San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 7, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 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."

"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 1, St. Louis Cardinals 12

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 2 1 0 0
Kirkland rf 3 0 1 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
Wagner lf 3 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 1
Spencer ss 4 0 1 0
Thomas c 2 0 0 0
  Lockman ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Bressoud 2b 2 0 0 0
  Speake ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt c 0 0 0 0
McCormick p 1 0 0 0
  Monzant p 1 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 2 2 0
Freese ss 5 3 3 0
Musial 1b 3 2 2 2
  Cunningham 1b 0 2 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 2 2 3
Ennis lf 3 0 0 2
Green c 3 0 0 0
  Smith c 2 0 1 2
Moon rf 4 1 2 2
Blasingame 2b 3 0 1 0
Jones p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 12 13 11
San Francisco 000 000 001144
St. Louis 305 003 01x12130
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  L (8-4) 2.0 7 7 4 0 1
  Monzant   5.0 6 4 4 5 7
  Johnson   1.0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
13
12
8
6
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (9-8) 9.0 4 1 1 4 7
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
4
7

  E–Wagner (1), Spencer 2 (24), Lockman (1).  DP–San Francisco 1. McCormick-Spencer-Cepeda, St. Louis 1. Boyer-Blasingame-Musial.  2B–San Francisco Kirkland (16,off Jones), St. Louis Musial (25,off McCormick); Freese (3,off Monzant).  HR–St. Louis Moon (4,3rd inning off Monzant 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Ennis 2 (7,off McCormick,off Monzant).  Team–7.  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Vic Delmore, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:31.  A–21,952.
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