Chicago Cubs vs Milwaukee Braves
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 County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee Braves 8

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 4 1 1 0
Dark 3b 4 1 1 0
Marshall 1b 4 0 0 0
Banks ss 3 2 2 4
Moryn lf 4 0 1 0
Thomson rf 4 0 0 0
Taylor S. c 4 1 1 1
Altman cf 4 0 1 0
Hillman p 1 0 1 0
  Schult ph 1 0 0 0
  Drabowsky p 0 0 0 0
  Noren ph 1 0 0 0
  Singleton p 0 0 0 0
  Long ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 3 1 0 0
Mathews 3b 2 2 0 0
  Torre 1b 1 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 3 3 3
Adcock 1b 4 0 2 1
  Mantilla pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Covington lf 4 0 2 2
Logan ss 4 0 0 0
Bruton cf 4 1 2 0
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
Burdette p 3 0 1 1
  McMahon p 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 8 11 7
Chicago 000 103 100581
Milwaukee 201 120 20x8110
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Hillman  L (5-8) 4.0 6 4 4 1 3
  Drabowsky   2.0 2 2 1 1 0
  Singleton   2.0 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
7
3
3
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  W (14-10) 6.0 8 5 5 0 1
  McMahon  SV (9) 3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
3

  E–S. Taylor (6).  DP–Chicago 1. Banks-T. Taylor-Marshall.  2B–Milwaukee Adcock (7,off Singleton).  3B–Milwaukee Adcock (1,off Hillman).  HR–Chicago Banks 2 (29,4th inning off Burdette 0 on 2 out,6th inning off Burdette 2 on 1 out); S. Taylor (7,7th inning off Burdette 0 on 0 out), Milwaukee Aaron 2 (26,1st inning off Hillman 1 on 1 out,3rd inning off Hillman 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Avila (1,off Singleton).  Team–6.  U-HP–Vic Delmore, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:37.  A–21,236.
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