Milwaukee Braves vs Cincinnati Reds
June 30, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 30, 1959 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Milwaukee Braves 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Milwaukee Braves 5, Cincinnati Reds 8

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 1 2 0
Mathews 3b 5 1 2 3
Aaron rf 4 0 1 0
Covington lf 4 1 2 0
Adcock 1b 4 1 2 2
Crandall c 4 0 1 0
Roach 2b 4 0 0 0
Mantilla ss 4 1 1 0
Burdette p 2 0 0 0
  Vernon ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 2 4 1
Pinson cf 5 2 2 2
Lynch lf 4 1 1 1
  Lockman 1b 0 0 0 0
Robinson 1b,lf 4 1 2 1
Bell rf 4 1 1 3
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 0
Dotterer c 4 0 1 0
Kasko ss 4 1 2 0
Purkey p 2 0 0 0
  Pena p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 14 8
Milwaukee 003 002 0005111
Cincinnati 103 200 11x8140
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  L (11-7) 6.0 11 6 5 0 1
  McMahon   2.0 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
8
7
0
2
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  W (7-9) 5.0 8 5 5 0 2
  Pena  SV (2) 4.0 3 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
0
4

  E–Roach (2).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Burdette-Adcock.  2B–Milwaukee Bruton (13,off Purkey); Aaron (27,off Purkey), Cincinnati Temple (23,off Burdette); Robinson (16,off Burdette).  HR–Milwaukee Mathews (24,3rd inning off Purkey 2 on 2 out); Adcock (6,6th inning off Purkey 1 on 0 out), Cincinnati Bell (9,3rd inning off Burdette 2 on 1 out); Pinson (12,4th inning off Burdette 1 on 2 out); Lynch (10,7th inning off McMahon 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Pena (4,off McMahon).  Team–6.  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:26.  A–14,990.
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