San Francisco Giants vs Milwaukee Braves
August 19, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1959 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves 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 2, Milwaukee Braves 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Pagan 3b 3 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 2 0
Cepeda lf 4 2 2 2
Kirkland rf 4 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 2 0 0 0
Landrith c 3 0 1 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 3 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
Sanford p 2 0 0 0
  Brandt ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 4 0 1 0
Mathews 3b 3 1 1 1
Aaron cf,rf 3 0 1 0
Covington lf 4 0 0 1
Adcock 1b 4 1 1 1
Maye rf 4 1 1 0
  Bruton cf 0 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 1 2 0
Crandall c 4 1 1 1
Burdette p 3 0 1 1
Totals 33 5 9 5
San Francisco 010 000 001260
Milwaukee 000 110 21x591
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  L (12-10) 7.0 7 4 4 2 4
  Jones   1.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
2
5
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  W (17-12) 9.0 6 2 2 2 4
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
2
4

  E–Logan (15).  DP–Milwaukee 1. Burdette-Avila-Adcock.  2B–Milwaukee Aaron (40,off Sanford).  HR–San Francisco Cepeda 2 (25,2nd inning off Burdette 0 on 0 out,9th inning off Burdette 0 on 0 out), Milwaukee Crandall (15,5th inning off Sanford 0 on 2 out); Adcock (18,8th inning off G. Jones 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–6.  IBB–Aaron (15,by Sanford).  Team–6.  U-HP–Vic Delmore, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Shag Crawford.
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