St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 27, 1961 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 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 2, Chicago Cubs 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Oliver c 3 0 0 0
James rf 4 1 2 0
Clemens lf 4 1 1 0
Buchek ss 1 0 0 1
  Sawatski ph 1 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Jackson p 1 0 0 0
  Simmons p 1 0 0 0
  Musial ph 0 0 0 1
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Hubbs 2b 5 1 2 1
Murphy rf 4 3 3 2
Banks ss 1 0 0 0
  Rodgers ss 2 0 2 1
Altman cf 3 1 1 1
Williams lf 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 2 0 0 0
Taylor c 4 0 0 0
Morhardt 1b 4 0 1 0
Cardwell p 4 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
St. Louis 000 010 010260
Chicago 201 000 20x5101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (14-11) 3.0 5 3 3 1 1
  Simmons   4.0 5 2 2 3 4
  McDaniel   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
4
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Cardwell  W (15-13) 9.0 6 2 1 0 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
0
4

  E–Altman (6).  DP–St. Louis 1, Chicago 1.  2B–St. Louis Clemens (1,off Cardwell), Chicago Rodgers 2 (17,off Jackson,off Simmons); Williams (19,off Jackson).  3B–Chicago Hubbs (1,off Simmons).  HR–Chicago Murphy 2 (2,1st inning off Jackson 0 on, 1 out,3rd inning off Jackson 0 on, 2 out); Altman (27,1st inning off Jackson 0 on, 2 out); Hubbs (1,7th inning off Simmons 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Buchek (1,off Cardwell); Musial (6,off Cardwell).  HBP–Oliver (2,by Cardwell).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Santo (7,by Simmons).  Team–8.  HBP–Cardwell (10,Oliver).  IBB–Simmons (6,Santo).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:12.  A–1,558.
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