Milwaukee Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 9, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 9, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 8, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 2 2 1
Mathews 3b 4 1 1 2
Aaron rf 4 1 2 2
Covington lf 4 1 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 1 1 3
Logan ss 4 0 1 0
  Avila 2b 0 0 0 0
Mantilla 2b,ss 4 0 2 0
Rice c 4 1 1 0
  Crandall c 0 0 0 0
Buhl p 4 1 1 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 11 8
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 3 0 1 2
Neal 2b 4 0 0 0
Moon lf 5 2 3 0
Snider rf 3 2 2 3
Larker 1b 5 1 1 0
Demeter cf 4 1 1 0
Roseboro c 3 0 0 0
Wills ss 1 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 0 0 0 1
  Zimmer ss 3 0 0 0
Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Fowler p 1 0 0 0
  Furillo ph 0 0 0 0
  McDevitt pr,p 0 0 0 0
  Essegian ph 1 1 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
  Koufax p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 8 6
Milwaukee 006 200 0008111
Los Angeles 000 211 102782
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl  W (9-7) 8.1 7 7 6 6 5
  McMahon  SV (10) 0.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
7
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  L (6-3) 2.2 6 6 3 1 1
  Fowler   1.1 3 2 2 0 1
  McDevitt   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
  Williams   2.0 1 0 0 1 3
  Koufax   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
11
8
5
2
11

  E–Mathews (16), Gilliam 2 (12).  DP–Los Angeles 1. Wills-Neal-Larker.  2B–Los Angeles Moon 2 (18,off Buhl 2); Snider (8,off Buhl).  3B–Los Angeles Moon (6,off Buhl).  HR–Milwaukee Adcock (14,3rd inning off Craig 2 on 2 out); Mathews (31,4th inning off Fowler 1 on 2 out), Los Angeles Snider (17,9th inning off Buhl 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Hodges (2,off Buhl); Snider (2,off Buhl).  HBP–Demeter (5,by Buhl).  Team–10.  SB–Bruton (9,2nd base off Fowler/Roseboro); Aaron (4,2nd base off Williams/Roseboro).  CS–Mantilla (1,2nd base by Williams/Roseboro).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Augie Donatelli.
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