Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
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 Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 3, St. Louis Cardinals 12

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Wise 2b 4 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 2 0
Aaron rf 4 0 1 1
Covington lf 3 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 0 1 0
Bruton cf 4 0 0 0
Crandall c 4 1 1 0
Logan ss 2 0 0 0
  Mantilla ss 1 1 1 2
Spahn p 1 0 0 0
  Jay p 0 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 1 1 0
  Hartman p 0 0 0 0
  Giggie p 0 0 0 0
  Vernon ph 1 0 0 0
  Trowbridge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 3 3 2
Cimoli cf,rf 5 2 2 3
White 1b 4 2 3 2
Boyer 3b 5 1 3 4
Cunningham rf 3 0 2 0
  Flood pr,cf 2 1 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 1 0
Smith c 4 0 1 0
Grammas ss 3 2 1 1
Jackson p 3 1 0 0
Totals 38 12 16 12
Milwaukee 000 001 200370
St. Louis 000 235 02x12160
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L (7-7) 4.2 6 5 5 2 3
  Jay   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Hartman   0.2 4 4 4 0 1
  Giggie   0.1 2 1 1 0 1
  Trowbridge   2.0 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.0
16
12
12
2
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (4-6) 9.0 7 3 3 1 4
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
4

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1. Bruton-Wise, St. Louis 1. H. Smith-Blasingame.  2B–Milwaukee Mathews (4,off Jackson); Aaron (22,off Jackson), St. Louis White 2 (7,off Giggie,off Trowbridge); Boyer (6,off Trowbridge).  3B–St. Louis White (5,off Spahn).  HR–Milwaukee Mantilla (1,7th inning off Jackson 1 on 2 out), St. Louis Boyer (13,4th inning off Spahn 1 on 1 out); Cimoli (5,6th inning off Giggie 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Jackson (2,off Spahn).  Team–5.  CS–Mathews (1,2nd base by Jackson/H. Smith).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:35.  A–13,014.
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