San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
May 16, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 16, 1958 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 5, Chicago Cubs 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 3 1 0 0
O'Connell 2b 3 1 1 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 3
Cepeda 1b 4 1 1 0
Spencer ss 4 1 1 1
Sauer lf 4 0 1 0
  Taussig lf 0 0 0 0
Schmidt c 4 0 1 0
Kirkland rf 4 0 0 0
Monzant p 3 0 2 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Constable p 1 0 1 0
  Crone p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 2 1 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 1 1
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 1 1 1
Walls rf 5 0 2 1
Banks ss 3 0 0 0
Long 1b 4 1 3 2
Bolger cf 3 1 0 0
Moryn lf 4 0 1 0
Taylor S. c 3 0 0 0
  Neeman ph,c 1 0 0 0
Thomson 3b 4 2 2 0
Phillips p 2 0 0 0
  Nichols p 0 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 1 1
  Goryl 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
San Francisco 000 005 000590
Chicago 100 100 2026110
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Monzant   6.2 6 4 4 1 3
  Miller   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Worthington   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Constable   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Crone  L (1-1) 0.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
11
6
6
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Phillips   5.0 6 4 4 2 4
  Nichols   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Elston  W (5-0) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
9

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1. Kirkland-O'Connell, Chicago 1. T. Taylor-Banks-Long.  2B–San Francisco Sauer (2,off Phillips); Cepeda (5,off Phillips); Constable (1,off Elston), Chicago Long (10,off Monzant); Adams (1,off Crone).  HR–San Francisco Mays (10,6th inning off Phillips 2 on 0 out), Chicago Long (4,4th inning off Monzant 0 on 0 out).  SH–Davenport (2,off Nichols).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–T. Taylor (3,by Monzant).  Team–7.  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:27.  A–5,676.
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