Milwaukee Braves vs San Francisco Giants
August 5, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Milwaukee Braves 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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Milwaukee Braves 1, San Francisco Giants 4

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Mantilla 2b 4 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 2 0
Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 0 1 0
  Burdette pr 0 0 0 0
Maye lf 4 1 1 0
Logan ss 3 0 1 0
Bruton cf 4 0 2 1
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
Buhl p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 8 1
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Davenport 3b 4 1 1 0
Mays cf 4 1 1 1
McCovey 1b 4 2 2 3
Cepeda lf 4 0 0 0
  Brandt lf 0 0 0 0
Kirkland rf 3 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 3 0 1 0
Landrith c 3 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 1 0
Sanford p 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 7 4
Milwaukee 010 000 000180
San Francisco 100 000 03x470
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  L (8-7) 8.0 7 4 4 1 2
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
1
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W (10-9) 9.0 8 1 1 1 8
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
8

  E–None.  DP–San Francisco 1. Spencer-McCovey.  2B–San Francisco Spencer (14,off Buhl); Mays (29,off Buhl).  HR–San Francisco McCovey 2 (3,1st inning off Buhl 0 on 2 out,8th inning off Buhl 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Sanford (4,off Buhl).  Team–3.  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Shag Crawford, 3B–Vic Delmore.  T–2:12.  A–22,807.
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