Los Angeles Dodgers vs Milwaukee Braves
May 6, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 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."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Milwaukee Braves 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 4 1 1 0
Neal 2b 5 1 2 1
Moon lf 4 1 0 0
Demeter cf 3 0 1 2
Fairly rf 3 0 1 0
Hodges 1b 2 0 0 0
Roseboro c 3 0 0 0
Zimmer ss 3 0 0 0
  Larker ph 1 0 0 0
  Lillis ss 0 0 0 0
Snyder p 1 1 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 0 0 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 5 3
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 2b 3 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
  Giggie p 0 0 0 0
  Vernon ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 5 2 3 1
Aaron rf 3 1 2 0
Adcock lf 2 0 1 0
  Bruton pr,cf 1 0 0 0
Lopata 1b 4 0 0 0
  Covington ph 1 0 1 1
  Burdette pr 0 0 0 0
  Trowbridge p 0 0 0 0
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
Logan ss 3 1 3 2
Pafko cf,lf 4 0 1 0
Jay p 1 0 0 0
  Buhl p 0 0 0 0
  Mantilla ph,2b 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 5 12 4
Los Angeles 000 040 000452
Milwaukee 010 000 22x5121
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Snyder   5.0 6 1 0 5 3
  Klippstein   2.0 3 2 2 1 3
  Fowler  L (2-2) 1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
5
4
7
6
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jay   4.2 4 4 4 4 6
  Buhl   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Pizarro   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Giggie  W (1-0) 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
  Trowbridge  SV (1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
4
4
7
10

  E–Fairly (1), Zimmer (3), Adcock (2).  DP–Los Angeles 1. Zimmer-Neal-Hodges, Milwaukee 1. Logan-O'Brien-Lopata.  SH–Roseboro (2,off Giggie).  HBP–Demeter (2,by Jay).  Team LOB–8.  IBB–Aaron (1,by Fowler).  Team–13.  SB–Neal (5,2nd base off Jay/Crandall); Demeter (2,2nd base off Jay/Crandall); Mantilla (2,2nd base off Fowler/Roseboro).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Ed Sudol.
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