Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 29, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1958 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 5, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Walls rf 5 0 2 2
Dark 3b 5 1 1 0
Marshall 1b 4 1 1 1
Banks ss 5 0 1 0
Moryn lf 5 1 2 2
Thomson cf 4 1 1 0
Taylor S. c 3 1 1 0
Goryl 2b 3 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor T. 2b 0 0 0 0
Drott p 3 0 1 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Long ph 1 0 0 0
  Hobbie p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 10 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 1 0
Freese ss 4 0 0 0
  Amaro ss 0 0 0 0
Musial 1b 2 0 0 0
  Noren lf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 3 1 0
Cunningham rf,1b 4 1 2 1
Moon lf,rf 3 2 2 3
Green c 3 0 1 1
Flood cf 4 1 1 0
Jackson p 2 0 1 1
Totals 29 7 9 6
Chicago 020 001 0025101
St. Louis 010 200 13x793
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drott  L (6-11) 6.2 6 4 4 3 1
  Henry   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Hobbie   1.0 2 3 3 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
4
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (12-10) 9.0 10 5 3 2 8
Totals
9.0
10
5
3
2
8

  E–S. Taylor (3), Freese 2 (11), Amaro (5).  DP–Chicago 2. Banks-Goryl-Marshall, Marshall.  2B–Chicago Dark (15,off Jackson); Marshall (1,off Jackson)., St. Louis Green (16,off Drott).  3B–St. Louis Moon (3,off Hobbie).  HR–Chicago Moryn (20,9th inning off Jackson 1 on 2 out), St. Louis Moon (7,4th inning off Drott 0 on 2 out).  HBP–Thomson (3,by Jackson).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Jackson (2,off Drott).  SF–Green (4,off Drott).  Team–4.  SB–Boyer (9,2nd base off Drott/S. Taylor).  CS–Cunningham (3,2nd base by Drott/S. Taylor).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:48.  A–13,341.
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