St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
April 21, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1970 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 4, Chicago Cubs 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 5 1 2 0
Cardenal cf 5 1 1 0
Allen 3b 4 1 4 1
Torre c 5 1 3 2
Taylor 1b 5 0 1 0
Lee rf 5 0 2 1
Javier 2b 4 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 1 0 0 0
  Hague ph 0 0 0 0
  Ramirez ss 1 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 0 1 0
  Guzman p 0 0 0 0
  Campbell ph 1 0 0 0
  Briles p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 4 14 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 2 2 1 0
Beckert 2b 4 2 2 1
Williams lf 3 1 1 4
Santo 3b 4 1 1 0
Callison rf 4 1 2 2
Banks 1b 3 0 0 0
Hickman cf 3 0 0 0
  Day cf 0 0 0 0
Hundley c 1 0 0 0
  Martin c 2 0 0 0
Hands p 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Regan p 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 7 7 7
St. Louis 100 000 3004140
Chicago 200 000 50x770
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (1-1) 6.2 7 7 7 4 6
  Guzman   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Briles   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
7
7
4
7
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hands  W (2-0) 7.0 12 4 4 3 4
  Regan  SV (1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
4
4
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 2.  PB–Martin (3).  2B–St. Louis Lee 2 (4,off Hands 2); Torre (3,off Hands).  3B–Chicago Kessinger (2,off Gibson); Beckert (1,off Gibson).  HR–Chicago Williams (4,7th inning off Gibson 2 on, 2 out); Callison (3,7th inning off Gibson 1 on, 2 out).  SF–Williams (1,off Gibson).  HBP–Banks (1,by Gibson).  HBP–Gibson (1,Banks).  U-HP–Bill Williams, 1B–Nick Colosi, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Mel Steiner.  T–2:23.  A–5,527.
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