Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 12, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 12, 1958 at LA Memorial Coliseum. 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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Chicago Cubs 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Goryl 2b 5 0 2 0
Dark 3b 5 1 2 0
Banks ss 5 1 1 0
Thomson cf 5 1 2 0
Bolger lf 4 2 1 2
Walls rf 5 3 3 3
Neeman c 4 0 0 0
Long 1b 5 1 2 1
Drott p 4 0 1 1
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 9 14 7
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 4 0 0 0
Larker lf 3 0 1 0
Neal 2b 5 0 1 0
Furillo rf 4 2 1 0
Roseboro c 4 0 2 1
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 2
Zimmer ss 3 0 1 0
Demeter cf 4 0 0 0
McDevitt p 0 0 0 0
  Birrer p 2 0 1 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Reese ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipp p 0 0 0 0
  Valo ph 0 0 0 0
  Erskine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Chicago 005 000 3019141
Los Angeles 000 200 001383
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drott  W (5-9) 7.1 7 2 2 5 5
  Elston  SV (7) 1.2 1 1 1 2 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
7
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
McDevitt  L (1-5) 2.0 6 4 2 1 1
  Birrer   4.2 7 4 3 1 2
  Klippstein   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Kipp   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Erskine   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
6
2
6

  E–Drott (1), Furillo (1), Zimmer 2 (18).  DP–Chicago 1. Dark-Goryl-Long, Los Angeles 1. Gilliam-Neal-Hodges.  2B–Chicago Long (20,off McDevitt), Los Angeles Larker (10,off Drott); Roseboro (8,off Elston).  3B–Chicago Bolger (1,off McDevitt).  HR–Chicago Walls 2 (23,3rd inning off Birrer 1 on 0 out,9th inning off Erskine 0 on 1 out), Los Angeles Hodges (16,4th inning off Drott 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  HBP–Roseboro (2,by Drott).  Team–12.  CS–Larker (1,2nd base by Drott/Neeman).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Ken Burkhart.
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