San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 11, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 11, 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 0 0 0
Alou rf 5 0 2 3
Kirkland lf 5 2 2 2
Cepeda 1b 5 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 5 0 1 0
Brandt cf 4 2 1 0
Rodgers ss 5 2 2 0
Landrith c 2 1 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt c 1 0 0 0
Sanford p 0 1 0 1
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Shipley p 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Mays ph 1 1 1 3
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Zanni p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 9 9 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 1 0 0
Groat ss 4 1 1 1
Kravitz c 5 1 1 1
Stuart 1b 3 1 1 2
Skinner lf 4 4 3 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 3 1 0
Hoak 3b 4 1 3 2
Mejias rf 2 0 1 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 1 2
  Christopher pr,rf 0 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 1
  Schofield rf 1 0 0 0
Friend p 3 0 1 1
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Law p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 12 13 10
San Francisco 140 000 031995
Pittsburgh 020 003 25x12137
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Worthington   0.2 4 2 2 0 1
  Shipley   3.1 3 3 1 3 0
  Jones   2.0 2 2 0 1 1
  Miller  L (3-2) 0.1 3 5 3 1 0
  Zanni   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
12
6
5
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend   7.0 5 7 2 2 3
  Face  W (9-0) 1.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Law   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
9
4
2
4

  E–Kirkland (3), Spencer (10), Brandt (2), Rodgers 2 (19), Groat (13), Kravitz (1), Stuart (8), Skinner (2), Mazeroski (5), Hoak (10), Friend (1).  2B–San Francisco Rodgers (10,off Friend), Pittsburgh Skinner 2 (8,off Shipley,off G. Jones).  3B–San Francisco Alou (2,off Friend).  HR–San Francisco Kirkland 2 (10,1st inning off Friend 0 on 2 out,9th inning off Law 0 on 0 out); Mays (10,8th inning off Face 2 on 1 out), Pittsburgh Stuart (10,2nd inning off Worthington 0 on 0 out).  HBP–Sanford (1,by Friend).  IBB–Landrith (4,by Friend); Virdon (2,by G. Jones).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Friend (5,off G. Jones).  SF–Groat (2,off G. Jones); Stuart (2,off Miller).  Team–10.  SB–Alou (4,2nd base off Friend/Kravitz).  CS–Alou (2,2nd base by Face/Kravitz).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–3:24.  A–9,444.
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