Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
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 Busch Stadium I. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 3, St. Louis Cardinals 1

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 3 0 2 0
Mathews 3b 5 1 3 0
Aaron cf,rf 5 0 0 0
Adcock lf 4 1 3 1
  Pafko lf 0 0 0 0
Torre 1b 3 0 0 0
Maye rf 3 0 0 0
  Vernon ph 0 0 0 0
  Mantilla pr,cf 1 1 1 1
Logan ss 4 0 0 0
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
Spahn p 3 0 1 0
  Boone ph 1 0 1 1
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 11 3
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 1 0
Grammas ss 4 0 0 0
  Gray ph 1 0 0 0
Cunningham rf 3 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 5 0 1 0
White 1b 3 1 1 0
Cimoli lf,cf 3 0 0 0
Flood cf 3 0 2 1
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Oliver lf 0 0 0 0
Smith c 3 0 0 0
  Musial ph 1 0 0 0
  Porter c 0 0 0 0
Gibson p 3 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 36 1 6 1
Milwaukee 000 000 001 23110
St. Louis 000 000 100 0161
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn   8.0 4 1 1 1 2
  McMahon  W (4-1) 2.0 2 0 0 3 3
Totals
10.0
6
1
1
4
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (1-3) 9.1 10 3 2 5 7
  McDaniel   0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
11
3
2
6
8

  E–Gibson (1).  DP–St. Louis 2. Grammas-Blasingame-White, Gibson-Grammas-White.  PB–Crandall (2); Porter (5).  2B–Milwaukee Mathews (10,off Gibson), St. Louis White (31,off Spahn); Flood (5,off Spahn); Shannon (3,off McMahon).  3B–St. Louis Boyer (4,off McMahon).  SH–Torre (1,off Gibson); Logan (5,off Gibson).  IBB–Torre (4,by McDaniel); White (1,by McMahon); Cimoli (1,by McMahon).  Team LOB–11.  Team–9.  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:50.  A–17,311.
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