Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 26, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 26, 1965 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Landrum cf 4 1 1 0
Amalfitano 2b 5 0 1 0
Williams rf 5 0 1 0
Santo 3b 5 1 3 3
Banks 1b 4 1 2 1
Bailey c 3 0 1 0
Stewart lf,ss 4 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0
  Altman ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Hoeft p 2 1 0 0
  Koonce p 0 0 0 0
  Clemens ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Roznovsky ph 1 0 1 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 2 2 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
  Savage rf 0 0 0 0
Flood cf 2 2 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 2 2 3
White 1b 3 0 0 0
Shannon rf 3 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 1 2
  Maxvill ss 0 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 1 1 2
McCarver c 3 0 1 0
Purkey p 2 0 0 0
  Dennis p 0 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 0 0
  Washburn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 7 7
Chicago 002 002 0004120
St. Louis 300 200 02x771
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  L (2-2) 4.0 5 5 5 1 1
  Koonce   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Abernathy   1.0 2 2 2 2 1
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
4
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  W (10-9) 5.0 8 4 4 1 2
  Dennis   2.0 3 0 0 1 1
  Washburn  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
2
4

  E–Brock (10).  DP–Chicago 1, St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis McCarver (12,off Hoeft).  HR–Chicago Santo (26,6th inning off Purkey 0 on, 0 out); Banks (21,6th inning off Purkey 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Boyer (13,1st inning off Hoeft 2 on, 1 out); Javier (2,4th inning off Hoeft 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Landrum (3,by Dennis); White (10,by Abernathy).  Team LOB–9.  Team–3.  SB–Brock (53,2nd base off Hoeft/Bailey); Skinner (1,2nd base off Abernathy/Bailey).  IBB–Abernathy (10,White); Dennis (11,Landrum).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:22.  A–10,692.
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