San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 18, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1958 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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San Francisco Giants 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 5 1 3 0
Kirkland rf 5 1 3 0
Mays cf 4 0 2 0
Spencer ss,2b 4 0 0 1
Cepeda 1b 5 0 0 0
Sauer lf 4 2 2 2
Schmidt c 3 1 2 0
O'Connell 2b 2 0 0 0
  King ph 0 0 0 0
  Gomez pr 0 0 0 0
  Bressoud 2b 0 0 0 0
  Lockman ph 0 0 0 0
  Rodgers ss 0 0 0 0
Worthington p 2 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
  Speake ph 1 0 0 0
  Antonelli p 0 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 3 1 0 0
Reese ss 4 0 1 0
Snider rf 5 1 2 1
  Furillo rf 0 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0
Neal 2b 3 1 2 1
Gray 3b 3 2 2 1
Cimoli cf 3 1 1 1
Roseboro c 1 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Pignatano c 1 0 0 0
Erskine p 4 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 8 4
San Francisco 001 101 0115122
Los Angeles 002 030 10x682
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Worthington  L (0-1) 4.1 7 5 3 5 4
  McCormick   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Antonelli   2.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Grissom   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
8
6
4
7
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  W (1-0) 8.0 10 4 4 4 7
  Labine  SV (1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
4
7

  E–Mays (1), Schmidt (1), Reese (2), Gray (1).  DP–Los Angeles 2. Erskine-Neal, Gray-Neal-Hodges.  2B–San Francisco Kirkland (1,off Erskine); Davenport (2,off Erskine).  3B–San Francisco Schmidt (1,off Erskine); Kirkland (1,off Labine).  HR–San Francisco Sauer 2 (2,4th inning off Erskine 0 on 0 out,8th inning off Erskine 0 on 1 out), Los Angeles Gray (2,7th inning off Antonelli 0 on 1 out).  SH–Lockman (1,off Erskine).  IBB–Mays (1,by Erskine); Roseboro (1,by Worthington).  Team LOB–9.  Team–9.  SB–Neal (1,2nd base off Worthington/Schmidt).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Hal Dixon.  T–3:00.  A–78,672.
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