Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 17, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1958 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Braves 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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Milwaukee Braves 3, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 0 1 0
Wise 2b 3 0 0 0
  Hanebrink ph 1 0 0 0
  Logan ss 0 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 1 1 0
Covington lf 4 1 2 1
  Koppe pr 0 1 0 0
Torre 1b 3 0 2 1
Crandall c 4 0 1 1
Mantilla ss,2b 3 0 0 0
Spahn p 2 0 1 0
  Haas ph 1 0 1 0
  Jay p 0 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Adcock ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 1 0
Smith cf 4 1 1 0
Cunningham 1b 2 1 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 2 1
Ennis lf 3 0 0 1
  Noren lf 1 0 0 0
Green c 4 2 2 2
Moon rf 3 0 1 0
Kasko ss 3 0 1 1
Jackson p 3 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 8 5
Milwaukee 000 200 001390
St. Louis 200 102 00x580
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L (20-11) 6.0 8 5 5 2 2
  Jay   1.1 0 0 0 1 2
  McMahon   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
5
5
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (13-12) 8.0 9 3 3 1 5
  Brosnan  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
7

  E–None.  2B–Milwaukee Covington (9,off Jackson); Torre (22,off Jackson)..  3B–St. Louis Green (3,off Spahn).  HR–St. Louis Green (12,4th inning off Spahn 0 on 1 out).  SH–Mantilla (4,off Brosnan).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:11.  A–10,788.
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