Cincinnati Redlegs vs Chicago Cubs
July 2, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 2, 1957 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cincinnati Redlegs 8, Chicago Cubs 6

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 1 1 1
Post rf 6 1 1 4
Bell cf 5 0 1 0
Crowe 1b 5 0 3 0
  Whisenant pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Robinson lf,1b 4 1 0 0
Bailey c 4 2 2 1
Hoak 3b 5 1 2 1
McMillan ss 2 1 1 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 0 0
  Grammas ss 0 0 0 0
Gross p 1 0 0 1
  Freeman p 2 0 1 0
  Lawrence p 0 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Sanchez p 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 12 8
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Morgan 2b 5 0 0 0
Kindall ss 5 2 2 0
Walls lf 5 2 4 4
Moryn rf 4 0 1 0
Banks 3b 5 1 1 2
Bolger cf 5 0 1 0
Neeman c 4 0 1 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
Long 1b 4 1 2 0
Kaiser p 0 0 0 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Fanning ph 1 0 0 0
  Hillman p 2 0 0 0
  Will ph 1 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
  Lown p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 6 12 6
Cincinnati 050 000 010 28120
Chicago 003 200 100 06120
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Gross   2.1 5 3 3 2 1
  Freeman   4.1 6 3 3 0 5
  Lawrence   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Sanchez  W (3-1) 3.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
12
6
6
2
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Kaiser   1.2 3 5 5 3 0
  Littlefield   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hillman   6.0 7 1 1 0 6
  Brosnan  L (0-3) 1.1 2 2 2 2 2
  Lown   0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
10.0
12
8
8
6
8

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1. Neeman-Morgan.  2B–Cincinnati McMillan (11,off Hillman); Crowe 2 (13,off Hillman,off Brosnan); Hoak (19,off Brosnan), Chicago Walls (7,off Gross).  3B–Chicago Walls (5,off Freeman).  HR–Cincinnati Post (11,2nd inning off Kaiser 3 on 2 out); Bailey (11,8th inning off Hillman 0 on 0 out)., Chicago Walls (2,3rd inning off Gross 1 on 0 out); Banks (15,3rd inning off Gross 0 on 1 out)..  IBB–McMillan (4,by Kaiser).  Team LOB–9.  Team–8.  U-HP–Bill Baker, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–3:28.  A–10,358.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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