St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 21, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1959 at Wrigley Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 0, Chicago Cubs 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 0 0
Cimoli rf 3 0 0 0
Musial 1b 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
Cunningham lf 3 0 0 0
White cf 3 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 0 0
Grammas ss 2 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 0 0 0 0
  Flood pr 0 0 0 0
Blaylock p 2 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 1 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 3 0 1 0
Dark 3b 4 0 0 0
Altman cf 4 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 0 1 0
Moryn lf 1 1 1 0
Marshall 1b 2 0 0 0
Walls rf 3 0 1 0
Taylor S. c 3 0 1 1
Hobbie p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 1 5 1
St. Louis 000 000 000010
Chicago 010 000 00x150
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Blaylock  L (0-1) 8.0 5 1 1 4 5
Totals
8.0
5
1
1
4
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hobbie  W (2-0) 9.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
1
0
0
1
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. H. Smith-Grammas.  2B–St. Louis Musial (1,off Hobbie), Chicago Banks (1,off G. Blaylock); Walls (1,off G. Blaylock)..  HBP–Cimoli (1,by Hobbie).  Team LOB–3.  Team–6.  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Vic Delmore, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–1:45.  A–2,501.
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