St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 12, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 1965 at Wrigley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals tied the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

St. Louis Cardinals 10, Chicago Cubs 10

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 6 2 4 2
Brock lf 7 1 3 2
White 1b 7 1 3 1
Boyer 3b 5 1 1 0
Groat ss 5 1 1 1
Shannon rf 4 1 0 0
Javier 2b 5 1 1 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Maxvill 2b 0 0 0 0
Uecker c 2 0 1 1
  Ricketts c 3 0 1 0
Gibson p 2 1 0 0
  Taylor p 1 0 1 0
  Stallard p 2 0 1 0
  Schultz p 1 1 0 0
  Carlton p 0 0 0 0
  Purkey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 51 10 17 7
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Beckert 2b 6 1 1 0
Pena ss 6 2 3 3
Williams cf 5 0 0 0
Santo 3b 4 2 1 1
Altman lf 4 3 3 1
Banks 1b 5 1 3 4
Clemens rf 5 0 1 1
Bertell c 2 1 0 0
  Roznovsky ph,c 3 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
  Landrum ph 1 0 0 0
  Warner p 0 0 0 0
  Baumann p 0 0 0 0
  Gabrielson ph 1 0 0 0
  Humphreys p 0 0 0 0
  Stewart ph 0 0 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Bright ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 10 12 10
St. Louis 500 201 001 0110170
Chicago 022 200 003 0110125
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   3.1 6 5 5 2 3
  Taylor   1.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Stallard   4.1 1 2 2 3 4
  Schultz   1.2 3 2 2 0 0
  Carlton   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Purkey   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
11.0
12
10
10
8
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   0.2 4 5 3 2 0
  Abernathy   1.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Warner   1.1 2 2 1 1 1
  Baumann   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Humphreys   2.0 3 1 0 1 0
  Koonce   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
  McDaniel   3.0 6 2 2 0 0
Totals
11.0
17
10
6
6
2

  E–Pena 3 (3), Santo (1), Bertell (1).  PB–Ricketts (1).  2B–St. Louis Flood 2 (2,off Jackson,off Warner); Taylor (1,off Humphreys); Brock (1,off Humphreys); Javier (1,off McDaniel), Chicago Altman (1,off Gibson); Clemens (1,off Gibson); Pena (1,off Taylor); Santo (1,off Schultz).  HR–Chicago Pena (1,3rd inning off Gibson 0 on, 0 out); Banks (1,9th inning off Schultz 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Boyer (1,off McDaniel).  Team LOB–15.  HBP–Stewart (1,by Stallard).  IBB–Clemens (1,by Purkey).  Team–10.  SB–Brock (1,3rd base off Humphreys/Bertell); Altman (1,2nd base off Stallard/Uecker).  CS–Javier (1,2nd base by Warner/Bertell); Uecker (1,Home by Humphreys/Bertell).  WP–Gibson (1).  HBP–Stallard (1,Stewart).  IBB–Purkey (1,Clemens).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Lee Weyer, 3B–John Kibler.  T–4:19.  A–19,751.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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