St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
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 Seals Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Francisco Giants 1

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 2 2 0
Cimoli rf 5 1 2 1
Musial 1b 2 0 1 1
  White pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 2 1
Essegian lf 4 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 0 0
Smith c 4 1 2 1
Grammas ss 4 0 0 0
Mizell p 4 0 1 0
Totals 37 4 10 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 0 0 0
Brandt lf 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 4 1 2 1
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 3 0 0 0
Rodgers ss 3 0 0 0
Schmidt c 2 0 1 0
McCormick p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
  Zanni p 0 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
St. Louis 200 100 0014101
San Francisco 000 000 001141
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  W (1-1) 9.0 4 1 1 2 5
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
2
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  L (0-1) 0.0 4 2 2 0 0
  Miller   5.0 1 1 1 2 4
  Zanni   3.0 3 0 0 0 3
  Worthington   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
2
7

  E–Boyer (2), Spencer (5).  DP–St. Louis 1. Boyer-Blasingame-Musial.  2B–St. Louis Boyer (1,off McCormick); Blasingame (3,off Worthington)., San Francisco Mays (1,off Mizell).  HR–St. Louis H. Smith (2,4th inning off Miller 0 on 1 out), San Francisco Cepeda (4,9th inning off Mizell 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  CS–Mizell (1,2nd base by Zanni/Schmidt).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:46.  A–19,945.
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