San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs
April 26, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 26, 1959 at Wrigley Field. The San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 3, Chicago Cubs 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 1 1 0
Brandt lf 5 1 2 1
Mays cf 5 0 2 1
Cepeda 1b 5 0 0 0
Alou rf 3 1 0 0
Spencer 2b 4 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 2 0 1 0
Schmidt c 4 0 2 1
Sanford p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 4 0 0 0
Dark 3b 3 0 0 1
Altman cf 4 0 1 0
Banks ss 3 0 0 0
Moryn lf 3 0 0 0
  King pr 0 1 0 0
Long 1b 4 0 1 0
  Eaddy pr 0 0 0 0
Walls rf 3 0 0 0
Taylor S. c 3 0 0 0
Hobbie p 2 1 1 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Singleton p 0 0 0 0
  Thomson ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 31 2 4 2
San Francisco 001 001 100383
Chicago 000 010 001241
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W (3-1) 9.0 4 2 1 2 4
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
2
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hobbie  L (2-1) 7.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Singleton   2.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
4
5

  E–Cepeda 2 (7), Bressoud (1), Long (1).  2B–San Francisco Mays (3,off Hobbie), Chicago Hobbie (1,off Sanford).  HR–San Francisco Brandt (3,7th inning off Hobbie 0 on 1 out).  SH–Sanford (2,off Hobbie); T. Taylor (1,off Sanford); Walls (1,off Sanford).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Dark (1,off Sanford).  HBP–Banks (1,by Sanford).  IBB–S. Taylor (1,by Sanford).  Team–8.  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:12.  A–8,427.
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