Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs
June 10, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 10, 1959 at Wrigley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Chicago Cubs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 6, Chicago Cubs 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 2 2 0
Pinson cf 4 0 1 0
Lynch lf 4 0 0 1
  Dropo 1b 1 0 0 0
Robinson 1b,lf 4 2 4 3
Bell rf 5 0 1 0
Bailey c 5 0 1 1
Thomas 3b 4 0 0 0
  Kasko 3b 0 0 0 0
McMillan ss 4 1 1 1
Purkey p 3 1 1 0
  Pena p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 11 6
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 4 0 0 0
Dark 3b 4 0 1 0
Walls rf 4 1 1 0
Banks ss 4 1 1 2
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Thomson lf 4 0 1 0
Altman cf 4 1 1 0
Taylor S. c 2 1 1 2
Hobbie p 1 0 0 0
  Singleton p 0 0 0 0
  Noren ph 1 0 0 0
  Drott p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Cincinnati 002 200 0116110
Chicago 000 020 002461
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  W (6-7) 7.0 4 2 2 1 2
  Pena   2.0 2 2 2 0 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
1
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hobbie  L (6-6) 3.1 6 4 4 4 6
  Singleton   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Drott   3.0 3 1 1 0 3
  Hillman   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
10

  E–Hobbie (1).  2B–Cincinnati E. Bailey (7,off Hobbie), Chicago Thomson (8,off Purkey); Dark (7,off Purkey).  HR–Cincinnati McMillan (8,8th inning off Drott 0 on 1 out); Robinson (15,9th inning off Hillman 0 on 1 out), Chicago S. Taylor (4,5th inning off Purkey 1 on 1 out); Banks (15,9th inning off Pena 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–9.  Team–3.  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:32.  A–7,657.
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