St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
April 23, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1958 at Seals Stadium. The San Francisco Giants 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 7, San Francisco Giants 8

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 3 1 0 0
Blasingame 2b 5 3 3 0
Musial 1b 2 1 1 1
Ennis lf 4 1 2 2
Moon rf 4 0 1 0
Noren cf 4 0 0 1
  Smith cf 1 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 1 1 2
Katt c 4 0 2 1
Jones p 4 0 1 0
  Paine p 0 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 11 7
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 1 2 0
King lf 5 0 0 0
Mays cf 5 1 0 0
Kirkland rf 5 1 1 1
Cepeda 1b 5 3 3 2
Spencer ss 5 2 4 2
O'Connell 2b 2 0 1 1
  Sauer ph 0 0 0 0
  Bressoud pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Thomas c 1 0 0 0
  Lockman ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt c 1 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 1 2
  Testa c 0 0 0 0
Gomez p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Finigan ph 1 0 0 0
  Constable p 0 0 0 0
  Taussig ph 1 0 0 0
  Barclay p 0 0 0 0
  Speake ph 1 0 0 0
  Crone p 0 0 0 0
  Rodgers ph 1 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 8
St. Louis 500 000 1017112
San Francisco 000 101 0248121
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   7.2 8 4 3 3 8
  Paine   0.2 2 2 0 0 1
  Martin   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Clark  L (0-1) 0.0 2 2 0 0 0
Totals 8.2 12 8 3 3 9
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez   0.2 3 5 5 2 0
  Miller   2.1 3 0 0 1 0
  Constable   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Barclay   2.0 3 1 1 1 2
  Crone   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Grissom  W (1-0) 1.0 1 1 1 2 0
Totals 9.0 11 7 7 7 2

  E–Schofield 2 (3), Testa (1).  DP–St. Louis 1. Schofield-Blasingame-Musial, San Francisco 2. O'Connell-Spencer-Cepeda, Spencer-O'Connell-Cepeda.  2B–St. Louis Katt (1,off Miller); Moon (1,off Miller); Musial (3,off Grissom), San Francisco Cepeda (3,off Jones).  3B–St. Louis Blasingame (2,off Barclay), San Francisco Cepeda (1,off Clark).  HR–San Francisco Kirkland (2,6th inning off Jones 0 on 1 out); Spencer (3,9th inning off Clark 1 on 2 out).  HBP–Boyer (1,by Barclay).  IBB–Musial (1,by Barclay); Moon (1,by Grissom).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  SB–Blasingame (1,2nd base off Grissom/Testa).  CS–Ennis (1,2nd base by Miller/Thomas); Schofield (1,2nd base by Constable/Thomas).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–3:01.  A–14,715.

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