Los Angeles Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 25, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 25, 1959 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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 5, Philadelphia Phillies 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 1 0
Moon lf 5 2 3 0
Larker rf,1b 4 0 1 1
Snider cf,rf 4 1 1 2
Hodges 1b 3 1 1 1
  Demeter pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Roseboro c 4 0 1 1
Zimmer 3b 4 0 0 0
Wills ss 4 0 0 0
Podres p 3 0 1 0
  Sherry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 5 0 1 0
Anderson S. 2b 4 0 1 0
Bouchee 1b 4 0 0 0
Post rf 3 0 1 1
Freese 3b 3 0 0 0
Anderson H. lf 3 1 2 1
Koppe ss 4 0 1 0
Thomas c 3 0 0 0
  Hanebrink ph 1 0 1 0
Roberts p 2 0 0 0
  Bowman ph 0 1 0 0
  Farrell p 0 0 0 0
  Sawatski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Los Angeles 201 100 010591
Philadelphia 010 000 010271
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres  W (12-7) 7.0 6 2 2 2 4
  Sherry  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
5
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (11-14) 8.0 9 5 5 1 4
  Farrell   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
2
5

  E–Gilliam (14), Thomas (7).  DP–Los Angeles 1. Gilliam-Wills-Hodges.  2B–Los Angeles Moon 2 (22,off Roberts 2); Roseboro (12,off Roberts), Philadelphia Hanebrink (3,off L. Sherry).  HR–Los Angeles Snider (21,1st inning off Roberts 1 on 2 out); Hodges (21,4th inning off Roberts 0 on 0 out), Philadelphia H. Anderson (14,2nd inning off Podres 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Post (2,off L. Sherry).  Team–8.  SB–Moon (12,2nd base off Roberts/Thomas); Gilliam (19,2nd base off Farrell/Thomas).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Augie Donatelli.
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