San Francisco Giants vs Milwaukee Braves
May 3, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 3, 1959 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the San Francisco Giants 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 4, Milwaukee Braves 9

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 0 1 0
Kirkland lf 3 1 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 2 2
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 4 1 1 1
Rodgers ss 3 1 1 1
Schmidt c 3 0 0 0
Antonelli p 2 0 0 0
  Zanni p 0 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Speake ph 1 0 0 0
  Shipley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 2b 5 1 2 0
Mathews 3b 4 1 1 1
Aaron rf 4 2 3 3
Adcock 1b,lf 3 1 1 0
  Bruton cf 0 0 0 0
Pafko lf 2 0 0 0
  Torre ph,1b 2 1 1 3
Crandall c 4 1 3 2
Pisoni cf,lf 4 0 0 0
Logan ss 3 0 2 0
Burdette p 3 2 0 0
Totals 34 9 13 9
San Francisco 200 100 100462
Milwaukee 100 150 02x9130
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli  L (3-2) 4.1 7 5 2 1 1
  Zanni   0.1 0 1 0 1 0
  Worthington   1.1 2 1 0 1 1
  Shipley   2.0 4 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
13
9
4
3
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  W (5-0) 9.0 6 4 4 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
3

  E–Spencer (7), Rodgers (9).  DP–San Francisco 2. Rodgers-Spencer-Cepeda, Rodgers-Spencer-Cepeda.  2B–San Francisco Davenport (3,off Burdette), Milwaukee Torre (3,off Worthington).  HR–San Francisco Mays (2,1st inning off Burdette 1 on 1 out); Spencer (1,4th inning off Burdette 0 on 2 out); Rodgers (2,7th inning off Burdette 0 on 1 out)., Milwaukee Aaron 2 (8,1st inning off Antonelli 0 on 2 out,4th inning off Antonelli 0 on 0 out); Crandall (2,8th inning off Shipley 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–2.  SF–Aaron (3,off Zanni).  HBP–Burdette (1,by Shipley).  Team–6.  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:09.  A–22,911.
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