Los Angeles Dodgers vs Milwaukee Braves
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 County Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 7, Milwaukee Braves 6

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 7 0 2 0
Neal 2b 6 0 1 1
Moon lf,1b 4 3 1 0
Snider cf,rf 5 1 1 2
  Repulski ph,rf 2 0 2 1
Larker 1b 5 1 2 0
  Hodges ph 0 0 0 1
  Essegian lf 1 0 0 0
Fairly rf 1 0 0 0
  Furillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Demeter cf 4 1 1 0
Roseboro c 4 0 1 0
Zimmer ss 2 1 1 2
Drysdale p 4 0 0 0
  Sherry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 47 7 12 7
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 1 1 0
Mathews 3b 7 0 0 0
Aaron rf 6 3 3 2
Covington lf 6 1 1 1
Torre 1b 1 1 0 0
  Burdette pr 0 0 0 0
  Lopata c 2 0 0 0
Avila 2b 5 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 0 2 2
Crandall c 1 0 0 0
  Adcock ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Jay p 1 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
  Trowbridge p 0 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 0 0 0
  Giggie p 0 0 0 0
  Vernon ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Pafko ph 1 0 0 0
  Rush p 0 0 0 0
  Mantilla ph 1 0 0 0
  Spahn p 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 6 7 5
Los Angeles 200 120 000 010 17122
Milwaukee 010 002 011 010 0672
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale   10.1 7 6 4 8 8
  Sherry  W (4-2) 2.2 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
13.0
7
6
4
10
11
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jay   2.0 2 2 2 3 3
  Pizarro   1.2 1 1 1 2 3
  Trowbridge   1.1 3 2 2 1 1
  Giggie   2.0 2 0 0 2 2
  McMahon   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Rush   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Spahn  L (16-12) 3.0 4 2 2 1 0
Totals
13.0
12
7
7
9
13

  E–Demeter 2 (4), Torre (2), Avila (5).  DP–Los Angeles 1. Zimmer-Neal, Milwaukee 1. Mathews-Avila-Adcock.  PB–Roseboro (10).  3B–Los Angeles Moon (7,off Spahn).  HR–Los Angeles Snider (20,1st inning off Jay 1 on 2 out), Milwaukee Aaron 2 (33,6th inning off Drysdale 0 on 2 out,11th inning off Drysdale 0 on 1 out); Covington (7,6th inning off Drysdale 0 on 2 out).  SH–Neal (19,off Giggie); Zimmer (4,off Spahn); Logan (4,off Drysdale).  SF–Hodges (3,off Spahn).  IBB–Roseboro (8,by Trowbridge); Covington (8,by Drysdale); Adcock (4,by Drysdale); Aaron (14,by L. Sherry).  Team LOB–13.  HBP–Torre (3,by Drysdale); Crandall (2,by Drysdale).  Team–13.  CS–Demeter (6,2nd base by Giggie/Crandall).  SB–Bruton (10,2nd base off L. Sherry/Roseboro).  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.
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