St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
June 20, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 20, 1971 at Wrigley Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 5, Chicago Cubs 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Alou cf 4 1 1 0
Sizemore lf,2b 4 0 0 0
Melendez rf,lf 3 0 0 0
  Brock ph,lf 1 0 1 1
Torre 3b 5 2 4 2
Beauchamp 1b 4 1 1 1
  Hague 1b 1 0 0 0
McNertney c 4 0 1 1
Schofield 2b 3 0 1 0
  Drabowsky p 1 0 0 0
Maxvill ss 3 0 1 0
Santorini p 2 0 0 0
  Cardenal ph,rf 2 1 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 5
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0
Beckert 2b 4 1 1 0
Williams lf 5 0 2 1
Pepitone 1b 2 1 1 1
Santo 3b 5 0 1 0
Davis cf 2 0 0 0
Callison rf 4 1 1 0
Cannizzaro c 4 1 1 2
Holtzman p 3 0 1 0
  Webster ph 1 0 0 0
  Bonham p 0 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
St. Louis 011 000 0215100
Chicago 000 020 101490
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Santorini   6.0 6 2 2 4 4
  Drabowsky  W (4-0) 3.0 3 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
7
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Holtzman  L (6-8) 8.0 9 4 4 1 4
  Bonham   0.1 0 1 1 3 0
  Regan   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
4
4

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 2.  2B–St. Louis Alou (16,off Holtzman), Chicago Kessinger (9,off Santorini); Williams (10,off Drabowsky).  3B–St. Louis Beauchamp (1,off Holtzman), Chicago Callison (1,off Santorini).  HR–St. Louis Torre (9,2nd inning off Holtzman 0 on, 0 out), Chicago Cannizzaro (3,5th inning off Santorini 1 on, 0 out); Pepitone (10,9th inning off Drabowsky 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–Pepitone (2,by Santorini).  IBB–Pepitone (6,by Drabowsky).  HBP–Santorini (1,Pepitone).  IBB–Drabowsky (5,Pepitone).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Chris Pelekoudas, 2B–Doug Harvey, 3B–Jerry Dale.  T–2:47.  A–34,574.
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