Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 18, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Chicago Cubs 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 3 1 1 0
Dark 3b 4 1 2 0
Walls rf 4 1 1 2
Banks ss 4 2 2 1
Moryn lf 3 2 1 1
Thomson cf 4 0 0 1
Long 1b 4 0 1 0
  King pr 0 0 0 0
  Singleton p 0 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 1 1
  Adams pr 0 0 0 0
Neeman c 2 0 0 0
  Taylor S. ph,c 3 0 1 0
Schaffernoth p 0 0 0 0
  Buzhardt p 2 0 0 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Altman ph 1 0 0 0
  Phillips p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph,1b 0 0 0 1
Totals 35 7 10 7
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Moon lf 3 3 2 1
Roseboro c 3 2 3 2
Snider rf 3 1 1 1
  Furillo ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Demeter cf 4 0 2 1
Larker 1b 2 1 1 2
Neal 2b 4 0 0 1
Zimmer ss 4 1 1 0
Baxes 3b 4 0 0 0
McDevitt p 1 0 0 0
  Fowler p 2 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 8 10 8
Chicago 003 000 0137100
Los Angeles 302 201 00x8101
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Schaffernoth   0.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Buzhardt  L (0-1) 3.2 4 4 4 1 3
  Martin   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Phillips   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Singleton   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
8
8
2
6
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
McDevitt   4.0 3 3 3 4 2
  Fowler  W (1-0) 4.1 6 4 3 1 4
  Klippstein  SV (1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
5
7

  E–Larker (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1. Baxes-Neal-Larker.  2B–Chicago Long (1,off Fowler); Moryn (2,off Fowler), Los Angeles Moon (2,off Buzhardt).  3B–Los Angeles Moon (1,off Phillips).  HR–Chicago Walls (2,3rd inning off McDevitt 1 on 1 out); Banks (4,3rd inning off McDevitt 0 on 1 out), Los Angeles Larker (1,3rd inning off Buzhardt 1 on 2 out).  SF–Marshall (1,off Fowler); Thomson (1,off Klippstein).  HBP–T. Taylor 2 (2,by McDevitt 2).  IBB–Banks (1,by McDevitt).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Larker 2 (2,off Buzhardt,off Martin); McDevitt (1,off Buzhardt)..  Team–4.  U-HP–Vic Delmore, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:00.  A–22,091.
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