Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Braves
May 5, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1963 at County Stadium. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 3, Milwaukee Braves 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Brock rf 5 1 3 0
Hubbs 2b 4 0 0 1
Williams lf 3 0 0 0
Santo 3b 2 1 1 0
Banks 1b 3 0 0 0
Rodgers ss 4 0 0 0
Mathews cf 3 0 0 0
Ranew c 4 1 2 2
Koonce p 3 0 0 0
  Brewer p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 6 3
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Dillard lf 4 1 2 0
Larker 1b 4 0 0 1
Aaron rf 4 0 1 1
Mathews 3b 3 0 1 0
  Samuel pr 0 0 0 0
Gabrielson cf 2 0 0 0
  Torre ph 0 0 0 0
Crandall c 3 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 0 0
Menke ss 3 0 0 0
Cloninger p 1 0 0 0
  Cline ph 1 1 1 0
  Fischer p 0 0 0 0
  Jones ph 1 0 0 0
  Lemaster p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 5 2
Chicago 001 110 000361
Milwaukee 000 002 000250
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Koonce  W (1-1) 8.1 5 2 1 2 3
  Brewer   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McDaniel  SV (6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
3
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Cloninger  L (0-1) 6.0 4 3 3 4 2
  Fischer   2.0 1 0 0 0 5
  Lemaster   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
4
7

  E–Brock (3).  DP–Milwaukee 1.  2B–Milwaukee Mathews (6,off Koonce).  3B–Chicago Brock (2,off Cloninger), Milwaukee Dillard (2,off Koonce).  HR–Chicago Ranew (1,3rd inning off Cloninger 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Hubbs (2,off Cloninger).  HBP–Koonce (1,by Cloninger); Santo (1,by Fischer).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  SB–Santo (1,2nd base off Fischer/Crandall).  WP–Cloninger (3), Fischer 2 (2).  BK–Cloninger (1).  HBP–Cloninger (1,Koonce); Fischer (2,Santo).  U-HP–Ed Vargo, 1B–Doug Harvey, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–3:00.  A–10,024.
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