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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 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 8, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 2 2 0
Dark 3b 3 2 1 0
Marshall 1b 4 1 3 4
Banks ss 4 1 2 1
Schult lf 5 1 1 0
Moryn rf 3 1 2 1
  Thomson pr,rf 1 0 0 0
Taylor S. c 4 0 2 2
Altman cf 5 0 0 0
Ceccarelli p 5 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 0 1 0
  Gray ph 0 0 0 0
  Katt c 0 0 0 0
Cimoli lf 4 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Cunningham rf 4 0 2 0
Grammas ss 4 1 1 0
Flood cf 2 1 1 2
Smith c 2 0 1 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 0 0
  Shannon 2b 0 0 0 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Blaylock p 0 0 0 0
  Urban p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
Chicago 010 002 1048130
St. Louis 000 020 000271
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ceccarelli  W (3-0) 9.0 7 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (8-8) 7.0 9 4 4 4 2
  Stone   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Blaylock   0.0 3 4 4 1 0
  Urban   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
8
6
4

  E–Flood (2).  DP–Chicago 2. Banks-T. Taylor-Marshall, T. Taylor-Banks-Marshall.  2B–Chicago Moryn (9,off Jackson), St. Louis Cunningham (18,off Ceccarelli).  HR–Chicago Moryn (9,2nd inning off Jackson 0 on 0 out); Marshall (7,9th inning off G. Blaylock 2 on 0 out); Banks (26,9th inning off G. Blaylock 0 on 0 out), St. Louis Flood (3,5th inning off Ceccarelli 1 on 2 out).  IBB–S. Taylor (10,by Urban).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  SB–T. Taylor (15,2nd base off Jackson/H. Smith).  CS–Blasingame (13,2nd base by Ceccarelli/S. Taylor).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:40.  A–25,585.
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