Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Braves
June 28, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 28, 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 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor 2b 4 0 2 0
Dark 3b 3 0 0 0
Walls rf 2 0 0 0
Banks ss 3 0 0 0
Thomson cf 3 1 1 0
Averill lf,c 4 0 1 0
Neeman c 2 0 1 1
  Moryn lf 2 0 0 0
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Hillman p 0 0 0 0
  Elston p 0 0 0 0
  Goryl ph 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 5 1
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 3 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 1 2 1
Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
Covington lf 2 1 1 0
  Pafko ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 2 0 1 0
Crandall c 3 0 1 1
Logan ss 0 0 0 0
  Roach 2b 2 0 0 0
Mantilla 2b,ss 3 0 0 0
Pizarro p 3 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 5 2
Chicago 000 100 000151
Milwaukee 000 200 00x251
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hillman  L (3-6) 3.2 4 2 1 2 0
  Elston   2.1 0 0 0 2 2
  Henry   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
5
2
1
4
4
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Pizarro  W (1-1) 9.0 5 1 1 7 7
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
7
7

  E–Long (6), Logan (11).  DP–Chicago 2. Banks-T. Taylor-Long, Henry-T. Taylor-Long, Milwaukee 2. Crandall-Logan, Mantilla-Roach-Adcock.  PB–Crandall (1).  2B–Chicago T. Taylor (17,off Pizarro).  HR–Milwaukee Mathews (23,4th inning off Hillman 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  SB–T. Taylor (10,2nd base off Pizarro/Crandall).  CS–T. Taylor (8,2nd base by Pizarro/Crandall).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:34.  A–32,884.
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