San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds
August 18, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 18, 1959 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the San Francisco Giants 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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San Francisco Giants 0, Cincinnati Reds 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt lf,3b 4 0 1 0
Pagan 3b,2b 4 0 2 0
Mays cf 4 0 1 0
Cepeda 1b 4 0 2 0
Kirkland rf 4 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 2 0 0 0
  Wagner ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Landrith c 4 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 4 0 1 0
Fisher p 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 1 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Byerly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 8 0
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Lockman 2b 5 1 4 0
Pinson cf 5 2 1 0
Bell rf 5 2 3 3
Robinson 1b 3 1 2 2
Lynch lf 4 0 1 0
Bailey c 4 1 1 0
Pendleton 3b 4 0 1 0
Kasko ss 4 0 2 2
Newcombe p 3 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 15 7
San Francisco 000 000 000082
Cincinnati 204 100 00x7151
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Fisher  L (2-4) 2.0 8 5 5 0 0
  Worthington   4.0 5 2 2 0 3
  Byerly   2.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals
8.0
15
7
7
1
3
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  W (11-6) 9.0 8 0 0 0 4
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
0
4

  E–Pagan (1), Spencer (17), Pendleton (3).  DP–San Francisco 1. Pagan-Cepeda, Cincinnati 1. Lockman-Kasko-Robinson.  2B–San Francisco Brandt (14,off Newcombe), Cincinnati Bell (18,off Fisher); E. Bailey (10,off Worthington); Kasko (6,off Worthington).  HR–Cincinnati Bell (19,3rd inning off Fisher 1 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Robinson (7,off Worthington).  Team–8.  SB–Robinson (13,2nd base off Fisher/Landrith); Kasko (1,2nd base off Fisher/Landrith).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Hal Dixon.  T–2:31.  A–10,558.
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