Los Angeles Dodgers vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 3, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 2, St. Louis Cardinals 3

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 3 1 1 0
Neal 2b 4 1 2 0
Demeter cf 3 0 0 1
Hodges 1b 4 0 1 1
Repulski lf 3 0 1 0
  Snider ph 1 0 0 0
Moon rf 4 0 0 0
Pignatano c 2 0 1 0
Zimmer ss 3 0 0 0
  Wills pr,ss 0 0 0 0
Koufax p 2 0 0 0
  Larker ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 6 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 0 0 0
Cimoli cf,lf 3 1 1 2
White lf,1b 4 0 1 1
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
  Tate 3b 0 0 0 0
Cunningham rf 2 0 0 0
Musial 1b 3 0 0 0
  Flood cf 0 0 0 0
Smith c 3 1 2 0
Grammas ss 3 1 1 0
Bridges p 2 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 3 5 3
Los Angeles 000 000 002260
St. Louis 100 000 02x350
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  L (5-2) 7.0 2 1 1 2 7
  Labine   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
3
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Bridges  W (2-0) 8.1 6 2 2 2 9
  McDaniel  SV (6) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
10

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 2. Koufax-Zimmer-Hodges, Wills-Hodges, St. Louis 2. Musial-Grammas, H. Smith-Grammas.  2B–Los Angeles Gilliam (10,off Bridges); Hodges (15,off Bridges), St. Louis White (18,off Koufax).  SF–Demeter (4,off Bridges).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Bridges (1,off Labine).  IBB–Blasingame (2,by Labine).  Team–3.  CS–Wills (3,2nd base by Bridges/H. Smith).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:09.  A–15,384.
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