Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 10, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 1 1 0
Walls rf 3 0 0 0
Marshall 1b 3 0 0 0
  Long 1b 1 0 1 1
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Moryn lf 5 2 2 1
  Altman cf 0 0 0 0
Thomson cf,lf 4 1 1 0
Jackson 3b 3 2 1 3
Averill c 3 1 2 2
Buzhardt p 3 0 0 0
  Singleton p 1 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 8 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 1 2 0
Cimoli cf,rf 4 4 3 2
Crowe 1b 4 1 1 0
  Flood cf 1 0 1 1
Boyer 3b 3 0 1 1
White lf 4 1 1 2
  Kellner p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Cunningham rf,1b 4 0 1 0
Green c 4 0 1 0
Grammas ss 3 0 0 0
  Musial ph 1 0 0 0
  Tate ss 0 0 0 0
Broglio p 2 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith pr,lf 0 1 0 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 11 6
Chicago 000 020 311782
St. Louis 202 000 2028110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Buzhardt   6.2 8 6 4 2 2
  Singleton  L (1-1) 1.2 2 2 2 0 0
  Anderson   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.1
11
8
6
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio   6.0 5 5 5 4 9
  Brosnan   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
  Kellner   1.2 3 2 2 3 3
  McDaniel  W (2-4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
8
13

  E–T. Taylor (1), Buzhardt (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Banks-T. Taylor-Marshall, St. Louis 1. Grammas-Blasingame-Crowe.  2B–Chicago Averill (3,off Broglio), St. Louis Cimoli 2 (12,off Buzhardt,off Singleton); Boyer (4,off Buzhardt).  HR–Chicago Averill (2,5th inning off Broglio 1 on 1 out); R. Jackson (1,7th inning off Broglio 2 on 0 out); Moryn (3,8th inning off Kellner 0 on 1 out)., St. Louis White (4,3rd inning off Buzhardt 1 on 2 out).  IBB–Banks (5,by Kellner).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Blasingame (3,off Buzhardt).  HBP–Cimoli (2,by Buzhardt).  Team–6.  U–Augie Donatelli, Ken Burkhart, Tony Venzon.  T–2:43.  A–19,438.
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