St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
May 29, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 4, San Francisco Giants 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 2 1
Cimoli cf 3 0 2 0
  Flood pr,cf 1 0 1 0
Musial 1b 4 0 1 0
  Smith B. rf 1 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
White lf 4 0 1 0
  King lf 1 0 0 0
Cunningham rf,1b 3 2 1 1
Smith H. c 4 1 1 2
Tate ss 4 1 1 0
Mizell p 4 0 2 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 12 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 3b 3 0 0 0
  Wagner ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Alou rf 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 0 1 1
Cepeda 1b 4 0 0 0
Brandt lf,rf 4 1 1 0
Spencer 2b 4 0 2 0
Rodgers ss 3 0 2 1
Schmidt c 3 1 1 0
  Speake ph 1 0 0 0
Sanford p 2 0 0 0
  Davenport ph,3b 1 0 0 0
  Kirkland ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
St. Louis 000 000 2204120
San Francisco 000 000 011270
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  W (6-1) 8.0 6 2 2 4 2
  McDaniel  SV (2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
3
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  L (6-5) 8.0 9 4 4 2 5
  Jones   0.1 3 0 0 0 0
  Worthington   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
4
4
3
6

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1. Blasingame-Tate-Cunningham.  2B–St. Louis Cimoli (21,off Sanford), San Francisco Mays (12,off Mizell); Brandt (6,off Mizell).  HR–St. Louis Cunningham (2,7th inning off Sanford 0 on 1 out); H. Smith (6,8th inning off Sanford 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–10.  Team–7.  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Vic Delmore, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:38.  A–20,199.
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