Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
June 9, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1959 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 4, Chicago Cubs 8

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 3 0 1 0
Pinson cf 4 1 1 2
Lynch lf 3 0 0 0
  Whisenant ph 1 0 0 0
  Powers lf 0 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 2 2 1 0
Bell rf 4 0 3 0
Bailey c 4 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 4 0 1 0
McMillan ss 3 1 0 0
Nuxhall p 1 0 0 0
  Acker p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 2
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 5 0 1 0
Dark 3b 5 1 1 0
Walls rf 4 2 4 0
Banks ss 3 2 2 3
Thomson lf 4 2 2 3
Neeman c 5 0 1 0
Long 1b 4 1 1 1
Altman cf 4 0 4 1
Anderson p 2 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 16 8
Cincinnati 000 121 000470
Chicago 000 130 31x8160
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall  L (3-4) 6.0 12 5 5 1 2
  Acker   0.2 3 2 2 0 1
  Arroyo   1.1 1 1 1 3 0
Totals
8.0
16
8
8
4
3
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Anderson   6.1 7 4 4 4 3
  Henry  W (4-2) 2.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
5

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 1. McMillan-Temple-Robinson, Chicago 2. Thomson-Long, T. Taylor-Banks-Long.  2B–Chicago Altman (4,off Nuxhall); T. Taylor (9,off Nuxhall).  3B–Chicago Dark (6,off Arroyo).  HR–Cincinnati Pinson (9,5th inning off Anderson 1 on 2 out), Chicago Thomson (7,5th inning off Nuxhall 2 on 2 out); Banks (14,7th inning off Acker 1 on 0 out); Long (8,7th inning off Acker 0 on 2 out).  SH–Nuxhall (1,off Anderson); Anderson (2,off Nuxhall).  HBP–Nuxhall (1,by Anderson).  Team LOB–5.  SF–Banks (5,off Arroyo).  IBB–Thomson (4,by Arroyo).  Team–10.  CS–Robinson (2,2nd base by Anderson/Neeman); T. Taylor (7,3rd base by Nuxhall/E. Bailey).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:32.  A–9,141.
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