Milwaukee Braves vs Chicago Cubs
May 31, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1964 at Wrigley Field. 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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Milwaukee Braves 3, Chicago Cubs 4
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Menke ss 4 2 1 0
Woodward 2b 2 0 0 0
  Bailey c 1 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 1 3 2
Torre 1b 3 0 1 1
Carty lf 4 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Alou cf 3 0 0 0
Roof c 2 0 0 0
  Oliver ph 1 0 0 0
  Bolling 2b 1 0 0 0
Fischer p 2 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Stewart 2b 5 0 0 0
Brock rf 5 1 0 0
Williams lf 5 1 3 1
Santo 3b 4 1 2 0
Banks 1b 4 0 1 0
  Landrum pr 0 1 0 0
  Amalfitano 1b 0 0 0 0
Rodgers ss 3 0 1 1
Bertell c 2 0 1 1
  Schaffer c 1 0 0 0
  Ranew ph 0 0 0 0
  Burke ph,c 1 0 0 0
Cowan cf 4 0 1 1
Ellsworth p 4 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 9 4
Milwaukee 200 001 000 0–362
Chicago 000 200 001 1–490
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Fischer   8.1 7 3 1 0 9
  Hoeft   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer  L (1-4) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2
Totals
9.2
9
4
2
0
11
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  W (6-4) 10.0 6 3 3 3 6
Totals
10.0
6
3
3
3
6
  E–Menke (8), Woodward (1).  DP–Milwaukee 1, Chicago 3.  2B–Milwaukee Aaron (7); Carty (8), Chicago Santo (8).  HR–Chicago Williams (13).  SH–Woodward (1); Rodgers (2).  Team LOB–3.  Team–6.  WP–Fischer (1).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Lee Weyer, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:34.  A–15,855.
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