Los Angeles Dodgers vs Chicago Cubs
August 11, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 11, 1959 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Los Angeles Dodgers 4, Chicago Cubs 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 3 2 3 0
Neal 2b 4 0 1 0
Moon lf 4 0 1 1
Snider rf 3 1 0 0
  Repulski rf 0 0 0 0
Larker 1b 5 1 2 2
Demeter cf 4 0 0 0
Roseboro c 4 0 0 0
Wills ss 5 0 0 0
Podres p 2 0 0 0
  Hodges ph 0 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Koufax p 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 7 3
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 6 2 3 1
Marshall 1b 3 1 1 0
Walls rf 3 0 1 0
  Noren ph 0 0 0 0
  Altman cf 0 0 0 0
  Neeman ph 0 0 0 0
  Eaddy pr 0 0 0 0
  Williams lf 0 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 1 2 3
Averill c 5 0 1 0
Thomson cf,rf 4 0 0 0
Moryn lf,cf 5 0 2 0
Dark 3b 3 1 1 1
Drabowsky p 3 0 0 0
  Taylor S. ph 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hobbie p 0 0 0 0
  Henry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 38 5 11 5
Los Angeles 000 010 011 1470
Chicago 000 020 001 25110
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres   6.0 5 2 2 5 4
  Williams   1.2 2 0 0 2 2
  Koufax   0.2 2 1 1 1 1
  Labine  L (5-9) 1.1 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.2
11
5
5
8
8
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drabowsky   8.0 5 2 2 7 2
  Hobbie   1.0 1 2 1 1 2
  Henry  W (7-5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
7
4
3
8
4

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 1. Wills-Neal, Chicago 1. Drabowsky-Banks-Marshall.  PB–Averill (2).  2B–Chicago Walls (16,off Podres); Averill (6,off Podres); Marshall (6,off Williams); Moryn (10,off Williams); T. Taylor (23,off Koufax).  HR–Los Angeles Larker (6,8th inning off Drabowsky 0 on 1 out), Chicago Banks (33,5th inning off Podres 1 on 2 out); Dark (2,10th inning off Labine 0 on 1 out); T. Taylor (4,10th inning off Labine 0 on 2 out).  IBB–Snider (8,by Drabowsky); Banks (14,by Podres); Dark 2 (3,by Podres,by Williams).  Team LOB–10.  Team–12.  SB–Gilliam 3 (17,2nd base off Drabowsky/Averill 2,2nd base off Hobbie/Averill).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Frank Secory, 2B–Hal Dixon, 3B–Vinnie Smith.
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