Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
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 Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 3, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 1 3 0
Maye lf 5 0 2 0
Aaron rf 5 1 2 1
Torre 1b 4 0 1 1
Crandall c 3 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 0 1 0
O'Brien 2b 2 1 0 0
  Covington ph 1 0 0 0
  Mantilla 2b 0 0 0 0
Spahn p 4 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 10 2
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 1 1 0
Cimoli cf,lf 4 1 0 0
White 1b 4 0 2 1
Boyer 3b 3 1 1 0
Cunningham rf 2 1 1 2
Oliver lf 4 0 1 1
  Flood pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 0 0
Grammas ss 2 0 0 0
Jackson p 1 0 1 0
  Gray ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 7 4
Milwaukee 012 000 0003101
St. Louis 101 000 02x472
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L (11-10) 7.2 7 4 3 5 1
  McMahon   0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
7
4
3
6
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson   7.0 9 3 2 2 5
  McDaniel  W (9-10) 2.0 1 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
10
3
2
2
9

  E–Spahn (2), Blasingame (14), Jackson (1).  DP–Milwaukee 2. Mathews-Torre, Aaron-O'Brien-Torre-Logan-Crandall, St. Louis 1. Grammas-Blasingame-White.  2B–Milwaukee Aaron (33,off Jackson); Torre (11,off Jackson), St. Louis White (24,off Spahn); Cunningham (16,off Spahn).  3B–Milwaukee Mathews (8,off Jackson), St. Louis Blasingame (6,off Spahn).  SH–O'Brien (4,off Jackson); Jackson (4,off Spahn); Blasingame (5,off Spahn).  HBP–Crandall (1,by Jackson).  IBB–Torre (3,by Jackson).  Team LOB–11.  Team–8.  SB–Bruton (5,2nd base off McDaniel/H. Smith).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:30.  A–22,612.
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