Milwaukee Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 16, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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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Milwaukee Braves 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Wise 2b 4 2 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 1 0 0
Aaron rf 5 1 1 1
Crandall c 5 1 2 2
Torre 1b 3 0 1 1
Pafko cf,lf 2 0 1 1
Roach lf 3 0 0 0
  Bruton cf 1 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 0 2 0
Burdette p 4 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 5 1 2 0
Neal 2b 5 0 1 2
Moon lf 5 1 4 1
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 1
Howard rf 4 0 0 0
Demeter cf 4 0 1 0
Roseboro c 4 1 3 0
Zimmer ss 2 0 0 0
  Larker ph 1 0 1 0
  Wills ss 0 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 0 1 0 0
Podres p 2 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 0 0 0
  Fowler p 0 0 0 0
  Furillo ph 1 0 1 0
  Pignatano pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 13 4
Milwaukee 100 000 400580
Los Angeles 000 000 0224130
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  W (10-5) 8.1 11 4 4 1 4
  McMahon  SV (6) 0.2 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
4
4
1
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres  L (7-3) 6.2 7 5 5 5 4
  Labine   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Fowler   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
5
5

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 2. Crandall-Logan, Logan-Wise-Torre.  2B–Milwaukee Pafko (3,off Podres); Crandall (7,off Podres), Los Angeles Moon (9,off Burdette); Roseboro (6,off Burdette); Neal (10,off McMahon).  3B–Los Angeles Moon (5,off Burdette).  Team LOB–8.  Team–8.  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.
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