St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs
July 31, 1972 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 31, 1972 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 0, Chicago Cubs 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brock lf 4 0 1 0
Sizemore 2b 4 0 1 0
Alou 1b 4 0 1 0
Torre 3b 4 0 0 0
Simmons c 4 0 1 0
Carbo rf 4 0 1 0
Cruz cf 3 0 1 0
Maxvill ss 2 0 0 0
  McNertney ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
Cleveland p 1 0 0 0
  Roque ph 1 0 0 0
  Grzenda p 0 0 0 0
  Bare p 0 0 0 0
  Crosby ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 0 6 0
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Monday cf 3 0 0 0
Beckert 2b 4 1 1 0
Williams lf 4 1 4 0
Pepitone 1b 4 0 1 0
Santo 3b 3 0 2 1
Cardenal rf 4 1 0 0
Hundley c 4 0 1 0
Kessinger ss 3 1 0 0
Jenkins p 4 0 1 2
Totals 33 4 10 3
St. Louis 000 000 000061
Chicago 001 210 00x4101
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland  L (12-6) 5.0 7 4 3 2 2
  Grzenda   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Bare   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
10
4
3
2
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (14-9) 9.0 6 0 0 0 5
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
0
5

  E–Brock (9), Kessinger (18).  DP–Chicago 1.  2B–Chicago Santo 2 (17,off Cleveland 2); Williams (23,off Cleveland).  3B–St. Louis Sizemore (3,off Jenkins).  SF–Santo (7,off Cleveland).  SB–Cardenal (16,3rd base off Cleveland/Simmons); Kessinger (6,2nd base off Cleveland/Simmons).  U-HP–Nick Colosi, 1B–Andy Olsen, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Chris Pelekoudas.  T–2:05.  A–31,935.
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