Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 4, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 4, 1960 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn lf 5 1 1 0
Heist cf 4 1 4 2
Banks ss 5 0 1 1
Thomas 1b 5 0 1 0
Santo 3b 3 0 1 0
Will rf 4 0 0 0
Zimmer 2b 4 0 1 0
Tappe c 2 0 0 0
  Hatton ph 1 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 3 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 4 1 3 0
Cunningham 1b 4 0 0 0
Nieman lf 3 1 3 4
  James lf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Spencer ss 4 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Moryn rf 4 0 0 0
Flood cf 3 0 1 0
Smith c 3 0 0 0
Simmons p 1 2 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Chicago 101 000 001390
St. Louis 001 020 01x473
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  L (6-11) 8.0 7 4 4 2 8
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
2
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  W (6-3) 7.0 7 2 1 2 5
  McDaniel  SV (22) 2.0 2 1 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
9
3
1
2
9

  E–Spencer 2 (30), Smith (7).  2B–Chicago Zimmer (12,off Simmons); Santo (20,off Simmons), St. Louis Nieman (12,off Ellsworth); Flood (19,off Ellsworth).  3B–St. Louis Nieman (5,off Ellsworth); Javier (7,off Ellsworth).  HR–Chicago Heist (1,1st inning off Simmons 0 on, 1 out), St. Louis Nieman (3,8th inning off Ellsworth 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Santo (2,off McDaniel).  IBB–Tappe (1,by Simmons).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Nieman (1,off Ellsworth).  Team–5.  IBB–Simmons (3,Tappe).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:14.  A–12,484.
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