St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
May 8, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1960 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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 2, Cincinnati Reds 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Cunningham rf 4 0 2 2
Grammas 2b 3 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 0
  Broglio p 0 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Spencer ss 4 0 1 0
Wagner lf 1 1 0 0
Sawatski c 3 0 0 0
  Smith ph 0 0 0 0
  Gibson pr 0 0 0 0
Flood cf 1 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Burton cf 2 0 0 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Musial ph 0 1 0 0
  Shannon 2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko 3b 5 1 2 0
Pinson cf 5 1 2 4
Bell lf 4 0 1 0
Robinson 1b 4 0 2 0
Gonzalez rf 4 1 1 1
Bailey c 3 0 1 0
McMillan ss 4 0 0 0
Martin 2b 3 1 1 0
McLish p 2 1 0 0
  Lynch ph 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 10 5
St. Louis 000 000 200241
Cincinnati 040 010 00x5100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (1-4) 6.0 8 5 5 2 6
  Broglio   2.0 2 0 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
4
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
McLish  W (2-2) 8.0 4 2 2 4 3
  Henry  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
2
2
5
5

  E–Spencer (6).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Cunningham (5,off McLish), Cincinnati Kasko (5,off Jackson); Martin (7,off Broglio).  HR–Cincinnati Pinson (1,2nd inning off Jackson 3 on, 2 out); Gonzalez (2,5th inning off Jackson 0 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Lynch (2,by Broglio).  Team–9.  WP–McLish (1).  IBB–Broglio (1,Lynch).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:24.  A–5,939.
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