Chicago Cubs vs Cincinnati Reds
May 23, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1960 at Crosley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati Reds 6

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 5 1 1 0
Will rf 6 1 2 1
Bouchee 1b 6 0 2 1
Banks ss 5 1 2 1
Moryn lf 3 1 1 2
  Altman lf 2 1 1 1
Taylor c 1 0 1 0
  Rice c 2 0 0 0
  Averill ph,c 3 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 3 0 0 0
  Zimmer ph,3b 3 1 1 0
Kindall 2b 5 0 2 0
Anderson p 2 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Gernert ph 1 0 0 0
  Morehead p 0 0 0 0
  Schult ph 1 1 0 1
  Ellsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 48 7 13 7
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko ss,3b 5 0 0 0
Pinson cf 6 1 2 1
Bell rf 6 2 2 2
Robinson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Walls 1b 1 0 0 0
Lynch lf 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 6 1 1 1
Jones 3b 3 0 1 0
  Lockman pr 0 0 0 0
  McMillan ss 2 0 1 0
Chacon 2b 5 0 1 0
  Gonzalez ph 1 0 0 0
McLish p 0 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 2 1 1 1
  Newcombe ph 1 0 0 0
  Nuxhall p 1 0 0 0
  Dotterer ph 0 1 0 0
  Grim p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 6 10 5
Chicago 400 000 000 002 17130
Cincinnati 110 000 110 002 06100
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson   6.0 5 3 3 2 4
  Elston   3.0 1 1 1 2 2
  Morehead   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Ellsworth   0.0 0 1 1 2 0
  Johnson  W (2-1) 2.0 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
13.0
10
6
6
7
8
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
McLish   0.1 3 4 4 1 0
  Brosnan   6.2 4 0 0 0 4
  Nuxhall   5.0 5 2 2 1 4
  Grim  L (0-1) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
13.0
13
7
7
2
9

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2, Cincinnati 1.  PB–Rice (2).  2B–Chicago Will (6,off Nuxhall).  HR–Chicago Moryn (2,1st inning off McLish 1 on, 1 out); Altman (2,13th inning off Grim 0 on, 1 out), Cincinnati Brosnan (1,2nd inning off Anderson 0 on, 2 out); Bailey (3,7th inning off Anderson 0 on, 0 out); Pinson (3,8th inning off Elston 0 on, 0 out); Bell (4,12th inning off B Johnson 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Anderson (1,off Brosnan); Altman (1,off Nuxhall).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  SB–Kindall (2,3rd base off Brosnan/Bailey).  WP–Anderson 2 (3).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–3:54.  A–5,040.
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