St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
July 26, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 26, 1961 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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 6, Chicago Cubs 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Lillis ss 6 1 1 0
Cunningham rf 4 1 1 1
White 1b 6 1 2 0
Boyer 3b 5 1 2 1
Musial lf 5 0 2 2
  Flood cf 0 0 0 0
Taussig cf,lf 6 0 0 0
Javier 2b 6 1 1 1
Sawatski c 4 0 2 0
  Schaffer pr,c 0 0 0 0
Simmons p 2 1 0 0
  Bauta p 0 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Grammas ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 6 11 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Heist cf 5 1 1 0
Zimmer 2b 5 1 3 1
Williams lf 6 2 2 0
Altman rf 4 0 0 1
Santo 3b 5 1 2 0
Bertell c 3 0 2 1
  Taylor ph,c 2 1 1 0
Kindall ss 3 0 0 0
  Banks ph,ss 2 1 1 3
Bouchee 1b 5 0 1 0
Cardwell p 2 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Anderson p 0 0 0 0
  Ashburn ph 1 0 1 0
  Schultz p 1 0 0 0
  Will ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 45 7 15 7
St. Louis 000 020 013 0006111
Chicago 100 200 030 0017151
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons   7.1 8 4 4 3 4
  Bauta   0.2 1 2 2 1 0
  Anderson   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel  L (6-5) 2.2 5 1 1 2 3
Totals
11.2
15
7
7
6
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Cardwell   8.0 7 3 3 5 5
  Elston   0.2 2 3 3 1 0
  Anderson   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Schultz  W (4-2) 3.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
12.0
11
6
6
6
9

  E–Cunningham (2), Heist (3).  DP–St. Louis 2, Chicago 1.  PB–Bertell (12).  2B–St. Louis Boyer (16,off Elston), Chicago Heist (12,off Simmons); Zimmer (19,off Simmons); Santo (23,off Simmons).  HR–St. Louis Javier (1,8th inning off Cardwell 0 on, 2 out), Chicago Banks (14,8th inning off Bauta 2 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Heist (2,off Simmons); Altman (2,off Simmons).  SF–Altman (4,off Simmons).  IBB–Taylor (5,by Bauta); Banks (14,by McDaniel); Bouchee (5,by McDaniel).  Team–12.  WP–McDaniel (5).  IBB–Bauta (2,Taylor); McDaniel 2 (9,Banks,Bouchee).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Chris Pelekoudas, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–3:34.  A–11,249.
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