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Cubs
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 29, 1958
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs, played on August 29, 1958 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 29, 1958 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Chicago Cubs
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 29, 1958 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dick Drott |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Jackson |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 13,341 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 48 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tony Venzon 1B: Jocko Conlan 2B: Frank Secory 3B: Ed Sudol |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Lee Walls | Right Fielder |
| Al Dark | Third Baseman |
| Jim Marshall | First Baseman |
| Ernie Banks | Shortstop |
| Walt Moryn | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Sammy Taylor | Catcher |
| Johnny Goryl | Second Baseman |
| Dick Drott | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Gene Freese | Shortstop |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Wally Moon | Left Fielder |
| Gene Green | Catcher |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Larry Jackson | Pitcher |
| Fred Hutchinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cubs
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 29, 1958
Top 1
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Jackson
Walls strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Jackson
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Jackson
Marshall takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. Jackson
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moryn vs. Jackson
Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Drott
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Drott
Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Drott
Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Jackson
Thomson is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Jackson
Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Goryl vs. Jackson
Goryl strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Drott vs. Jackson
Drott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomson moves to third. Taylor moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Walls vs. Jackson
Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomson scores. Taylor scores. Drott moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dark vs. Jackson
Dark hits a popup towards the mound. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Marshall vs. Jackson
Marshall hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Drott
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Drott
Cunningham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moon vs. Drott
Moon takes first base on ball four. Boyer moves to third. Cunningham moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Green vs. Drott
Green hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boyer tags and scores. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Flood vs. Drott
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Jackson
Banks strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Jackson
Moryn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Jackson
Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moryn moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Taylor vs. Jackson
Taylor takes first base on ball four. Moryn moves to third. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Goryl vs. Jackson
Goryl strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Drott vs. Jackson
Drott hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Drott
Jackson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Drott
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Drott
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Drott covering, for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Jackson
Walls hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dark vs. Jackson
Dark hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Marshall vs. Jackson
Marshall hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Banks vs. Jackson
Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freese misplays the ball. That's an error on Freese. Walls moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moryn vs. Jackson
Moryn strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Drott
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Marshall scoops it up and throws to first, with Drott covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Drott
Boyer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Drott
There goes Boyer. The throw from Taylor and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cunningham vs. Drott
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Boyer scores. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. Drott
There goes Cunningham. The throw from Taylor and he is out, Banks applying the tag. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Drott
Moon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Drott
Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Jackson
Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Jackson
Taylor strikes out. Green drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Taylor out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goryl vs. Jackson
Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Drott
Flood hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Drott
Jackson bunts towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Drott
Blasingame hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freese vs. Drott
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Dark fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drott vs. Jackson
Drott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Jackson
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Jackson
Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Dark reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 2 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Marshall vs. Jackson
Marshall hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Marshall reaches second base with a double. Dark scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Banks vs. Jackson
Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Drott
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Drott
Boyer hits a line drive towards first. Marshall catches it and steps on first to double up Musial. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Drott
Cunningham hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Jackson
Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Jackson
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Jackson
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. Drott
Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Drott
Green hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moryn. Green reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Flood vs. Drott
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to third for the out. Flood moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jackson vs. Drott
Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flood scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Henry
Bill Henry now pitching.
Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Freese vs. Henry
Freese hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tanner vs. Jackson
Ruben Amaro now playing shortstop. Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Johnny Goryl.
Tanner strikes out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Jackson
Dale Long pinch hits for Bill Henry.
Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Jackson covering, for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Jackson
Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Hobbie
Tony Taylor now playing second base. Glen Hobbie now pitching.
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Hobbie
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Hobbie
Cunningham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Moon vs. Hobbie
Moon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Moon reaches third base with a triple. Boyer scores. Cunningham goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Green vs. Hobbie
There's a wild pitch. Moon scores. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Hobbie
Green hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Hobbie
Flood is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dark vs. Jackson
Irv Noren now playing left field. Wally Moon now playing right field. Joe Cunningham now playing first base.
Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Marshall vs. Jackson
Marshall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Amaro misplays the ball. That's an error on Amaro. Marshall moves to second. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Banks vs. Jackson
Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Noren settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cubs, 3 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Moryn vs. Jackson
Moryn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Cubs, 5 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Jackson
Thomson strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/29/1958 -- Chicago at St.Louis (N)
Chicago AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Walls L, rf 5 0 2 2 Blasingame D, 2b 4 0 1 0
Dark A, 3b 5 1 1 0 Freese G, ss 4 0 0 0
Marshall J, 1b 4 1 1 1 Amaro R, ss 0 0 0 0
Banks E, ss 5 0 1 0 Musial S, 1b 2 0 0 0
Moryn W, lf 5 1 2 2 Noren I, lf 0 0 0 0
Thomson B, cf 4 1 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 3 3 1 0
Taylor S, c 3 1 1 0 Cunningham J, rf-1b 4 1 2 1
Goryl J, 2b 3 0 0 0 Moon W, lf-rf 3 2 2 3
Tanner C, ph 1 0 0 0 Green G, c 3 0 1 1
Taylor T, 2b 0 0 0 0 Flood C, cf 4 1 1 0
Drott D, p 3 0 1 0 Jackson L, p 2 0 1 1
Henry B, p 0 0 0 0
Long D, ph 1 0 0 0
Hobbie G, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 5 10 5 29 7 9 6
Chicago 020 001 002 -- 5
St.Louis 010 200 13x -- 7
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Drott D (L) 6.2 6 4 4 3 1
Henry B 0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Hobbie G 1.0 2 3 3 1 1
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson L (W) 9.0 10 5 3 2 8
E -- Freese G 2, Taylor S, Amaro R
DP -- Chicago 2
LOB -- Chicago 10, St.Louis 4
2B -- Dark A, Marshall J, Green G
3B -- Moon W
HR -- Moon W, Moryn W
SB -- Boyer K
CS -- Cunningham J
SH -- Jackson L
SF -- Green G
HBP -- by Jackson L (Thomson B)
WP -- Hobbie G
T -- 2:48
A -- 13341
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