Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 17, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 9, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 2 3 0
Dark 3b 4 0 2 1
Altman cf 5 1 2 2
Banks ss 5 1 1 1
Moryn lf 3 2 1 2
Long 1b 4 1 1 1
Walls rf 2 2 1 2
Taylor S. c 4 0 0 0
Drott p 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 3 0 0 0
Totals 36 9 11 9
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Moon lf 3 0 0 1
  Gilliam ph 1 0 0 0
Roseboro c 4 0 1 0
  Gray ph 1 0 0 0
Larker 1b 2 1 0 0
  Hodges ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Demeter cf 4 0 0 0
Furillo rf 4 0 1 0
Neal 2b 2 2 1 1
Zimmer ss 3 1 2 0
Baxes 3b 4 0 1 0
Williams p 2 0 1 1
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Podres p 0 0 0 0
  Repulski ph 1 0 0 0
  Drysdale p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 3
Chicago 000 010 3329111
Los Angeles 010 111 000470
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drott   4.0 3 3 2 4 3
  Henry  W (1-0) 5.0 4 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
3
5
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   6.0 5 4 4 1 3
  Labine  L (0-1) 1.2 2 2 2 0 1
  Podres   0.1 1 1 1 0 0
  Drysdale   1.0 3 2 2 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
9
1
4

  E–Drott (1).  PB–Roseboro (2).  3B–Chicago Long (2,off Williams).  HR–Chicago Walls (1,5th inning off Williams 0 on 2 out); Banks (3,7th inning off Williams 0 on 0 out); Moryn (1,8th inning off Podres 1 on 2 out)..  SH–Dark (1,off Labine); Williams (1,off Drott).  SF–Walls (1,off Labine).  HBP–Walls (1,by Drysdale).  Team LOB–4.  Team–8.  SB–Neal (1,Home off Drott/S. Taylor); Zimmer (2,2nd base off Drott/S. Taylor).  CS–Neal (1,2nd base by Drott/S. Taylor).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–3:14.  A–19,894.
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