St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
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 Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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, Cincinnati Reds 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 2 2 0
Groat ss 5 0 3 2
White 1b 5 0 3 0
Altman rf 4 0 0 1
James lf 4 1 2 0
Burke 3b 4 0 2 1
Oliver c 3 0 1 0
  Gagliano pr 0 0 0 0
  Fanok p 0 0 0 0
  Olivo p 0 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 1 1 0
Sadecki p 2 0 1 0
  Musial ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 15 4
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Cardenas ss 4 1 2 0
Rose 2b 2 0 0 0
Pinson rf 4 1 1 0
Robinson lf 3 1 1 0
Harper cf 2 2 2 2
Edwards c 3 0 1 2
Freese 3b 3 0 2 1
  Lynch ph 0 0 0 0
  Walters ph 1 0 1 0
  Kasko 3b 0 0 0 0
Coleman 1b 3 0 0 0
  Post ph 1 0 0 0
  Keough 1b 0 0 0 0
O'Toole p 3 0 0 0
  Worthington p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 10 5
St. Louis 011 100 1004151
Cincinnati 301 010 00x5102
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (0-3) 5.0 7 5 4 2 2
  Taylor   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  Fanok   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Olivo   0.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
4
4
5
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
O'Toole  W (6-1) 6.0 12 4 4 1 2
  Worthington  SV (2) 3.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
4
4
1
4

  E–Javier (2), Cardenas 2 (3).  DP–St. Louis 1, Cincinnati 3.  2B–Cincinnati Cardenas (9,off Sadecki); Edwards (6,off Sadecki); Freese 2 (2,off Sadecki,off Taylor); Pinson (4,off Sadecki); Robinson (3,off Fanok).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Harper (1,off Fanok).  HBP–Harper (1,by Sadecki).  IBB–Edwards (2,by Fanok).  Team–7.  SB–Harper (1,2nd base off Sadecki/Oliver); Freese (1,3rd base off Taylor/Oliver).  CS–Freese (2,Home by Taylor/Oliver); Rose (3,2nd base by Taylor/Oliver).  BK–Sadecki (1).  HBP–Sadecki (1,Harper).  IBB–Fanok (1,Edwards).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Frank Walsh, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:43.
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