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St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs

1962-09-17 · Day game · Wrigley Field · Att: 1603 · 2:23

Chicago Cubs defeated St. Louis Cardinals 8–4. Chicago Cubs put up 5 in the 7th. Dick Ellsworth earned the win. Ken Boyer went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	9
CHN	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0		8	11

W: Dick Ellsworth L: Ray Washburn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Chris Pelekoudas · 1B: Ken Burkhart · 2B: Frank Walsh · 3B: Jocko Conlan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Julian Javier	3	0	3	0	1	0
Curt Flood	4	1	0	0	0	0
Bill White	3	1	0	0	0	1
Ken Boyer	4	1	2	3	0	1
Charlie James	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gene Oliver	4	0	2	0	0	1
Mike Shannon	4	0	0	0	0	1
Julio Gotay	4	1	1	1	0	0
Ray Washburn	3	0	0	0	0	1
Red Schoendienst	1	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Ott	4	2	1	1	1	1
Ken Hubbs	5	2	4	0	0	0
Danny Murphy	5	2	1	1	0	2
Ernie Banks	4	1	1	3	1	1
Nelson Mathews	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Santo	4	0	1	2	0	1
Andre Rodgers	3	1	1	0	1	0
Moe Thacker	3	0	1	0	1	2
Dick Ellsworth	3	0	1	1	1	2

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Washburn	6.0	8	4	8
Lindy McDaniel	0.2	2	1	0
Curt Simmons	1.1	1	0	1

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Ellsworth	9.0	9	1	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Julian Javier: S8
Curt Flood: 64(1)/FO
Bill White: HP.1-2
Ken Boyer: HR/9D.2-H;1-H
Charlie James: S8
Gene Oliver: K
Mike Shannon: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Billy Ott: K
Ken Hubbs: S8
Danny Murphy: K
Ernie Banks: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Julio Gotay: 53
Ray Washburn: 8
Julian Javier: W
Curt Flood: CS2(24)

Bot 2

Nelson Mathews: 13
Ron Santo: 63
Andre Rodgers: S7
Moe Thacker: K

Top 3

Curt Flood: 8
Bill White: K/C
Ken Boyer: S7
Charlie James: K

Bot 3

Dick Ellsworth: K
Billy Ott: W
Ken Hubbs: S9.1-2
Danny Murphy: D.2-H;1-3
Ernie Banks: W
Nelson Mathews: 5/P
Ron Santo: S8.3-H;2-H;1-2
Andre Rodgers: 6(1)/FO

Top 4

Gene Oliver: S7
Mike Shannon: 54(1)/FO
Julio Gotay: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Moe Thacker: K
Dick Ellsworth: W
Billy Ott: 9
Ken Hubbs: 54(1)/FO

Top 5

Ray Washburn: K
Julian Javier: S7
Curt Flood: 53.1-2
Bill White: 6/P

Bot 5

Danny Murphy: 13
Ernie Banks: K
Nelson Mathews: 3/G

Top 6

Ken Boyer: K
Charlie James: 8
Gene Oliver: 63

Bot 6

Ron Santo: K/C
Andre Rodgers: 8
Moe Thacker: W
Dick Ellsworth: K/C

Top 7

Mike Shannon: K
Julio Gotay: HR/7D
Ray Washburn: 63
Julian Javier: S7
Curt Flood: 43

Bot 7

Billy Ott: HR/9D
Ken Hubbs: S7
Danny Murphy: E3.1-2
Ernie Banks: HR/9D.2-H;1-H(UR)
Nelson Mathews: 8
Ron Santo: 53
Andre Rodgers: W
Moe Thacker: S8.1-3
Dick Ellsworth: S8.3-H(UR);1-3
Billy Ott: 8

Top 8

Bill White: 3/G
Ken Boyer: 63
Charlie James: 8

Bot 8

Ken Hubbs: S7
Danny Murphy: K
Ernie Banks: 7
Nelson Mathews: CS2(26)#

Top 9

Gene Oliver: D7
Mike Shannon: 4/L
Julio Gotay: 63.2-2
Red Schoendienst: 53