Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 15, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 15, 1965 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 7, St. Louis Cardinals 12

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Rose 2b 5 0 2 2
Shamsky rf 5 0 0 0
Pinson cf 4 1 1 1
Coleman 1b 4 1 1 0
  James ph 1 0 0 0
Robinson lf 4 1 1 0
  Keough lf 0 0 0 0
  Perez ph 1 0 0 0
Johnson 3b 4 2 2 2
Edwards c 2 2 1 1
Cardenas ss 3 0 2 1
Ellis p 4 0 0 0
  Tsitouris p 0 0 0 0
  McCool p 0 0 0 0
  Jay p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 10 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 2 1
Groat ss 5 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 1 1 0
White 1b 4 2 2 1
Boyer 3b 5 1 2 2
Skinner rf 5 2 4 3
  Maxvill 2b 0 0 0 0
Gagliano 2b 5 1 1 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
McCarver c 4 2 3 1
Gibson p 2 1 1 3
  Francona ph 1 0 1 0
  Washburn p 0 0 0 0
  Savage ph,rf 0 1 0 0
Totals 40 12 17 11
Cincinnati 032 001 1007101
St. Louis 040 000 08x12170
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   7.0 12 6 6 0 5
  Tsitouris  L (6-8) 0.1 2 2 2 0 0
  McCool   0.1 3 4 4 3 0
  Jay   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
17
12
12
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson   7.0 10 7 7 4 9
  Washburn  W (8-8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Woodeshick  SV (13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
4
9

  E–Pinson (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1.  2B–Cincinnati Coleman (16,off Gibson); Rose (27,off Gibson); Johnson (24,off Gibson), St. Louis McCarver (11,off Tsitouris).  3B–St. Louis Skinner (3,off Tsitouris).  HR–Cincinnati Johnson (22,3rd inning off Gibson 1 on, 2 out); Edwards (12,6th inning off Gibson 0 on, 1 out); Pinson (19,7th inning off Gibson 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Skinner (4,2nd inning off Ellis 0 on, 2 out); Gibson (3,2nd inning off Ellis 2 on, 2 out); White (17,8th inning off Ellis 0 on, 0 out).  HBP–Johnson (1,by Gibson).  IBB–Edwards (11,by Gibson); Savage (1,by McCool); Flood (4,by McCool).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  WP–McCool 2 (7).  HBP–Gibson (9,Johnson).  IBB–McCool 2 (6,Savage,Flood); Gibson (5,Edwards).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:54.  A–19,547.
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