Milwaukee Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
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 Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Milwaukee Braves 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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Milwaukee Braves 10, Cincinnati Reds 11

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Pisoni cf 2 2 1 0
  Vernon ph 1 0 0 0
  Buhl p 1 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 1 1
  Trowbridge p 0 0 0 0
  Spahn p 1 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 5 2 3 2
Aaron rf 4 1 3 3
Adcock 1b 3 0 0 1
Covington lf 4 0 1 0
Crandall c 5 1 2 0
Logan ss 5 1 1 0
Mantilla 2b 2 2 0 0
Burdette p 1 0 0 0
  Hartman p 0 0 0 0
  Rush p 0 0 0 0
  Bruton ph,cf 4 1 3 3
Totals 39 10 15 10
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 6 2 4 1
Pinson cf 6 0 3 3
Lynch lf 5 0 1 1
  Kasko 3b 0 0 0 0
  Ennis ph 0 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 5 1 3 2
Bell rf 5 1 2 0
Thomas 3b,lf 4 2 1 1
Bailey c 4 0 1 2
McMillan ss 5 2 2 1
Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 1 0 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
  Powers ph 0 1 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Mabe p 0 0 0 0
  O'Toole p 0 0 0 0
  Newcombe ph 1 0 1 0
  Pendleton pr 0 1 0 0
  Purkey p 1 0 0 0
Totals 42 11 18 11
Milwaukee 102 401 20010151
Cincinnati 006 020 11111181
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette   2.2 5 5 5 0 0
  Hartman   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Rush   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Buhl   3.0 5 2 0 2 0
  Trowbridge   0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Spahn  L (2-2) 2.1 3 2 2 1 4
Totals
8.1
18
11
9
4
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall   2.1 4 3 2 2 2
  Schmidt   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Pena   0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Jeffcoat   2.0 2 1 1 2 0
  Acker   1.1 3 3 3 1 1
  Mabe   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  O'Toole   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Purkey  W (3-1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
15
10
9
6
4

  E–Adcock (1), Thomas (4).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Logan-Mantilla-Adcock, Cincinnati 3. Thomas-Temple-Robinson, Temple-McMillan-Robinson, McMillan-Robinson.  2B–Milwaukee Aaron (8,off Acker); Bruton (2,off Mabe), Cincinnati Temple (7,off Spahn).  3B–Milwaukee Mathews (1,off Nuxhall); Bruton (2,off Pena), Cincinnati Lynch (1,off Burdette).  HR–Milwaukee Aaron (4,4th inning off Jeffcoat 0 on 2 out), Cincinnati Thomas (2,8th inning off Spahn 0 on 0 out).  SF–Aaron (1,off Nuxhall); Robinson (2,off Spahn).  Team LOB–9.  HBP–Schmidt 2 (2,by Burdette,by Rush).  IBB–Ennis (1,by Spahn).  Team–13.  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–3:35.  A–14,925.
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