St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 23, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1958 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Burton lf 4 2 2 0
Tate ss 3 1 0 0
Musial 1b 4 0 1 2
  Blasingame pr 0 0 0 0
  Cunningham 1b 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 2 1 1
Green rf 5 0 3 0
Smith B. cf 3 0 2 2
Smith H. c 4 0 0 0
Kasko 2b 3 0 1 0
Jones p 4 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 3 1 1 0
Lillis ss 4 0 1 0
Fairly lf 3 0 1 1
Gentile 1b 4 0 0 0
Roseboro c 2 0 0 0
Neal 2b 2 0 0 0
Cimoli cf 4 0 0 0
Demeter rf 3 0 0 0
Podres p 2 0 0 0
  Larker ph 1 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Drysdale p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 1 3 1
St. Louis 200 000 0125100
Los Angeles 000 000 010132
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (14-12) 8.0 3 1 1 7 4
  Brosnan  SV (6) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
3
1
1
7
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres  L (13-15) 8.0 8 3 0 4 4
  Klippstein   0.2 2 2 2 2 0
  Drysdale   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
2
6
5

  E–Gilliam (12), Lillis (3).  DP–St. Louis 2. Boyer-Musial, Brosnan-Kasko-Cunningham, Los Angeles 3. Podres-Lillis-Gentile, Gilliam-Neal-Gentile, Lillis-Neal-Gentile.  2B–St. Louis Green (18,off Podres); Musial (34,off Klippstein), Los Angeles Fairly (1,off Jones).  3B–St. Louis Burton (1,off Klippstein).  SF–B. Smith (1,off Podres).  IBB–Kasko (8,by Podres).  Team LOB–9.  Team–7.  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Ken Burkhart.
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