Milwaukee Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 17, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. 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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Milwaukee Braves 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 3

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 1 2 2
Mathews 3b 5 1 1 0
Aaron rf 4 1 2 2
Covington lf 5 0 1 1
Torre 1b 5 0 0 0
Crandall c 5 3 4 1
Logan ss 3 1 2 0
O'Brien 2b 4 1 1 1
Burdette p 4 0 1 1
Totals 40 8 14 8
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Moon lf 4 0 0 0
Neal 2b 4 1 2 1
Snider rf 4 0 0 0
Demeter cf 4 2 2 1
Larker 1b 4 0 1 0
Hodges 3b 4 0 1 0
Zimmer ss 4 0 1 1
Pignatano c 4 0 1 0
Drysdale p 2 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
  Snyder p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 3
Milwaukee 100 121 0308140
Los Angeles 010 100 010381
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  W (6-2) 9.0 8 3 3 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
0
3
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  L (3-4) 7.0 9 5 5 2 3
  Fowler   0.2 4 3 3 0 1
  Snyder   1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
14
8
8
2
5

  E–Snyder (1).  DP–Los Angeles 2. Neal-Zimmer-Larker, Hodges-Neal.  2B–Milwaukee Bruton (4,off Drysdale); Logan (6,off Drysdale); O'Brien (3,off Fowler).  HR–Milwaukee Crandall (5,4th inning off Drysdale 0 on 1 out); Aaron (11,5th inning off Drysdale 1 on 1 out), Los Angeles Demeter (9,2nd inning off Burdette 0 on 0 out); Neal (3,8th inning off Burdette 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:28.  A–49,347.
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