Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
September 15, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1964 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 1, Chicago Cubs 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 2b 3 1 2 0
Keough rf 4 0 1 0
Pinson cf 3 0 0 1
Robinson lf 4 0 0 0
Johnson 1b 3 0 1 0
Edwards c 4 0 1 0
Cardenas ss 4 0 1 0
Boros 3b 2 0 0 0
  Ruiz ph 1 0 0 0
Purkey p 1 0 0 0
  Nuxhall p 2 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Amalfitano 2b 3 1 0 0
Burton cf 1 2 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 1 1
Santo 3b 3 1 2 2
Banks 1b 3 0 0 0
Gabrielson rf 2 1 2 0
Rodgers ss 4 1 1 3
Roznovsky c 3 0 0 0
Jackson p 3 0 0 0
Totals 26 6 6 6
Cincinnati 100 000 000160
Chicago 200 003 10x660
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  L (10-9) 1.0 2 2 2 2 0
  Nuxhall   5.0 3 3 3 3 1
  McCool   2.0 1 1 1 3 5
Totals
8.0
6
6
6
8
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (20-10) 9.0 6 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2.  2B–Cincinnati Cardenas (30,off Jackson), Chicago Gabrielson 2 (11,off Purkey,off Nuxhall); Santo (29,off Nuxhall).  3B–Chicago Santo (12,off McCool).  HR–Chicago Rodgers (12,6th inning off Nuxhall 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Pinson (3,off Jackson); Santo (5,off Purkey).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Jackson (4,off Nuxhall).  HBP–Gabrielson (1,by Nuxhall).  IBB–Banks (10,by McCool).  Team–7.  SB–Boros (4,2nd base off Jackson/Roznovsky); Burton (1,2nd base off McCool/Edwards).  HBP–Nuxhall (5,Gabrielson).  IBB–McCool (4,Banks).  U-HP–Doug Harvey, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Lee Weyer.  T–2:41.  A–904.
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