Philadelphia Phillies vs Milwaukee Braves
April 14, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1959 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 3, Milwaukee Braves 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Anderson S. 2b 5 0 2 0
Ashburn cf 4 1 1 0
Bouchee 1b 3 0 0 0
Bowman rf 5 0 0 0
Anderson H. lf 3 1 2 0
Jones 3b 3 0 1 1
  Freese pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Fernandez ss 3 0 0 0
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
  Hamner ph 1 0 0 0
  Thomas c 0 0 0 0
Owens p 3 0 1 0
  Post ph 1 0 1 2
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 3
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 1 1 0
Mathews 3b 5 0 1 1
Aaron rf 5 2 3 0
Covington lf 4 0 3 1
Torre 1b 3 0 1 0
  O'Brien pr,2b 2 0 1 1
Crandall c 3 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 1 1 0
Mantilla 2b 2 0 0 0
  Vernon ph,1b 1 0 1 1
Spahn p 2 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 0 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 12 4
Philadelphia 000 001 002 0381
Milwaukee 000 001 011 14120
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Owens   8.0 7 2 2 3 3
  Farrell  L (0-1) 1.0 5 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
3
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn   9.0 8 3 3 4 5
  McMahon  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
5
6

  E–Fernandez (1).  DP–Philadelphia 1. Owens-Fernandez-Bouchee, Milwaukee 2. Mantilla-Torre, Crandall-O'Brien.  2B–Milwaukee Covington (1,off Owens); Logan (1,off Farrell).  3B–Philadelphia Post (1,off Spahn), Milwaukee Bruton (1,off Owens).  SH–Fernandez (1,off Spahn); Crandall (1,off Owens); Morgan (1,off Farrell)..  Team LOB–7.  IBB–Vernon (1,by Owens).  Team–10.  CS–Bouchee (1,2nd base by McMahon/Crandall); Covington (1,2nd base by Owens/Hegan).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:30.  A–42,081.
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