Pittsburgh Pirates vs Milwaukee Braves
July 27, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 27, 1959 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Milwaukee Braves 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente rf 4 2 2 0
Groat ss 3 0 1 1
Skinner lf 3 0 1 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 1 1
Burgess c 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 0 0
Virdon cf 2 0 0 0
Kline p 2 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Haddix p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 5 2
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 4 1 1 2
Bruton cf 4 0 0 0
Aaron 3b,rf 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 0 1 0
  Torre 1b 0 0 0 0
Covington lf 4 1 2 0
Maye rf 4 1 1 0
  Mantilla 3b 0 0 0 0
Logan ss 2 1 0 0
Crandall c 2 1 2 2
Jay p 2 0 0 0
Totals 30 5 7 4
Pittsburgh 001 001 000251
Milwaukee 000 000 50x570
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L (7-10) 7.0 7 5 4 2 4
  Haddix   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
2
6
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jay  W (4-7) 9.0 5 2 2 2 3
Totals
9.0
5
2
2
2
3

  E–Mazeroski (11).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Adcock.  2B–Pittsburgh Clemente (7,off Jay).  3B–Milwaukee Avila (1,off Kline).  SH–Groat (4,off Jay); Jay (1,off Kline).  IBB–Skinner (4,by Jay).  Team LOB–3.  Team–4.  SB–Crandall (4,2nd base off Kline/Burgess).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:13.  A–15,817.
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