Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 31, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1958 at Busch Stadium I. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 8, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 1 1 1
Dark 3b 5 1 2 1
Marshall 1b 5 0 0 0
Banks ss 3 2 1 0
Moryn lf 4 2 1 2
  Bolger lf 0 0 0 0
Walls rf 1 0 1 1
  Tanner ph,rf 4 1 2 3
Thomson cf 4 0 1 0
Taylor S. c 1 0 0 0
  Neeman ph,c 2 0 0 0
Drabowsky p 1 0 0 0
  Phillips p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 8 9 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Moon lf 3 0 1 0
Blasingame 2b 5 1 1 1
Musial 1b 5 0 2 1
Boyer 3b 4 1 0 0
Cunningham rf 2 2 2 2
Green c 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Kasko ss 4 0 1 0
Maglie p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 1 0 0
  Mabe p 1 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 0 0 0
  Muffett p 0 0 0 0
  Wight p 0 0 0 0
  Ennis ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 4
Chicago 203 000 210892
St. Louis 012 002 000583
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drabowsky   2.1 4 3 2 2 0
  Phillips  W (7-8) 3.2 2 2 1 2 3
  Henry  SV (6) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie   3.0 4 5 2 2 1
  Mabe   3.0 0 0 0 3 1
  Muffett  L (4-6) 0.2 4 2 2 0 0
  Wight   2.1 1 1 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
9
8
4
7
4

  E–Marshall (1), Banks (30), Blasingame (24), Musial (12), Maglie (1).  DP–Chicago 2. T. Taylor-Banks-Marshall, Drabowsky-T. Taylor-Marshall, St. Louis 1. Blasingame-Musial.  2B–St. Louis Blasingame (18,off Drabowsky); Kasko (6,off Phillips)..  HR–Chicago T. Taylor (5,1st inning off Maglie 0 on 0 out); Tanner (3,3rd inning off Maglie 2 on 2 out); Moryn (21,7th inning off Muffett 1 on 2 out)., St. Louis Cunningham (8,6th inning off Phillips 1 on 0 out).  SH–Phillips 2 (5,off Mabe 2).  IBB–Banks (9,by Wight).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:59.  A–16,335.
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