St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
September 18, 1966 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1966 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Chicago Cubs 3

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Javier 2b 3 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 1 0
  Gibson pr 0 0 0 0
  Buchek 2b 0 0 0 0
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Flood cf 4 1 3 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 2 1
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
Shannon rf 4 0 1 1
Spiezio 3b 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 0 0
  Savage ph 1 0 0 0
Corrales c 3 0 0 0
  Briles p 0 0 0 0
Jaster p 2 0 0 0
  Piche p 0 0 0 0
  Woodeshick p 0 0 0 0
  McCarver ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 8 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Phillips cf 4 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 5 0 1 0
Williams rf 5 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 2 2 0
Banks 1b 3 1 1 2
Hundley c 3 0 0 0
Browne lf 4 0 3 1
Campbell ss 2 0 0 0
Ellsworth p 2 0 0 0
  Boccabella ph 1 0 0 0
  Hands p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
St. Louis 000 101 000282
Chicago 000 200 10x381
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jaster   4.2 5 2 2 2 3
  Piche  L (1-3) 2.0 2 1 1 5 2
  Woodeshick   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Briles   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
7
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ellsworth  W (7-21) 7.0 6 2 1 0 3
  Hands  SV (2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
0
5

  E–Spiezio 2 (2), Santo (23).  DP–St. Louis 1, Chicago 1.  2B–St. Louis Flood (18,off Ellsworth); Shannon (19,off Ellsworth); Francona (4,off Hands), Chicago Browne 2 (15,off Jaster,off Piche).  HR–Chicago Banks (15,4th inning off Jaster 1 on, 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Campbell 2 (2,by Jaster,by Piche).  Team–12.  WP–Piche (2).  BK–Piche (1).  IBB–Jaster (5,Campbell); Piche (4,Campbell).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Paul Pryor, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:27.  A–7,245.
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