Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 21, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1965 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals 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, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Kolb lf 4 1 1 0
Cline rf 4 1 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 1 2 2
Torre c 3 0 0 0
Maye cf 4 0 2 0
Alou 1b 4 0 0 0
Menke ss 3 0 0 0
Alomar 2b 2 0 0 0
  Niekro p 0 0 0 0
  Klimchock ph 1 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer p 0 0 0 0
Sadowski p 1 0 0 0
  Carroll p 0 0 0 0
  de la Hoz ph,2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Flood cf 4 1 1 0
Brock lf 4 1 1 2
White 1b 4 2 2 1
Boyer 3b 3 0 1 0
Groat ss 4 1 1 1
Francona rf 3 1 2 0
  Shannon rf 0 0 0 0
Gagliano 2b 2 0 0 2
McCarver c 3 0 1 0
Purkey p 3 0 0 0
Totals 30 6 9 6
Milwaukee 000 100 002361
St. Louis 110 040 00x691
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Sadowski  L (1-1) 4.1 7 6 6 3 3
  Carroll   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Niekro   2.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Tiefenauer   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  W (1-1) 9.0 6 3 3 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
5

  E–Torre (2), Groat (4).  DP–St. Louis 2.  3B–St. Louis Francona (1,off Sadowski).  HR–Milwaukee Mathews (3,4th inning off Purkey 0 on, 2 out), St. Louis White (1,1st inning off Sadowski 0 on, 2 out); Brock (2,5th inning off Sadowski 1 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Purkey (1,off Sadowski).  SF–Gagliano 2 (2,off Sadowski,off Carroll).  IBB–McCarver (1,by Sadowski).  Team–6.  SB–White (1,2nd base off Sadowski/Torre).  IBB–Sadowski (1,McCarver).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Mel Steiner, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–1:58.  A–10,303.
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