Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 18, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1965 at Busch Stadium I. 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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Cincinnati Reds 8, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 2b 5 2 3 3
Harper lf 5 0 2 0
Pinson cf 5 0 0 0
Robinson rf 4 3 3 1
Johnson 3b 5 1 2 1
Perez 1b 4 1 2 2
Edwards c 5 1 1 1
Cardenas ss 3 0 1 0
Ellis p 4 0 0 0
  Craig p 1 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 14 8
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 5 0 1 0
Brock lf 5 1 3 0
White 1b 5 0 1 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 1 1
Groat ss 5 0 1 0
McCarver c 3 0 1 0
Shannon rf 3 1 0 0
Javier 2b 1 0 0 0
  Francona ph 0 0 0 0
  Gagliano pr,2b 2 0 1 0
Simmons p 1 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
  Taylor p 0 0 0 0
  Carlton p 0 0 0 0
  Spiezio ph 1 0 1 1
  Schultz p 0 0 0 0
  Warwick ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 2 11 2
Cincinnati 011 110 3018140
St. Louis 000 000 1102111
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis  W (2-0) 7.2 8 2 2 2 4
  Craig   0.1 3 0 0 1 0
  McCool  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
3
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  L (0-2) 5.0 9 4 4 3 5
  Taylor   1.0 3 3 3 0 0
  Carlton   1.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Schultz   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
4
7

  E–Groat (2).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Cincinnati Johnson (1,off Simmons); Perez (2,off Taylor).  3B–Cincinnati Robinson (1,off Simmons).  HR–Cincinnati Rose (1,4th inning off Simmons 0 on, 2 out); Robinson (1,5th inning off Simmons 0 on, 0 out); Edwards (1,9th inning off Schultz 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Robinson (2,by Simmons); Perez (1,by Simmons); Cardenas 2 (2,by Simmons,by Carlton).  Team LOB–10.  SB–Harper (2,2nd base off Simmons/McCarver); Brock (3,2nd base off Ellis/Edwards).  WP–Ellis (1).  IBB–Simmons 3 (3,Robinson,Perez,Cardenas); Carlton (1,Cardenas).  U-HP–Mel Steiner, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:38.  A–13,754.
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