San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 8, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 1959 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates 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 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 12

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 5 1 2 3
Alou rf 6 2 2 2
Kirkland lf 4 1 2 1
  Zanni p 0 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  McCormick p 1 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 6 1 2 1
Spencer 2b 5 1 2 1
Brandt cf,lf 6 0 1 0
Rodgers ss 5 1 2 0
Landrith c 1 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 0 0 0 0
  Schmidt c 3 1 3 0
  Speake pr 0 0 0 0
  McCardell c 1 0 0 0
Miller p 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 1 0 0 0
  Mays ph,cf 2 1 2 0
Totals 48 9 18 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield rf 4 0 0 0
  Face p 1 0 1 0
  Bright ph 1 1 1 3
Virdon cf 5 1 2 2
Burgess c 1 0 0 0
  Kravitz pr,c 4 1 1 2
Stuart 1b 4 2 3 2
Skinner lf 5 1 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 6 1 1 0
Hoak 3b 5 1 3 0
Groat ss 4 2 2 1
Kline p 1 0 1 0
  Daniels p 2 1 1 0
  Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 1 1
  Christopher pr 0 1 0 0
  Mejias rf 2 0 0 0
Totals 46 12 18 12
San Francisco 200 200 230 009181
Pittsburgh 011 100 150 0312180
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Miller   3.2 7 3 3 2 1
  Jones   3.1 3 1 1 1 2
  Zanni   0.0 3 3 2 0 0
  Worthington   0.2 1 2 0 0 1
  McCormick  L (3-5) 3.0 4 3 3 2 2
Totals
10.2
18
12
9
5
6
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline   3.1 4 4 4 3 6
  Daniels   4.1 11 5 5 1 2
  Blackburn   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Face  W (8-0) 3.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
11.0
18
9
9
5
9

  E–Rodgers (17).  DP–San Francisco 1. Spencer-Cepeda, Pittsburgh 1. Hoak-Mazeroski-Stuart.  PB–Kravitz (1).  2B–San Francisco Davenport (8,off Daniels).  3B–San Francisco Spencer (1,off Daniels), Pittsburgh Skinner (1,off G. Jones).  HR–San Francisco Alou (8,1st inning off Kline 1 on 0 out); Kirkland (7,4th inning off Kline 0 on 0 out), Pittsburgh Kravitz (1,3rd inning off Miller 0 on 1 out); Stuart (8,8th inning off Worthington 1 on 2 out); Bright (2,11th inning off McCormick 2 on 2 out).  IBB–Wagner (4,by Kline); Stuart (2,by McCormick); Groat (1,by McCormick).  Team LOB–11.  SH–Groat (1,off G. Jones); Virdon (4,off McCormick); Hoak (3,off McCormick).  SF–Kravitz (1,off Worthington).  Team–11.  SB–Alou (3,2nd base off Daniels/Kravitz); Cepeda (8,2nd base off Daniels/Kravitz); Mays (10,2nd base off Face/Kravitz).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–4:13.  A–19,080.
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