Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Braves
June 26, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1959 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 1, Milwaukee Braves 11

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 5 0 1 0
Dark 3b 5 1 3 0
Walls rf 5 0 1 0
Banks ss 4 0 1 1
Thomson cf 4 0 1 0
Neeman c 4 0 1 0
Moryn lf 3 0 1 0
Long 1b 4 0 1 0
Buzhardt p 2 0 0 0
  Morehead p 0 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Singleton p 0 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 38 1 11 1
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 2 2 1
Mathews 3b 4 0 2 1
Aaron rf 4 2 2 0
Covington lf 5 2 3 3
Adcock 1b 5 2 2 1
Crandall c 5 0 1 2
Logan ss 5 1 3 2
Mantilla 2b 5 0 2 0
Spahn p 5 2 2 1
Totals 43 11 19 11
Chicago 000 010 0001112
Milwaukee 300 301 13x11191
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Buzhardt  L (4-3) 3.1 8 6 6 1 1
  Morehead   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Drabowsky   1.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Singleton   3.0 9 5 5 0 1
Totals
8.0
19
11
11
2
4
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W (10-8) 9.0 11 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
1
4

  E–T. Taylor (7), Walls (6), Mantilla (7).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Mantilla-Adcock.  2B–Chicago Dark (9,off Spahn), Milwaukee Crandall (10,off Buzhardt); Bruton (12,off Singleton); Aaron (26,off Singleton).  HR–Milwaukee Spahn (1,7th inning off Singleton 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–11.  IBB–Aaron (7,by Morehead).  Team–10.  SB–Mantilla (3,2nd base off Buzhardt/Neeman).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Vinnie Smith.  T–2:36.  A–35,262.
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