Cincinnati Reds vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 19, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 3 0 2 1
Pinson cf 5 1 0 0
Robinson 1b 2 1 0 0
Thomas 3b 4 1 1 0
Whisenant rf 3 0 2 1
  Bell ph,rf 2 0 1 1
Pendleton lf 3 0 0 0
  Lynch ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Dotterer c 4 0 3 1
McMillan ss 4 0 2 0
Schmidt p 2 1 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Powers ph 1 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 11 4
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Moon lf 4 2 0 0
Neal 2b 4 2 2 2
Fairly rf 3 0 3 1
Demeter cf 4 0 1 1
Larker 1b 4 0 1 1
  Gilliam 3b 0 0 0 0
Hodges 3b,1b 3 0 0 0
Pignatano c 4 1 1 0
Lillis ss 4 0 2 0
Podres p 0 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 1 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 1 0 0
  Fowler p 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 10 5
Cincinnati 101 100 0014112
Los Angeles 002 004 00x6101
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Schmidt  L (1-1) 5.2 9 6 1 4 4
  Acker   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Jeffcoat   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
6
1
5
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres   3.2 8 3 3 3 3
  Klippstein  W (4-0) 2.1 1 0 0 1 2
  Fowler   2.2 2 1 1 2 3
  Labine  SV (5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
4
4
6
9

  E–Temple (9), McMillan (6), Lillis (3).  DP–Los Angeles 3. Hodges-Neal, Neal-Lillis-Larker, Hodges-Neal-Larker.  2B–Cincinnati Dotterer (1,off Podres), Los Angeles Lillis (1,off Schmidt); Neal (3,off Schmidt).  3B–Cincinnati Temple (1,off Podres).  HBP–Schmidt (3,by Klippstein).  Team LOB–11.  IBB–Hodges (2,by Schmidt).  Team–8.  SB–Robinson (6,3rd base off Podres/Pignatano).  CS–Fairly (3,2nd base by Schmidt/Dotterer).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Hal Dixon.  T–3:01.  A–14,927.
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