Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 5, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1958 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals 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, St. Louis Cardinals 13

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 4 1 1 0
Roseboro c 5 0 1 0
Larker lf 2 1 0 0
Furillo rf 3 1 1 1
Neal 2b 4 0 1 2
Hodges 1b 4 0 1 0
Zimmer ss 4 0 1 0
Demeter cf 4 0 0 0
McDevitt p 1 0 0 0
  Kipp p 1 0 1 0
  Erskine p 1 0 0 0
  Birrer p 0 0 0 0
  Bilko ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 2 2 0
Freese ss 5 1 2 0
  Amaro ss 0 0 0 0
Musial 1b 4 1 2 1
  Cunningham 1b 1 1 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 3 2 0
Green c 4 1 3 1
  Smith c 0 0 0 0
Ennis lf 4 1 2 3
  Noren lf 1 0 0 0
Moon rf 5 2 4 3
Blasingame 2b 5 1 2 1
Muffett p 4 0 1 2
Totals 41 13 21 11
Los Angeles 003 000 000370
St. Louis 013 701 10x13211
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
McDevitt  L (1-4) 2.2 8 4 4 1 1
  Kipp   0.2 3 4 4 1 0
  Erskine   2.2 9 5 5 1 0
  Birrer   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
21
13
13
3
1
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Muffett  W (4-3) 9.0 7 3 3 4 5
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
5

  E–Freese (4).  DP–Los Angeles 3. Hodges-Zimmer-Neal, Zimmer-Neal-Hodges, Neal-Zimmer-Hodges, St. Louis 1. Boyer-Blasingame-Musial.  2B–Los Angeles Gilliam (19,off Muffett); Neal (7,off Muffett)., St. Louis Musial (23,off Kipp); Blasingame (14,off Erskine); Green (13,off Erskine); Cunningham (14,off Erskine).  HR–St. Louis Moon (3,6th inning off Erskine 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Muffett (1,off Erskine).  IBB–Boyer (6,by Kipp).  Team–8.  SB–Zimmer (12,2nd base off Muffett/Green).  U-HP–Vic Delmore, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:38.  A–11,555.
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