San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 8, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 8, 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Alou rf 3 0 1 0
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt ph 1 0 0 0
Davenport 3b 4 0 1 0
Mays cf 4 0 2 1
Sauer lf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 3 1 1 0
Spencer ss 3 1 1 0
Thomas c 3 0 0 1
  Lockman ph 1 0 1 0
O'Connell 2b 0 1 0 1
  Speake ph 0 0 0 0
  Kirkland rf 1 0 0 0
Gomez p 1 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Bressoud 2b 0 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 3
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 3 2 2 0
Larker lf 3 1 1 0
  Cimoli pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Neal 2b 2 1 0 1
Furillo rf 3 1 2 5
Hodges 1b 1 0 0 0
Zimmer ss 3 0 0 0
Demeter cf 4 0 2 0
Pignatano c 3 0 0 0
Drysdale p 4 1 1 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 6 8 6
San Francisco 001 200 000372
Los Angeles 200 030 10x680
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez  L (6-10) 6.0 5 5 4 4 4
  Worthington   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Grissom   2.0 2 0 0 2 3
Totals
8.0
8
6
5
6
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  W (6-11) 8.2 7 3 3 4 5
  Klippstein  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
5

  E–Worthington (1), Thomas (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1. Drysdale-Hodges.  PB–Thomas (5).  2B–San Francisco Mays (23,off Drysdale), Los Angeles Gilliam (21,off Gomez).  HR–Los Angeles Furillo (11,5th inning off Gomez 2 on 2 out).  SH–Gomez (3,off Drysdale); Pignatano (1,off Gomez); Gilliam (2,off Worthington)..  SF–O'Connell (2,off Drysdale); Neal (4,off Gomez); Furillo (6,off Gomez)..  HBP–Cepeda (3,by Drysdale).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  CS–Demeter (1,2nd base by Grissom/Thomas).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:36.  A–45,098.
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