Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 30, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1970 at Busch Stadium II. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Chicago Cubs 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 2 3 0
Popovich 2b 4 1 2 0
Williams lf 4 1 1 3
Hickman cf 5 0 2 1
Callison rf 5 0 0 0
Smith 1b 4 0 0 0
Santo 3b 3 0 0 0
Hiatt c 4 0 0 0
Decker p 2 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
  Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 1 1 0
Davalillo cf 4 0 2 0
Hague rf 3 0 1 1
  Cardenal ph,rf 1 1 1 1
Allen 1b 4 1 1 0
Torre 3b 4 0 1 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Javier 2b 4 1 1 0
Maxvill ss 2 0 1 1
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Ramirez ss 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 1 2 2
Totals 34 5 12 5
Chicago 310 000 000480
St. Louis 101 100 11x5121
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Decker   3.2 7 3 3 0 4
  Rodriguez   2.2 2 1 1 0 3
  Colborn   0.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Gura  L (0-1) 1.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
5
0
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  W (11-3) 9.0 8 4 4 5 6
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
5
6

  E–Gibson (3).  DP–Chicago 1.  PB–Simmons (4).  2B–St. Louis Davalillo (6,off Rodriguez); Javier (8,off Rodriguez).  HR–Chicago Williams (20,1st inning off Gibson 2 on, 0 out), St. Louis Gibson (2,3rd inning off Decker 0 on, 0 out); Cardenal (3,8th inning off Gura 0 on, 0 out).  CS–Davalillo (1,3rd base by Rodriguez/Hiatt).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Satch Davidson.  T–2:25.  A–34,039.
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