San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 17, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 17, 1959 at Forbes Field. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 5 0 1 0
Kirkland rf 5 0 1 1
Mays cf 5 1 1 0
Cepeda 1b 5 1 2 1
Spencer 2b 4 0 1 0
Brandt lf 1 1 0 0
Landrith c 3 0 1 1
Bressoud ss 4 1 3 1
Jones p 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 10 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 0 1 0
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
Skinner lf 3 0 1 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 0 0
Kravitz c 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 4 1 1 0
Clemente rf 3 0 2 1
Kline p 2 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
San Francisco 100 000 1204100
Pittsburgh 010 000 000171
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (13-9) 9.0 7 1 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
1
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L (7-8) 7.0 7 2 2 2 4
  Face   2.0 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
6

  E–Stuart (16).  DP–San Francisco 1. Davenport-Cepeda.  2B–San Francisco Mays (24,off Kline); Cepeda (23,off Kline); Bressoud (6,off Kline); Kirkland (13,off Kline).  SH–S. Jones (5,off Kline); Landrith (2,off Face).  Team LOB–9.  Team–6.  SB–Cepeda 2 (15,2nd base off Face/Kravitz,3rd base off Face/Kravitz); Hoak (7,2nd base off S. Jones/Landrith).  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Shag Crawford, 2B–Vic Delmore, 3B–Al Barlick.  T–2:51.  A–33,220.
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