San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
June 5, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1959 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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 2, Cincinnati Reds 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 3 0 0 0
Kirkland rf 3 2 1 1
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 0
Wagner lf 4 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 3 0 1 0
Rodgers ss 3 0 0 0
Landrith c 3 0 0 0
Antonelli p 2 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Zanni p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Shipley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 3 1
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 3 1 2 1
Pinson cf 3 1 0 0
Whisenant rf 3 0 0 0
  Bell rf 1 0 1 1
Robinson lf 4 1 1 0
Dotterer c 4 1 1 1
Dropo 1b 4 1 1 1
Thomas 3b 4 1 1 1
McMillan ss 4 1 2 1
Newcombe p 4 0 1 1
Totals 34 7 10 7
San Francisco 000 001 001230
Cincinnati 001 005 10x7100
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli  L (7-3) 5.2 6 5 5 1 2
  Worthington   0.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Zanni   1.1 1 1 1 1 2
  Shipley   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
7
7
2
4
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W (5-4) 9.0 3 2 2 2 6
Totals
9.0
3
2
2
2
6

  E–None.  2B–Cincinnati Robinson (9,off Antonelli); Dotterer (3,off Antonelli); Dropo (1,off Antonelli); Bell (5,off Zanni).  HR–San Francisco Kirkland (6,6th inning off Newcombe 0 on 2 out), Cincinnati McMillan (7,3rd inning off Antonelli 0 on 0 out); Temple (3,6th inning off Antonelli 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–3.  Team–5.  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:30.  A–18,930.
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