Chicago Cubs vs San Francisco Giants
April 15, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 1, San Francisco Giants 7

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 0 1 0
Dark 1b 3 1 1 0
Walls rf 4 0 1 0
Banks ss 4 0 1 1
Averill 3b 4 0 0 0
Thomson cf 4 0 0 0
Moryn lf 4 0 1 0
Neeman c 3 0 0 0
Drabowsky p 1 0 0 0
  Singleton p 0 0 0 0
  Adams ph 1 0 0 0
  Schaffernoth p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 5 0 0 0
Brandt lf 4 2 2 0
Mays cf 4 1 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 2 2 3
Alou rf 4 2 2 2
Spencer 2b 4 0 1 1
Rodgers ss 3 0 0 0
Schmidt c 2 0 2 1
Antonelli p 4 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 9 7
Chicago 100 000 000153
San Francisco 000 230 20x791
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drabowsky  L (0-1) 5.0 7 5 4 2 1
  Singleton   2.0 1 2 2 3 2
  Schaffernoth   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
7
6
5
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli  W (2-0) 9.0 5 1 1 2 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
2
6

  E–Dark (1), Averill (2), Singleton (1), Cepeda (3).  DP–Chicago 1. Singleton-T. Taylor, San Francisco 1. Rodgers-Spencer.  HR–San Francisco Cepeda 2 (2,4th inning off Drabowsky 0 on 0 out,5th inning off Drabowsky 1 on 2 out); Alou (3,5th inning off Drabowsky 0 on 2 out)..  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Schmidt (2,by Singleton).  Team–8.  SB–Alou 2 (2,3rd base off Drabowsky/Neeman,3rd base off Singleton/Neeman); Spencer (1,2nd base off Singleton/Neeman).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Vic Delmore.  T–2:44.  A–15,479.
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