St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
August 31, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 1965 at Wrigley Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Chicago Cubs 0

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Flood cf 5 0 1 1
Groat ss 3 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 2 0
White 1b 4 1 1 1
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
McCarver c 4 0 1 0
Shannon rf 4 0 1 0
Gibson p 3 1 1 1
Totals 34 3 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Landrum cf 4 0 1 0
Amalfitano 2b 4 0 1 0
Williams rf 3 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 0 0 0
Banks 1b 2 0 0 0
Bailey c 3 0 0 0
Stewart lf,ss 3 0 0 0
Kessinger ss 1 0 0 0
  Clemens ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 1 0 0 0
  Altman ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Hoeft p 0 0 0 0
  Roznovsky ph 1 0 0 0
  Humphreys p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 0 2 0
St. Louis 010 010 010380
Chicago 000 000 000020
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (16-10) 9.0 2 0 0 2 6
Totals
9.0
2
0
0
2
6
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  L (13-12) 6.0 5 2 2 1 5
  McDaniel   1.1 2 1 1 1 1
  Hoeft   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
  Humphreys   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
8

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–St. Louis Boyer (18,off Ellsworth).  HR–St. Louis White (20,2nd inning off Ellsworth 0 on, 1 out); Gibson (4,5th inning off Ellsworth 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Gibson (8,off Humphreys).  IBB–Brock (3,by Humphreys).  Team LOB–8.  SB–Brock (55,2nd base off McDaniel/Bailey).  WP–Ellsworth (11).  IBB–Humphreys (6,Brock).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Al Forman, 3B–Doug Harvey.  T–2:08.  A–4,036.
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