Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 19, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1972 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."

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Chicago Cubs 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Kessinger ss 5 1 1 0
Beckert 2b 3 0 2 0
Williams lf 4 0 0 0
Monday cf 4 1 2 1
Hickman 1b 3 0 0 0
Fanzone 3b 2 0 0 1
Cardenal rf 4 0 1 0
Rudolph c 4 1 1 1
Jenkins p 3 0 1 0
  Shamsky ph 0 0 0 0
  Hiser pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 8 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 0 0
Sizemore 2b 3 1 2 0
Alou 1b 4 1 1 0
Torre 3b 4 1 3 3
Simmons c 4 1 1 0
Carbo rf 3 0 1 0
Cruz cf 3 0 0 0
Crosby ss 3 0 0 0
  Maxvill ss 0 0 0 0
  Fiore ph 1 0 0 0
  Anderson ss 0 0 0 0
Spinks p 4 0 1 0
Totals 33 4 9 3
Chicago 100 011 000381
St. Louis 000 130 00x490
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  L (3-4) 8.0 9 4 4 3 5
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
3
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Spinks  W (3-1) 9.0 8 3 3 4 5
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
5

  E–Beckert (7).  DP–Chicago 1, St. Louis 2.  2B–Chicago Monday (5,off Spinks), St. Louis Sizemore (3,off Jenkins).  3B–St. Louis Simmons (1,off Jenkins).  HR–Chicago Rudolph (1,5th inning off Spinks 0 on, 0 out), St. Louis Torre (3,5th inning off Jenkins 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Fanzone (1,off Spinks).  SB–Cardenal (6,2nd base off Spinks/Simmons).  WP–Spinks (4).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Satch Davidson, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–John Kibler.  T–2:08.  A–18,669.
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