Milwaukee Braves vs San Francisco Giants
June 21, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves 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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Milwaukee Braves 13, San Francisco Giants 3

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Pafko cf 2 1 1 0
  Bruton cf 3 1 1 0
Mathews 3b 5 2 2 2
Aaron rf 6 3 3 6
Adcock 1b 3 1 0 0
  Torre 1b 1 0 0 0
Crandall c 4 3 2 1
Covington lf 5 0 1 0
Logan ss 4 1 2 4
Mantilla 2b 4 0 2 0
Spahn p 5 1 1 0
Totals 42 13 15 13
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 0 1 1
Kirkland rf 5 0 2 1
Mays cf 5 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 1 0
Spencer 2b 4 1 1 1
Brandt lf 4 0 0 0
Schmidt c 4 0 0 0
Rodgers ss 4 2 3 0
Antonelli p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 2 0 1 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 1 0
  Shipley p 0 0 0 0
  Sauer ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 11 3
Milwaukee 500 014 30013150
San Francisco 010 000 1013111
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W (9-8) 9.0 11 3 3 1 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
1
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli  L (10-4) 0.2 5 5 5 1 0
  Miller   4.1 5 4 4 2 2
  Jones   2.0 4 4 4 1 1
  Shipley   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
15
13
13
4
5

  E–Spencer (12).  2B–Milwaukee Bruton (11,off Miller).  3B–Milwaukee Pafko (1,off Antonelli).  HR–Milwaukee Aaron 3 (19,1st inning off Antonelli 1 on 1 out,6th inning off Miller 1 on 0 out,7th inning off G. Jones 1 on 1 out); Logan (8,1st inning off Antonelli 2 on 2 out); Crandall (11,5th inning off Miller 0 on 0 out), San Francisco Spencer (5,2nd inning off Spahn 0 on 1 out).  SH–Bruton (3,off G. Jones).  HBP–Mantilla (2,by Miller).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Vinnie Smith.  T–2:29.  A–22,934.
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