Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Redlegs
September 12, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1958 at Crosley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati Redlegs 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 3 1 1 1
Dark 3b 5 1 2 1
Banks ss 5 0 1 2
Thomson cf 5 0 0 1
Moryn lf 4 1 1 1
Bolger rf 4 0 0 0
Long 1b 3 3 3 1
Neeman c 4 1 2 0
Drott p 2 0 0 0
  Hobbie p 1 0 1 0
  Henry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 11 7
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 0 3 0
Lynch rf 4 1 2 1
Bell lf 3 1 1 0
  Whisenant ph,lf 2 0 0 1
Robinson cf 5 0 1 0
Bailey c 4 1 1 0
Fondy 1b 3 1 0 1
  Dotterer ph 1 0 0 0
Grammas 3b 3 0 1 2
McMillan ss 4 0 1 0
Nuxhall p 2 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 1 0 0
  Fridley ph 1 0 0 0
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Chicago 001 041 0107111
Cincinnati 020 021 0005100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drott   4.1 8 4 4 2 4
  Hobbie   0.2 1 1 0 2 0
  Henry  W (5-4) 4.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
5
8
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall  L (12-11) 4.1 6 5 5 1 4
  Schmidt   3.2 4 2 2 1 2
  Lawrence   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
7
7
2
7

  E–Hobbie (5).  2B–Chicago Long (23,off Nuxhall); Neeman (7,off Nuxhall), Cincinnati Grammas (8,off Drott); McMillan (17,off Drott)..  HR–Chicago Long (18,6th inning off Schmidt 0 on 1 out); Moryn (25,8th inning off Schmidt 0 on 0 out)., Cincinnati Lynch (13,5th inning off Drott 0 on 1 out).  SF–T. Taylor (3,off Nuxhall).  Team LOB–6.  Team–10.  SB–T. Taylor (18,2nd base off Lawrence/Bailey).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:40.  A–4,349.
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