Cincinnati Reds vs St. Louis Cardinals
July 14, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 14, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, St. Louis Cardinals 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 1 2 0
Pinson cf 5 1 1 0
Bell rf 5 1 3 1
Robinson 1b 5 1 1 3
Bailey c 4 1 1 0
Jones 3b 5 0 1 0
Thomas lf 4 0 1 0
  McMillan pr 0 0 0 0
  Pendleton lf 0 0 0 0
Kasko ss 5 0 1 1
Newcombe p 5 0 1 0
Totals 43 5 12 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 1 2 0
Cunningham rf 6 2 4 2
White lf 5 1 2 1
Boyer 3b 5 0 3 0
Cimoli cf 5 0 1 2
Musial 1b 4 1 1 1
Smith c 3 0 1 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 0 0
  Gray ss 1 0 0 0
Grammas ss 3 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 0 0
  Katt c 1 0 1 0
  Jeffcoat pr 0 0 0 0
Jackson p 0 0 0 0
  Bridges p 3 0 1 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 1 0
  Flood pr 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 1 0 0
Totals 45 6 17 6
Cincinnati 104 000 000 005120
St. Louis 202 001 000 016170
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  L (9-5) 10.1 17 6 6 1 2
Totals
10.1
17
6
6
1
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   2.1 7 5 5 1 2
  Bridges   6.2 4 0 0 1 7
  McDaniel  W (8-10) 2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
11.0
12
5
5
2
11

  E–None.  DP–Cincinnati 2. Kasko-Temple-Robinson, Temple-Robinson, St. Louis 2. Grammas-Blasingame-Musial, McDaniel-Gray-Musial.  2B–Cincinnati Jones (10,off Jackson).  3B–Cincinnati Temple (3,off Jackson), St. Louis Cunningham (3,off Newcombe); White (7,off Newcombe).  HR–Cincinnati Robinson (23,3rd inning off Jackson 2 on 1 out), St. Louis Musial (8,6th inning off Newcombe 0 on 1 out).  IBB–Thomas (4,by Bridges); Musial (7,by Newcombe).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Blasingame (4,off Newcombe).  Team–10.  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:53.  A–13,622.
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