Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 17, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1961 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 5, St. Louis Cardinals 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 3 1 1 1
Zimmer 2b 4 1 1 0
Santo 3b 3 2 0 0
Altman rf 3 0 0 1
Williams lf 4 0 1 1
Taylor c 3 0 1 2
  Thacker c 1 0 0 0
Kindall ss 4 1 1 0
Bouchee 1b 4 0 1 0
Brewer p 2 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Will ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 6 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 2 3 1
Javier 2b 5 3 4 2
White 1b 5 1 4 2
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 1
James rf 3 0 1 1
Taussig lf 4 0 2 0
Schaffer c 4 1 1 0
Buchek ss 2 0 0 0
  Warwick ph 1 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 1 0 0 0
Broglio p 3 1 1 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 16 7
Chicago 300 110 000561
St. Louis 301 004 00x8162
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Brewer  L (0-4) 5.1 11 6 5 2 3
  Schultz   2.2 5 2 2 1 1
Totals
8.0
16
8
7
3
4
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio  W (7-9) 8.2 6 5 5 6 7
  McDaniel  SV (6) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
5
5
6
8

  E–Santo (22), White (13), Taussig (1).  DP–Chicago 2, St. Louis 1.  PB–Taylor (4).  2B–Chicago Zimmer (18,off Broglio), St. Louis White (15,off Brewer); Taussig (7,off Brewer); Flood (9,off Schultz).  SF–Altman (3,off Broglio); Boyer (2,off Brewer); James (3,off Brewer).  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Boyer (6,by Schultz).  Team–9.  CS–Ashburn (5,2nd base by Broglio/Schaffer); Flood (1,2nd base by Brewer/Taylor).  SB–Javier 2 (7,2nd base off Brewer/Taylor,2nd base off Schultz/Thacker); White (2,2nd base off Schultz/Thacker).  WP–Brewer (4).  IBB–Schultz (2,Boyer).  U–Ed Vargo, Shag Crawford, Al Barlick, Mel Steiner, Bill Jackowski.  T–3:04.  A–13,647.
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