San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
April 11, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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, St. Louis Cardinals 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 3 0 1 0
Brandt lf 3 2 0 0
Mays cf 3 2 2 0
Cepeda 1b 5 0 2 4
Kirkland rf 3 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 2 1 1 0
Rodgers ss 4 0 0 0
Schmidt c 4 0 1 0
Jones p 3 0 0 1
Totals 30 5 7 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 1 0
Cimoli cf 5 1 1 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b,ss 5 1 1 0
Musial lf 4 0 1 2
Cunningham rf 4 0 3 0
Smith H. c 3 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Green c 0 0 0 0
Grammas ss 2 0 1 0
  Hemus ph 0 0 0 0
  Smith B. pr 0 0 0 0
  Tate ss 0 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Broglio p 1 0 0 0
  Nunn p 0 0 0 0
  Noren ph 1 0 0 0
  Clark p 0 0 0 0
  Flood ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 8 2
San Francisco 200 001 200573
St. Louis 000 000 020280
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (1-0) 9.0 8 2 1 4 7
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
4
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio  L (0-1) 6.0 5 3 3 6 4
  Nunn   1.0 2 2 2 2 2
  Clark   2.0 0 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
5
5
9
10

  E–Davenport (1), Spencer (1), Rodgers (3).  DP–San Francisco 1. Rodgers-Cepeda, St. Louis 1. Boyer-Blasingame-Broglio.  PB–Schmidt (1).  2B–San Francisco Cepeda 2 (3,off Broglio,off Nunn).  SH–Brandt (1,off Broglio); S. Jones (1,off Broglio)..  IBB–Kirkland (1,by Nunn).  Team LOB–9.  Team–11.  SB–Kirkland (1,2nd base off Broglio/H. Smith).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Vic Delmore, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:47.  A–8,518.
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