San Francisco Giants vs Milwaukee Braves
June 3, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1959 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves 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 4, Milwaukee Braves 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 5 1 0 0
Kirkland rf 4 1 1 1
Mays cf 4 1 2 1
Cepeda 1b 4 1 2 2
Wagner lf 3 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 3 0 1 0
Rodgers ss 4 0 2 0
Schmidt c 2 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Landrith c 1 0 0 0
Sanford p 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Brandt ph 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Zanni p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Wise 2b 4 2 2 1
Mathews 3b 4 2 2 4
Aaron rf 4 2 2 1
Covington lf 4 0 1 1
Torre 1b 3 0 0 0
Bruton cf 4 0 1 0
Crandall c 3 0 1 0
Logan ss 1 1 1 0
  Mantilla ph,ss 3 0 0 0
Buhl p 3 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 10 7
San Francisco 000 003 010480
Milwaukee 001 003 30x7101
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  L (6-6) 5.0 6 4 4 2 3
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Worthington   0.1 3 3 3 0 1
  Zanni   1.2 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
4
6
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  W (4-3) 7.2 8 4 3 2 2
  McMahon  SV (4) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
4
3
2
4

  E–Mathews (8).  DP–San Francisco 1. Rodgers-Cepeda, Milwaukee 1. Logan-Wise-Torre.  2B–San Francisco Mays (14,off Buhl), Milwaukee Wise (1,off Sanford); Aaron (19,off Sanford).  HR–San Francisco Cepeda (10,6th inning off Buhl 1 on 1 out); Kirkland (5,8th inning off Buhl 0 on 1 out), Milwaukee Mathews 2 (19,6th inning off Sanford 1 on 0 out,7th inning off Worthington 1 on 1 out); Aaron (15,7th inning off Worthington 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  Team–6.  SB–Crandall (3,3rd base off Zanni/Landrith).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Vinnie Smith.  T–2:27.  A–23,071.
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