Los Angeles Dodgers vs Milwaukee Braves
May 5, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1959 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 2, Milwaukee Braves 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 6 2 1 0
Neal 2b 6 0 1 0
Moon lf 7 0 2 0
Snider rf 6 0 2 1
Hodges 1b 7 0 2 1
Demeter cf 7 0 1 0
Roseboro c 6 0 0 0
Zimmer ss 6 0 0 0
Drysdale p 4 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
  Larker ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 57 2 9 2
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 8 1 2 0
Mathews 3b 8 1 1 0
Aaron rf 4 0 2 2
Vernon lf,1b 7 0 2 0
Torre 1b 1 0 0 0
  Pafko lf 5 0 0 0
Crandall c 6 0 1 0
Logan ss 7 1 4 0
O'Brien 2b 7 0 2 1
Willey p 3 0 0 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 1 0 0 0
  Morgan ph 1 0 0 0
  Rush p 1 0 1 0
Totals 60 3 15 3
Los Angeles 100 010 000 000 000 0290
Milwaukee 000 100 100 000 000 13153
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale   11.0 10 2 2 2 9
  Fowler   2.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Labine  L (0-3) 2.2 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
15.2
15
3
3
4
11
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Willey   8.0 8 2 2 1 4
  McMahon   5.0 0 0 0 0 5
  Rush  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
16.0
9
2
2
1
13

  E–Mathews (4), Vernon (1), Crandall (1).  DP–Los Angeles 1. Zimmer-Neal-Hodges.  2B–Los Angeles Hodges (4,off Willey), Milwaukee Logan (3,off Drysdale); O'Brien (1,off Drysdale); Vernon 2 (2,off Drysdale,off Labine); Bruton (3,off Drysdale); Aaron (9,off Labine)..  3B–Milwaukee Mathews (3,off Drysdale).  SH–Neal (2,off Willey); Snider (1,off Willey); Crandall (3,off Drysdale).  Team LOB–10.  HBP–Torre (2,by Drysdale).  Team–16.  SB–Moon (4,2nd base off Willey/Crandall); Demeter (1,2nd base off Rush/Crandall).  CS–Snider (1,2nd base by Willey/Crandall).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.
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