San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
May 22, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 22, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 1, Los Angeles Dodgers 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Rodgers ss 6 0 0 0
Kirkland rf 4 0 1 0
  Alou pr,rf 2 1 0 0
Mays cf 5 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 5 0 3 1
Wagner lf 5 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 4 0 1 0
Landrith c 4 0 0 0
Bressoud 3b 3 0 1 0
  Rhodes ph 0 0 0 0
  Davenport pr,3b 1 0 0 0
Antonelli p 4 0 0 0
  Worthington p 1 0 0 0
Totals 44 1 6 1
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 4 1 2 0
Neal 2b 5 0 0 0
Demeter cf 5 1 1 0
Repulski rf 3 0 1 0
  Fairly rf 1 0 0 0
  Zimmer ph 1 0 0 0
  Drake rf 0 0 0 0
  Snider ph 0 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 1 1
Gray 3b 5 0 0 0
Pignatano c 4 0 0 0
Lillis ss 5 0 0 0
Drysdale p 5 0 0 0
Totals 42 2 5 1
San Francisco 000 000 001 000 0162
Los Angeles 000 001 000 000 1250
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli   11.0 4 1 0 5 7
  Worthington  L (1-2) 1.2 1 1 1 1 1
Totals
12.2
5
2
1
6
8
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  W (4-4) 13.0 6 1 1 2 11
Totals
13.0
6
1
1
2
11

  E–Bressoud 2 (3).  DP–San Francisco 1. Rodgers-Spencer-Cepeda.  3B–San Francisco Cepeda (2,off Drysdale).  SH–Landrith (1,off Drysdale); Neal (6,off Antonelli).  IBB–Rhodes (1,by Drysdale); Hodges (3,by Antonelli).  Team LOB–7.  HBP–Demeter (3,by Worthington).  Team–10.  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–3:34.  A–31,014.
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