Cincinnati Reds vs San Francisco Giants
June 18, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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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Cincinnati Reds 3, San Francisco Giants 8

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 2 1
Pinson cf 5 0 1 1
Lynch lf 4 1 3 0
Robinson 1b 3 0 1 0
Thomas 3b 4 0 1 1
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 3 1 1 0
Kasko ss 3 1 1 0
  Newcombe ph 0 0 0 0
  Henrich pr 0 0 0 0
Nuxhall p 1 0 0 0
  Schmidt p 0 0 0 0
  Powers ph 1 0 0 0
  O'Toole p 0 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 10 3
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 2 2 0
Kirkland rf 4 1 0 0
Mays cf 5 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 5 1 4 2
Spencer 2b 4 2 3 1
Brandt lf 5 1 1 2
Schmidt c 5 0 2 1
Rodgers ss 5 1 2 1
Worthington p 2 0 1 0
  Miller p 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 8 15 7
Cincinnati 000 020 0103104
San Francisco 101 031 11x8150
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall  L (3-5) 5.2 13 6 4 0 3
  Schmidt   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  O'Toole   2.0 2 2 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
15
8
5
2
4
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Worthington   4.2 5 2 2 1 0
  Miller  W (4-3) 4.1 5 1 1 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
2

  E–Temple 3 (16), Kasko (2).  DP–Cincinnati 1. Kasko-Temple-Robinson, San Francisco 2. Cepeda-Rodgers, Rodgers-Spencer-Cepeda.  2B–Cincinnati Robinson (11,off Miller), San Francisco Brandt (9,off Nuxhall); Rodgers (11,off Nuxhall); Schmidt (6,off O'Toole).  SH–Nuxhall (2,off Worthington).  SF–Temple (4,off Worthington).  HBP–Robinson (5,by Worthington); Kirkland (3,by Nuxhall).  Team LOB–8.  Team–12.  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:37.  A–11,449.
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