Chicago Cubs vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 19, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 19, 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."

"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 3, Los Angeles Dodgers 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 1 1 0
Dark 1b 4 1 1 0
Walls rf 3 1 1 0
Banks ss 3 0 0 1
Moryn lf 3 0 0 1
Averill 3b 3 0 0 0
Thomson cf 3 0 0 0
Neeman c 3 0 0 0
Hillman p 1 0 1 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 3 4 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Moon lf 5 2 3 2
Roseboro c 3 0 0 0
  Furillo ph 0 0 0 0
  Gilliam ph 1 1 1 1
  Pignatano c 0 0 0 0
Snider rf 5 1 2 3
  Fairly rf 0 0 0 0
Demeter cf 5 1 2 1
Larker 1b 4 0 0 0
  Hodges 1b 0 0 0 0
Neal 2b 4 1 3 1
Zimmer ss 3 0 0 0
Baxes 3b 2 1 0 0
Podres p 2 1 1 0
Totals 34 8 12 8
Chicago 300 000 000341
Los Angeles 101 010 05x8121
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hillman  L (1-1) 7.1 8 5 4 4 2
  Martin   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Elston   0.2 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
8
7
5
2
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres  W (1-1) 9.0 4 3 2 3 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
2
3
2

  E–Banks (2), Baxes (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1. Neal-Zimmer-Larker.  HR–Los Angeles Snider (1,3rd inning off Hillman 0 on 1 out).  SF–Banks (1,off Podres); Moryn (1,off Podres)..  HBP–Hillman (1,by Podres).  Team LOB–3.  SH–Podres (1,off Hillman); Zimmer (1,off Hillman).  Team–9.  CS–T. Taylor (2,2nd base by Podres/Roseboro); Averill (1,3rd base by Podres/Roseboro).  SB–Moon (1,2nd base off Hillman/Neeman).  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Vic Delmore.  T–2:25.  A–29,663.
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