Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 5, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1960 at Busch Stadium I. 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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Cincinnati Reds 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Kasko 2b 4 1 2 1
Pinson cf 5 0 2 1
Bell rf 4 1 1 0
Post lf 1 0 0 0
Cook 3b 4 0 0 0
Coleman 1b 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 1 1 0
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 1 0
  McMillan ss 0 0 0 0
Purkey p 3 0 0 0
  Anderson ph 1 0 0 0
  Bridges p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
  Nieman ph 1 0 0 0
  Grammas 2b 0 0 0 0
Cunningham rf 4 0 0 0
  Grim p 0 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 2 0
Musial lf 4 0 0 0
Spencer ss 4 0 1 0
Flood cf 2 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  James cf 1 0 0 0
Smith c 2 0 1 0
  Moryn ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Simmons p 2 0 1 0
  Sawatski ph 0 0 0 0
  McCarver pr,c 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Cincinnati 000 001 101370
St. Louis 000 000 000053
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  W (11-7) 8.0 4 0 0 1 3
  Bridges  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  L (3-2) 8.0 5 2 1 3 5
  Grim   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
3
2
3
6

  E–Boyer (11), Spencer 2 (20).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Cincinnati Bell (14,off Simmons); Pinson (28,off Simmons); Lynch (7,off Grim), St. Louis Smith (13,off Purkey); Boyer (13,off Purkey).  SF–Kasko (4,off Grim).  IBB–Post (3,by Simmons).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  SB–Kasko (8,2nd base off Simmons/Smith); Javier (12,2nd base off Purkey/Bailey).  CS–Pinson (10,2nd base by Simmons/Smith).  IBB–Simmons (2,Post).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Ed Vargo.  T–2:32.  A–15,474.
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