Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
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 Seals Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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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Cincinnati Reds 1, San Francisco Giants 9

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 0 0
Pinson cf 4 1 2 0
Lynch lf 4 0 2 1
Robinson 1b 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 4 0 1 0
Bailey c 3 0 0 0
McMillan ss 3 0 0 0
Purkey p 2 0 0 0
  Newcombe ph 1 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Rudolph p 0 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 5 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rodgers ss 5 2 3 2
Kirkland rf,lf 3 2 1 0
Mays cf 5 3 2 2
Wagner lf 2 1 2 2
  Alou pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 2 2
Spencer 2b 4 0 0 1
Davenport 3b 4 0 0 0
Schmidt c 4 0 0 0
Miller p 4 0 0 0
Totals 35 9 10 9
Cincinnati 100 000 000152
San Francisco 300 020 40x9102
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  L (4-4) 6.0 6 5 3 2 2
  Acker   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Rudolph   0.0 2 1 1 0 0
  Jeffcoat   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
9
7
4
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Miller  W (2-0) 9.0 5 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
0
6

  E–Temple (8), McMillan (5), Davenport (5), Miller (1).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Thomas-Temple-Robinson.  2B–Cincinnati Pinson (10,off Miller), San Francisco Kirkland (1,off Purkey); Mays (8,off Acker); Cepeda (10,off Rudolph).  3B–San Francisco Wagner (1,off Rudolph).  HR–San Francisco Rodgers 2 (4,1st inning off Purkey 0 on 0 out,7th inning off Acker 0 on 0 out); Mays (6,5th inning off Purkey 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  Team–6.  SB–Pinson (6,2nd base off Miller/Schmidt); Cepeda (4,3rd base off Jeffcoat/E. Bailey).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:20.  A–22,725.
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