St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
July 28, 1963 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1963 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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St. Louis Cardinals 1, Chicago Cubs 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Groat ss 3 0 1 0
White 1b 4 0 1 1
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
James rf,lf 4 0 2 0
Musial lf 3 0 0 0
  Kolb rf 1 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
McCarver c 4 1 2 0
Sadecki p 1 0 0 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 0 0
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Altman ph 1 0 0 0
  Humphreys p 0 0 0 0
  Maxvill ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 1 7 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Boros rf 3 1 2 0
  Brock ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Burton cf 4 0 1 0
Williams lf 5 0 2 1
Santo 3b 4 1 2 0
Banks 1b 4 0 1 0
Hubbs 2b 4 2 2 0
Bertell c 1 0 1 0
  Schaffer c 2 1 1 2
Rodgers ss 4 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 4 0 1 1
Totals 37 5 14 4
St. Louis 001 000 000171
Chicago 001 101 20x5141
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Sadecki  L (6-7) 4.0 7 2 2 1 1
  Schultz   2.0 5 1 1 0 2
  Humphreys   2.0 2 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
14
5
5
2
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  W (15-7) 9.0 7 1 1 1 10
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
10

  E–James (1), Rodgers (24).  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–McCarver (7).  2B–St. Louis James (9,off Ellsworth), Chicago Banks (19,off Sadecki); Boros (1,off Sadecki); Hubbs 2 (11,off Sadecki,off Schultz).  HR–Chicago Schaffer (3,7th inning off Humphreys 1 on, 2 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–10.  SB–Santo (3,2nd base off Schultz/McCarver).  WP–Sadecki (7).  U-HP–Al Forman, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:37.
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