St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
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 Seals Stadium. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 7, San Francisco Giants 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 1 1 0
Freese ss 4 0 0 0
  Noren lf 0 0 0 0
Musial 1b 3 1 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 2 0 0
Ennis lf 4 0 1 0
  Amaro pr,ss 0 1 0 0
Moon rf 3 2 2 2
Green c 4 0 1 2
Blasingame 2b 4 0 1 2
Jones p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 6 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 0 0 0
  Lockman ph 1 0 0 0
Kirkland rf 5 1 2 0
Mays cf 3 1 0 0
Wagner lf 4 1 1 0
Cepeda 1b 2 0 1 1
Spencer ss 1 0 0 0
Schmidt c 2 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Thomas c 1 0 0 0
O'Connell 2b 2 0 1 1
McCormick p 2 0 1 1
  Speake ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 6 3
St. Louis 020 000 230761
San Francisco 000 300 000362
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (10-8) 9.0 6 3 3 8 7
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
8
7
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  L (8-5) 9.0 6 7 5 3 3
Totals
9.0
6
7
5
3
3

  E–Green (8), Spencer 2 (27).  DP–St. Louis 3. Boyer-Musial, Freese-Musial, Ennis-Green.  2B–St. Louis Moon (8,off McCormick); Blasingame (17,off McCormick), San Francisco Cepeda (20,off Jones).  Team LOB–3.  SF–Cepeda (7,off Jones).  IBB–Spencer (4,by Jones).  Team–8.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Vinnie Smith.  T–2:34.  A–22,892.
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