St. Louis Cardinals vs Cincinnati Reds
July 29, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 29, 1959 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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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St. Louis Cardinals 2, Cincinnati Reds 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 1 2 0
Grammas ss 3 1 1 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Urban p 0 0 0 0
White 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 1
Cimoli cf 4 0 1 1
Cunningham rf 4 0 1 0
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Porter c 3 0 1 0
Jackson p 2 0 0 0
  Gray ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 2 1
Pinson cf 4 1 2 2
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 1b 3 2 1 0
Lynch lf 4 1 1 1
  Pendleton lf 0 0 0 0
Bailey c 3 1 1 1
Jones 3b 3 2 1 2
McMillan ss 2 2 1 0
Nuxhall p 4 0 1 1
Totals 31 9 10 8
St. Louis 200 000 000272
Cincinnati 021 000 06x9100
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  L (8-9) 7.0 5 3 3 2 2
  McDaniel   0.1 3 5 5 2 0
  Urban   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
9
9
5
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall  W (4-9) 9.0 7 2 2 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
3

  E–Cimoli (6), Oliver (2).  DP–St. Louis 1. Grammas-Blasingame-White, Cincinnati 1. Robinson-McMillan-E. Bailey-McMillan.  2B–Cincinnati Temple (29,off Jackson); Nuxhall (1,off Jackson); Robinson (23,off Jackson); Jones (14,off McDaniel).  3B–St. Louis Cimoli (4,off Nuxhall).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Bell (1,off McDaniel).  SF–Temple (8,off Jackson).  HBP–McMillan (3,by Jackson).  IBB–Robinson (6,by McDaniel); McMillan (3,by Urban).  Team–6.  SB–Pinson (15,2nd base off McDaniel/Porter).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:34.  A–8,909.
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