Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 14, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 8, St. Louis Cardinals 7

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 2 0 0 0
  Pafko ph,cf 3 1 1 1
Mathews 3b 5 2 1 1
Aaron rf 5 0 3 3
Covington lf 5 0 2 0
Torre 1b 2 1 1 0
  Adcock ph,1b 3 0 1 0
Crandall c 4 0 3 1
Logan ss 5 2 3 0
O'Brien 2b 5 1 0 0
Pizarro p 2 0 0 0
  Rush p 0 0 0 0
  Vernon ph 1 1 1 1
  Trowbridge p 2 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Burdette p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 8 16 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 1 1
Cimoli cf 5 0 1 1
Musial 1b 3 0 0 1
Boyer 3b 5 0 2 0
Essegian lf 2 0 0 0
  Kellner p 0 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 1 0 0 0
  Nunn p 0 0 0 0
  Smith B. p 0 0 0 0
  Noren ph 1 0 0 0
  Tate ss 0 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 0 0
Green rf 2 3 0 0
Smith H. c 3 1 2 0
  Smith B. pr 0 1 0 0
Grammas ss 2 0 1 1
  White ph 1 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 1 0
  Jackson pr 0 1 0 0
McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
  Cunningham ph,lf 2 1 2 3
Totals 35 7 10 7
Milwaukee 010 105 0108161
St. Louis 010 200 0137101
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Pizarro   3.0 6 3 3 3 3
  Rush  W (3-0) 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
  Trowbridge   3.1 2 3 2 5 2
  McMahon   0.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Burdette  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
10
7
6
12
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McDaniel   4.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Kellner   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Nunn  L (2-2) 0.1 4 5 5 1 0
  Smith   1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Brosnan   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
16
8
8
1
6

  E–O'Brien (1), Blasingame (7).  DP–Milwaukee 2. Logan-Torre, O'Brien-Logan-Adcock, St. Louis 1. Green-H. Smith.  2B–Milwaukee Logan (5,off McDaniel); Aaron 2 (12,off McDaniel,off Nunn); Torre (4,off McDaniel)., St. Louis Blasingame (6,off Pizarro); Cunningham (4,off Rush); Cimoli (14,off Trowbridge)..  HR–Milwaukee Mathews (14,8th inning off Brosnan 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–10.  SF–Musial (3,off Trowbridge).  Team–14.  U-HP–Vic Delmore, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:11.  A–7,356.
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