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Braves
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
May 2, 1958
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Milwaukee Braves, played on May 2, 1958 at Wrigley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 2, 1958 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Home Team |
Chicago Cubs
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 2, 1958 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Home Team | Chicago Cubs |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gene Conley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Drott |
| Ballpark | Wrigley Field |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 5,751 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ken Burkhart 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: Ed Sudol 3B: Tom Gorman |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Red Schoendienst | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Hank Aaron | Center Fielder |
| Frank Torre | First Baseman |
| Wes Covington | Left Fielder |
| Harry Hanebrink | Right Fielder |
| Carl Sawatski | Catcher |
| Gene Conley | Pitcher |
| Fred Haney | Manager |
Chicago Cubs Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tony Taylor | Second Baseman |
| Lee Walls | Right Fielder |
| Ernie Banks | Shortstop |
| Walt Moryn | Left Fielder |
| Dale Long | First Baseman |
| Johnny Goryl | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Center Fielder |
| Sammy Taylor | Catcher |
| Dick Drott | Pitcher |
| Bob Scheffing | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Cubs
Wrigley Field
May 2, 1958
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Drott
Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Logan vs. Drott
Logan hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schoendienst moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mathews vs. Drott
Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walls throws the ball in to Banks who tags Mathews trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Schoendienst scores. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Drott
Aaron is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Conley
Taylor is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Conley
Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Conley
Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Drott
Torre hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Covington vs. Drott
Covington strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hanebrink vs. Drott
Hanebrink hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Conley
Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Conley
Long hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goryl vs. Conley
Goryl takes first base on ball four. Long moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Conley
Thomson strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Taylor vs. Conley
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Drott
Sawatski hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Drott
Conley strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Drott
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Drott vs. Conley
Drott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Conley
Taylor hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Drott moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Walls vs. Conley
Conley spins and fires to second, with Logan covering, and Drott is picked off. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Conley
There goes Taylor. The throw from Sawatski to Logan and they have Taylor trapped. The throw over to Torre, who applies the tag for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Conley
Walls hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Drott
Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Drott
Mathews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Drott
Aaron hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Walls. Aaron reaches second base with a double. Mathews moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Torre vs. Drott
Torre hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mathews tags and scores. Aaron tags and moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 2 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Covington vs. Drott
Covington hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hanebrink vs. Drott
Hanebrink hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Conley
Banks hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sawatski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Moryn vs. Conley
Moryn is hit by the pitch. Banks moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Long vs. Conley
Long hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Goryl vs. Conley
Goryl hits a fly ball into right field. Hanebrink settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Conley
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Drott
Sawatski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Conley vs. Drott
Conley bunts towards first. Long fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schoendienst vs. Drott
There's a wild pitch. Conley moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Schoendienst vs. Drott
Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Logan vs. Drott
Logan takes first base on ball four. Conley moves to third. Schoendienst moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 4 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mathews vs. Drott
Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Conley tags and scores. Schoendienst tags and moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Aaron vs. Drott
Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Schoendienst scores. Logan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torre vs. Drott
Torre hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Conley
Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tanner vs. Conley
Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Dick Drott.
Tanner hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Conley
Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roach vs. Mayer
Ed Mayer now pitching. Mel Roach pinch hits for Wes Covington.
Roach hits a line drive into right field. Walls picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Walls. Roach moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pafko vs. Mayer
Andy Pafko pinch hits for Harry Hanebrink.
Pafko takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sawatski vs. Mayer
Sawatski is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 6 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Conley vs. Mayer
Conley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Roach scores. Pafko moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schoendienst vs. Mayer
Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mayer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walls vs. Conley
Mel Roach now playing left field. Andy Pafko now playing right field.
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Conley
Banks hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Conley
Moryn hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Conley
Long hits a line drive towards short. Logan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Mayer
Logan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Mayer
Mathews takes first base on ball four. Logan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aaron vs. Mayer
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goryl fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Logan moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Torre vs. Mayer
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goryl vs. Conley
Goryl hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Conley
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Conley
Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomson moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bolger vs. Conley
Jim Bolger pinch hits for Ed Mayer.
Bolger hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Conley
Taylor hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Johnson
Ernie Johnson now pitching.
Walls bunts towards third. Mathews picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Mathews. Taylor moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Banks vs. Johnson
Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Taylor scores. Walls moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Moryn vs. Johnson
Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Long vs. Johnson
Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walls scores. Banks moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Goryl vs. Johnson
There's a wild pitch. Banks scores. Long moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goryl vs. Johnson
Goryl takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Willey
Carl Willey now pitching.
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Logan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roach vs. Lown
Turk Lown now pitching.
Roach hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Taylor scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Lown
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goryl fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sawatski vs. Lown
Sawatski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adcock vs. Lown
Lew Burdette pinch runs for Carl Sawatski. Joe Adcock pinch hits for Carl Willey.
Adcock is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Adams vs. Littlefield
Del Rice now catching. Dick Littlefield now pitching. Bobby Adams pinch hits for Sammy Taylor.
Adams takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ernaga vs. Littlefield
Frank Ernaga pinch hits for Turk Lown.
Ernaga strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Taylor vs. Littlefield
Taylor strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walls vs. Littlefield
Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schoendienst vs. Elston
El Tappe now catching. Don Elston now pitching.
Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Elston
Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Taylor settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Elston
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Elston
Aaron takes first base on ball four. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torre vs. Elston
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torre for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Littlefield
Banks strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 7 - Cubs, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moryn vs. Littlefield
Moryn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/2/1958 -- Milwaukee at Chicago (D)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Schoendienst R, 2b 4 2 1 0 Taylor T, 2b 5 1 1 0
Logan J, ss 3 0 0 0 Walls L, rf 5 1 1 0
Mathews E, 3b 2 1 2 2 Banks E, ss 5 1 2 1
Aaron H, cf 4 1 2 1 Moryn W, lf 4 2 2 2
Torre F, 1b 4 0 0 1 Long D, 1b 4 0 2 1
Covington W, lf 2 1 1 2 Goryl J, 3b 2 0 0 0
Roach M, ph-lf 2 1 1 0 Thomson B, cf 4 1 1 0
Hanebrink H, rf 2 0 0 0 Taylor S, c 3 1 2 0
Pafko A, ph-rf 1 0 0 0 Adams B, ph 0 0 0 0
Sawatski C, c 3 0 1 0 Tappe E, c 0 0 0 0
Burdette L, pr 0 0 0 0 Drott D, p 1 0 1 0
Rice D, c 0 0 0 0 Tanner C, ph 1 0 0 0
Conley G, p 3 1 1 1 Mayer E, p 0 0 0 0
Johnson E, p 0 0 0 0 Bolger J, ph 1 1 1 3
Willey C, p 0 0 0 0 Lown T, p 0 0 0 0
Adcock J, ph 1 0 0 0 Ernaga F, ph 1 0 0 0
Littlefield D, p 0 0 0 0 Elston D, p 0 0 0 0
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31 7 9 7 36 8 13 7
Milwaukee 100 321 000 -- 7
Chicago 000 001 601 -- 8
1 out when winning run was scored.
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Conley G 6.1 9 5 5 1 3
Johnson E 0.1 3 2 2 1 0
Willey C 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Littlefield D (L) 1.1 1 1 1 1 3
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Drott D 5.0 7 6 6 2 3
Mayer E 2.0 2 1 1 3 1
Lown T 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Elston D (W) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
E -- Torre F, Walls L, Mathews E
DP -- Milwaukee 1, Chicago 2
LOB -- Milwaukee 7, Chicago 7
2B -- Schoendienst R, Aaron H
HR -- Covington W, Moryn W 2, Bolger J
CS -- Taylor T
SF -- Torre F, Mathews E
HBP -- by Conley G (Moryn W)
WP -- Drott D, Johnson E
T -- 2:44
A -- 5751
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