San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 31, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1958 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 9, St. Louis Cardinals 10

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 2b 4 1 0 0
  Bressoud pr,2b 2 1 0 0
Spencer ss 7 1 3 0
Mays cf 5 0 2 1
Cepeda 1b 6 1 1 3
Jablonski 3b 6 2 2 1
Sauer lf 3 2 1 1
  Taussig lf 2 0 0 0
Kirkland rf 5 1 1 0
Schmidt c 6 0 3 3
Monzant p 3 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
  Lockman ph 1 0 1 0
  Miller p 1 0 1 0
Totals 51 9 15 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 3 0 0
Moon cf 2 0 1 0
  Noren cf 4 1 2 3
Musial 1b 6 0 1 0
Cunningham lf 5 1 2 1
Boyer 3b 6 2 3 3
Green rf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 5 1 1 3
Kasko ss 4 1 1 0
McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
  Barnes p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 1 1 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
  Paine p 1 0 0 0
  Ennis ph 1 0 0 0
  Jackson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 10 12 10
San Francisco 020 240 010 0009151
St. Louis 100 032 300 00110122
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Monzant   4.2 6 4 4 4 2
  Worthington   1.0 2 2 0 1 2
  McCormick   1.1 3 3 3 1 1
  Miller  L (1-2) 4.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
11.0
12
10
8
6
6
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McDaniel   4.0 5 4 4 1 3
  Barnes   1.0 4 4 4 2 1
  Martin   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Paine   4.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Jackson  W (3-2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
12.0
15
9
9
5
9

  E–Spencer (11), Blasingame (10), Musial (4).  DP–St. Louis 2. Kasko-Blasingame-Musial, Boyer-Blasingame-Musial.  2B–San Francisco Jablonski (1,off L. McDaniel); Schmidt (10,off L. McDaniel); Mays (11,off Jackson), St. Louis Taylor (1,off Monzant); Noren (3,off Worthington).  HR–San Francisco Jablonski (4,4th inning off L. McDaniel 0 on 1 out); Cepeda (13,5th inning off Barnes 2 on 1 out), St. Louis H. Smith (1,7th inning off McCormick 2 on 1 out); Boyer (8,12th inning off Miller 0 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  SB–Blasingame (5,2nd base off Monzant/Schmidt).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–3:58.  A–12,652.
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