Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 17, 1965 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1965 at Busch Stadium I. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Wills ss 4 0 0 0
Gilliam 3b 4 1 1 0
  Kennedy 3b 0 0 0 0
Davis cf 3 0 0 1
Johnson lf 3 0 0 0
Fairly rf 4 0 0 0
Lefebvre 2b 3 1 2 0
  Tracewski pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Parker 1b 4 1 1 0
Torborg c 2 0 0 0
  Roseboro ph,c 1 0 0 0
Drysdale p 1 0 1 2
  Perranoski p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Tolan rf 5 0 1 0
Flood cf 5 0 1 0
Brock lf 4 0 2 0
White 1b 4 2 1 1
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
Gagliano 3b 4 0 1 1
McCarver c 3 0 0 0
Buchek 2b 4 0 0 0
Simmons p 1 0 0 0
  Kernek ph 1 0 0 0
  Jaster p 0 0 0 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 0 0
  Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Uecker ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 7 2
Los Angeles 021 000 000353
St. Louis 000 001 010270
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  W (20-12) 5.0 7 1 1 0 5
  Perranoski  SV (16) 4.0 0 1 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
1
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  L (9-15) 5.0 4 3 3 4 5
  Jaster   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Briles   3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
3
3
4
6

  E–Wills (23), Gilliam (8), Lefebvre (24).  DP–St. Louis 1.  3B–Los Angeles Gilliam (4,off Simmons).  HR–St. Louis White (23,6th inning off Drysdale 0 on, 0 out).  SF–W Davis (5,off Simmons).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  SB–Johnson (12,2nd base off Simmons/McCarver).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Al Forman, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:36.  A–19,042.
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