San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 12, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 12, 1958 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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 12, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 1 2 1
Taussig rf 5 1 1 1
Mays cf 5 2 3 5
Sauer lf 5 0 1 0
  Kirkland lf 1 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 5 2 2 0
Spencer ss 4 2 2 2
Schmidt c 4 3 3 0
O'Connell 2b 5 0 2 1
Gomez p 5 1 1 1
Totals 43 12 17 11
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 4 0 0 0
Zimmer ss 4 1 1 0
Snider cf 3 0 1 1
Furillo rf 4 0 0 0
Neal 2b 4 1 1 0
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 1
Gray 3b 4 0 1 1
Roseboro c 3 0 0 0
Drysdale p 0 0 0 0
  Bessent p 1 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Reese ph 1 0 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Larker ph 1 0 1 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 6 3
San Francisco 021 062 01012170
Los Angeles 000 100 101364
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez  W (3-2) 9.0 6 3 3 1 10
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
1
10
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  L (1-6) 2.0 6 3 3 1 1
  Bessent   2.2 4 5 0 4 4
  Roebuck   0.1 1 1 0 0 0
  Craig   3.0 6 3 2 0 2
  Labine   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
17
12
5
6
7

  E–Zimmer (3), Gray 2 (5), Drysdale (2).  DP–San Francisco 1. Davenport-O'Connell-Cepeda, Los Angeles 2. Bessent-Zimmer-Hodges, Gray-Hodges-Roseboro.  PB–Schmidt (2).  2B–San Francisco Schmidt (3,off Bessent); Gomez (3,off Bessent), Los Angeles Zimmer (1,off Gomez); Snider (2,off Gomez); Neal (1,off Gomez)..  3B–Los Angeles Gray (3,off Gomez).  HR–San Francisco Spencer 2 (6,2nd inning off Drysdale 0 on 0 out,8th inning off Craig 0 on 0 out); Mays 2 (6,3rd inning off Drysdale 0 on 0 out,5th inning off Roebuck 3 on 2 out), Los Angeles Hodges (3,9th inning off Gomez 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–10.  Team–4.  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–3:05.  A–29,770.
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