Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 4, 1969 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1969 at Busch Stadium II. 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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Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 2 3 0
Beckert 2b 4 1 2 1
  Popovich 2b 0 0 0 0
Williams lf 4 0 2 1
Santo 3b 5 0 1 1
Smith 1b 4 0 0 0
  Banks ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Spangler rf 2 0 0 0
  Hickman ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 2 0
Qualls cf 4 0 0 0
Jenkins p 4 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 10 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 2 0
Flood cf 5 0 2 0
Pinson rf 4 0 1 1
Torre 1b 4 0 1 0
McCarver c 4 0 0 0
Shannon 3b 3 0 0 0
Javier 2b 4 0 1 0
Huntz ss 3 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Maxvill ss 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 0 0 0
  Hoerner p 0 0 0 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 7 1
Chicago 001 000 000 23100
St. Louis 000 100 000 0171
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (11-5) 10.0 7 1 1 2 10
Totals
10.0
7
1
1
2
10
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (10-6) 9.0 10 3 3 3 9
  Hoerner   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
10
3
3
3
10

  E–Shannon (11).  DP–St. Louis 1.  2B–Chicago Williams (18,off Gibson).  3B–Chicago Kessinger (4,off Gibson).  SH–Hundley (5,off Gibson).  SF–Beckert (3,off Gibson).  IBB–Williams (10,by Gibson); Shannon (2,by Jenkins).  SB–Kessinger (5,2nd base off Gibson/McCarver).  CS–Brock (6,2nd base by Jenkins/Hundley).  IBB–Jenkins (4,Shannon); Gibson (3,Williams).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Frank Dezelan.  T–2:32.  A–28,177.
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