Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 25, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 25, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. 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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Chicago Cubs 9, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 3 3 0
Marshall rf 4 2 1 3
Noren cf 3 0 1 1
  Thomson ph,cf,lf 2 1 1 2
Banks ss 3 1 0 1
Moryn lf 5 0 1 0
  Altman cf 0 0 0 0
Long 1b 5 1 2 2
Taylor S. c 4 0 0 0
Dark 3b 2 0 0 0
Anderson p 3 1 1 0
  Henry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 10 9
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 2 3 0
Cimoli cf 4 1 2 1
Musial 1b 4 0 0 1
Boyer 3b 5 0 0 1
White lf 4 1 1 0
Cunningham rf 3 0 1 1
Smith c 4 0 2 0
Tate ss 3 0 2 0
Cheney p 0 0 0 0
  Broglio p 2 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Kellner p 0 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Chicago 230 000 2119101
St. Louis 200 001 1004114
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson  W (3-3) 6.0 10 4 4 3 1
  Henry   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
4
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cheney   0.1 3 2 2 1 0
  Broglio  L (0-3) 5.2 3 3 3 3 5
  Kellner   2.0 3 3 3 0 1
  Brosnan   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
9
9
4
6

  E–Dark (7), White (4), H. Smith (3), Tate 2 (2).  DP–Chicago 1. Banks-T. Taylor-Long, St. Louis 1. Musial-Tate-Musial.  2B–Chicago T. Taylor 2 (7,off Cheney,off Kellner); Long (4,off Brosnan), St. Louis Cimoli 2 (18,off Anderson 2).  3B–St. Louis White (3,off Anderson); Blasingame (4,off Henry).  HR–Chicago Marshall (4,2nd inning off Broglio 2 on 2 out); Thomson (5,7th inning off Kellner 1 on 1 out); Long (6,8th inning off Kellner 0 on 0 out).  SF–Banks (3,off Cheney); Cunningham (1,off Anderson).  HBP–Banks (2,by Brosnan).  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:53.  A–10,111.
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