St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 17, 1962 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1962 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 4, Chicago Cubs 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 3 0 3 0
Flood cf 4 1 0 0
White 1b 3 1 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 1 2 3
James rf 4 0 1 0
Oliver c 4 0 2 0
Shannon lf 4 0 0 0
Gotay ss 4 1 1 1
Washburn p 3 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Simmons p 0 0 0 0
  Schoendienst ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Ott rf 4 2 1 1
Hubbs 2b 5 2 4 0
Murphy lf 5 2 1 1
Banks 1b 4 1 1 3
Mathews cf 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 0 1 2
Rodgers ss 3 1 1 0
Thacker c 3 0 1 0
Ellsworth p 3 0 1 1
Totals 35 8 11 8
St. Louis 300 000 100491
Chicago 003 000 50x8110
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Washburn  L (11-8) 6.0 8 7 6 4 8
  McDaniel   0.2 2 1 0 1 0
  Simmons   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
8
6
5
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  W (9-18) 9.0 9 4 4 1 6
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
6

  E–White (9).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–St. Louis Oliver (17,off Ellsworth), Chicago Murphy (1,off Washburn).  HR–St. Louis Boyer (23,1st inning off Ellsworth 2 on, 1 out); Gotay (2,7th inning off Ellsworth 0 on, 1 out), Chicago Ott (1,7th inning off Washburn 0 on, 0 out); Banks (35,7th inning off Washburn 2 on, 0 out).  HBP–White (5,by Ellsworth).  Team LOB–5.  Team–8.  CS–Javier (9,2nd base by Ellsworth/Thacker); Hubbs (6,2nd base by Simmons/Oliver).  HBP–Ellsworth (5,White).  U-HP–Chris Pelekoudas, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Frank Walsh, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:23.  A–1,603.
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