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

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 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 12, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 6 2 2 2
Altman cf 6 2 2 4
Marshall 1b 5 1 2 0
  Walls ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 3 4 1
Moryn rf 3 1 0 1
  Long 1b 0 0 0 0
Thomson lf 5 1 2 2
Taylor S. c 6 1 2 1
Dark 3b 3 1 1 1
Hobbie p 5 0 0 0
Totals 44 12 15 12
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 1 1 0
Cunningham rf,1b 3 1 2 1
White lf 1 0 0 0
  Cimoli lf 3 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 1 1
Musial 1b 3 0 0 0
  Carmel rf 0 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 2 0 1 1
  Oliver c 2 0 0 0
Grammas ss 4 0 0 0
Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Broglio p 1 0 0 0
  Duliba p 1 0 0 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 1 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Chicago 061 300 10112152
St. Louis 100 100 010372
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hobbie  W (16-13) 9.0 7 3 3 4 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Hughes  L (0-2) 1.1 4 4 4 0 1
  Broglio   2.0 6 6 6 2 4
  Duliba   3.2 2 1 1 6 3
  Stone   2.0 3 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
15
12
12
9
12

  E–Banks (12), Dark (21), Boyer (21), Grammas (22).  DP–Chicago 2. T. Taylor-Banks-Marshall, T. Taylor-Banks-Long.  2B–Chicago S. Taylor (13,off Hughes), St. Louis Cunningham (27,off Hobbie); Boyer (18,off Hobbie); H. Smith (15,off Hobbie); Cimoli (38,off Hobbie)..  3B–Chicago Banks (6,off Hughes).  HR–Chicago Altman 2 (10,2nd inning off Broglio 2 on 2 out,7th inning off Duliba 0 on 1 out); Banks (43,3rd inning off Broglio 0 on 0 out); T. Taylor (8,4th inning off Broglio 0 on 0 out)..  IBB–Dark (8,by Broglio); Moryn (2,by Duliba)..  Team LOB–14.  Team–8.  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Vic Delmore.  T–2:59.  A–4,083.
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