San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 5, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 5, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 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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San Francisco Giants 4, St. Louis Cardinals 2

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 3b 5 3 2 0
Mays cf 5 1 2 2
Kirkland rf 4 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 3 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 3 0 1 2
Brandt lf 4 0 1 0
Landrith c 4 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 1 0
Jones p 3 0 0 0
  Miller p 1 0 0 0
  Antonelli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 2 1 0
Cunningham rf 3 0 1 0
White lf 5 0 2 1
Boyer 3b 3 0 2 1
Musial 1b 4 0 0 0
Smith B. cf 3 0 2 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 0 0
  Bridges p 0 0 0 0
  Cimoli ph 1 0 0 0
Katt c 2 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith H. c 1 0 1 0
Grammas ss 4 0 1 0
Blaylock p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 3 0 0 0
  Flood cf 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 10 2
San Francisco 201 000 100491
St. Louis 001 000 0012102
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (10-8) 7.0 6 1 1 6 7
  Miller   1.1 4 1 1 0 1
  Antonelli  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
6
8
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Blaylock  L (4-5) 2.2 6 3 3 0 3
  McDaniel   4.1 3 1 0 2 3
  Bridges   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
2
9

  E–Kirkland (7), Boyer (12), Musial (4).  DP–San Francisco 2. Bressoud-Spencer-Cepeda, Bressoud-Spencer-Cepeda.  2B–San Francisco Bressoud (3,off G. Blaylock), St. Louis Cunningham (14,off S. Jones); White (19,off S. Jones); Boyer (9,off S. Jones).  HR–San Francisco Mays (14,1st inning off G. Blaylock 1 on 0 out).  SF–Spencer (5,off McDaniel).  IBB–Bressoud (2,by McDaniel); Cepeda (6,by McDaniel); Musial (4,by S. Jones).  Team LOB–7.  Team–13.  SB–Brandt (6,2nd base off McDaniel/H. Smith).  CS–Cepeda (6,2nd base by McDaniel/Katt); Mays (4,Home by McDaniel/H. Smith).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Ken Burkhart.
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