) 9.0 5 3 3 3 4
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 4. Neal-Reese-Hodges, Jackson-Neal-Hodges, Jackson-Neal-Hodges, Reese-Neal-Hodges, Chicago 2. Goryl-T. Taylor, Banks-T. Taylor-Long.  2B–Chicago T. Taylor (2,off Erskine); Walls (6,off Erskine); Long (9,off Podres)..  3B–Los Angeles Roseboro (2,off Brosnan).  HR–Los Angeles Reese (2,6th inning off Brosnan 1 on 2 out), Chicago Walls (11,7th inning off Bessent 0 on 1 out).  SH–Hodges (1,off Brosnan); Walls (2,off Erskine).  Team LOB–3.  Team–6.  SB–T. Taylor (8,2nd base off Erskine/Roseboro).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:15.  A–5,637.
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