San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
April 21, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 9

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b,ss 5 1 1 0
Brandt lf,3b 4 2 1 3
Mays cf 5 2 3 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 2 2
Alou rf 4 1 2 1
Spencer 2b,ss,2b 4 0 1 1
Bressoud ss 3 0 0 0
  Speake ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Connell 2b 0 0 0 0
  Wagner ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Schmidt c 3 0 0 0
  Kirkland ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrith c 1 0 0 0
Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Zanni p 0 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 1 0 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 2 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 10 7
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 5 0 0 0
Moon lf 4 2 1 0
Snider rf 3 0 1 0
  Furillo rf 1 0 1 0
  Drake pr,rf 1 1 0 0
Demeter cf 5 3 3 6
Roseboro c 4 1 2 0
Larker 1b 3 1 1 0
  Hodges 1b 0 0 0 0
Zimmer ss 4 1 1 3
Neal 2b 4 0 0 0
Williams p 2 0 0 0
  Fowler p 3 0 0 0
Totals 39 9 10 9
San Francisco 010 240 000 007100
Los Angeles 005 200 000 029100
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Miller   1.0 3 0 0 1 1
  Zanni   2.0 3 5 5 2 2
  McCormick   3.0 2 2 2 0 3
  Worthington  L (1-1) 4.1 2 2 2 5 3
Totals
10.1
10
9
9
8
9
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Williams   4.1 4 6 6 3 1
  Fowler  W (2-0) 6.2 6 1 1 2 6
Totals
11.0
10
7
7
5
7

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1. Zanni-Schmidt-Cepeda, Los Angeles 1. Gilliam-Neal-Larker.  2B–San Francisco Mays (2,off Williams), Los Angeles Roseboro (1,off Zanni).  3B–San Francisco Mays (2,off Fowler).  HR–San Francisco Alou (4,2nd inning off Williams 0 on 1 out); Brandt (2,5th inning off Williams 2 on 1 out), Los Angeles Demeter 3 (6,3rd inning off Zanni 1 on 2 out,4th inning off McCormick 1 on 2 out,11th inning off Worthington 1 on 1 out); Zimmer (1,3rd inning off Zanni 2 on 2 out).  SH–Alou (1,off Fowler); Demeter (2,off Worthington).  SF–Cepeda (1,off Williams).  HBP–Davenport (2,by Williams); Neal (1,by Zanni).  IBB–Spencer (2,by Fowler); Larker (1,by Worthington); Roseboro (1,by Worthington)..  Team LOB–7.  Team–9.  CS–Cepeda (1,2nd base by Fowler/Roseboro).  SB–Moon (2,2nd base off McCormick/Schmidt); Gilliam (1,2nd base off Worthington/Schmidt).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–3:47.  A–30,423.
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