St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 23, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 23, 1960 at Wrigley Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Landrum cf,lf 3 1 0 0
Cunningham rf 4 1 1 0
Nieman lf 3 0 2 1
  Kolb pr 0 0 0 0
  Flood cf 1 1 1 0
Boyer 3b 3 1 2 3
Spencer ss 3 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
White 1b 3 0 0 0
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 2 0
Sadecki p 3 1 0 0
Totals 29 5 8 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Johnson cf 3 0 0 0
Drake 2b 3 0 0 0
Williams lf 3 1 2 0
Banks ss 2 0 1 1
Santo 3b 3 0 1 0
Thomas 1b 3 0 0 0
Bertell c 2 0 0 0
McKnight rf 3 0 1 0
Morehead p 2 0 0 0
Totals 24 1 5 1
St. Louis 010 020 2580
Chicago 100 000 0150
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  W (9-8) 7.0 5 1 1 2 1
Totals
7.0
5
1
1
2
1
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Morehead  L (2-9) 7.0 8 5 5 3 2
Totals
7.0
8
5
5
3
2

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–Chicago Banks (31,off Sadecki).  3B–St. Louis Boyer (8,off Morehead).  HR–St. Louis Boyer (31,2nd inning off Morehead 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Boyer (9,by Morehead).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  WP–Morehead (5).  IBB–Morehead (6,Boyer).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–1:32.  A–2,061.
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