St. Louis Cardinals vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 18, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1961 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 2 0 1 0
  Grammas 2b 2 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 1 0
  Simmons pr 0 0 0 0
  Schoendienst 2b 0 0 0 0
Cunningham rf 1 1 0 0
White 1b 5 1 2 0
Boyer 3b 4 2 2 2
Musial lf 5 0 1 2
Spencer ss 4 0 1 0
Taussig cf 1 0 0 0
  Landrum ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph 0 0 0 0
  Gibson pr 0 0 0 0
  Oliver c 0 0 0 0
Cicotte p 2 0 0 0
  McDermott p 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 8 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 3 0 2 0
Gilliam 2b 5 0 1 0
Davis T. 3b 3 0 0 0
Moon lf 4 1 2 2
Larker 1b 4 1 1 0
  Hodges 1b 0 0 0 0
Howard rf 4 1 2 2
Davis W. cf 2 0 0 0
  Demeter ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Roseboro c 2 1 1 1
Craig p 2 1 1 0
  Golden p 1 0 0 0
  Perranoski p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 10 5
St. Louis 101 010 100481
Los Angeles 020 111 00x5103
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cicotte  L (0-2) 4.1 9 4 4 3 2
  McDermott   3.2 1 1 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
5
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  W (1-0) 6.2 7 4 3 5 3
  Golden   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Perranoski  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
7
6

  E–White (2), Gilliam (3), T Davis (2), Larker (1).  DP–Los Angeles 2.  2B–St. Louis Spencer (2,off Craig), Los Angeles Larker (2,off Cicotte).  HR–St. Louis Boyer 2 (3,3rd inning off Craig 0 on, 2 out,5th inning off Craig 0 on, 2 out), Los Angeles Howard (1,2nd inning off Cicotte 1 on, 0 out); Roseboro (1,4th inning off Cicotte 0 on, 0 out); Moon (4,5th inning off Cicotte 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Cunningham (2,by Craig).  IBB–Spencer (1,by Craig); T Davis (1,by McDermott).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Craig (1,off Cicotte); Wills (2,off McDermott).  Team–10.  CS–Wills (2,2nd base by Cicotte/Smith).  WP–Craig 2 (2).  HBP–Craig (1,Cunningham).  IBB–McDermott (1,T Davis); Craig (1,Spencer).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–3:10.  A–13,865.
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