Milwaukee Braves vs St. Louis Cardinals
August 27, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 27, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 4, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 5 1 1 1
Mathews 3b 1 2 1 0
Aaron cf 4 0 1 0
Adcock lf 4 1 2 3
Boone 1b 1 0 0 0
  Torre ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Pafko rf 4 0 1 0
Logan ss 4 0 1 0
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
Buhl p 2 0 0 0
  Rush p 0 0 0 0
  Vernon ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Lopata ph 1 0 1 0
  Mantilla pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 0 0
Cunningham rf 5 3 4 0
White lf,1b 5 1 3 1
Boyer 3b 3 1 1 4
Musial 1b 5 0 1 0
  Cimoli pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 0 3 0
Smith c 5 0 1 0
Grammas ss 4 0 3 0
Mizell p 0 0 0 0
  Gray ph 1 0 1 0
  Duliba p 0 0 0 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 0 0
  Stone p 0 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 5 17 5
Milwaukee 103 000 000480
St. Louis 000 031 01x5170
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Buhl   4.2 11 3 3 2 3
  Rush   1.1 2 1 1 0 0
  McMahon  L (4-2) 2.0 4 1 1 1 0
Totals
8.0
17
5
5
3
3
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell   3.0 4 4 4 2 2
  Duliba   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Stone   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McDaniel  W (14-11) 4.0 4 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1. Buhl-Logan-Boone, St. Louis 1. Blasingame-Grammas-Musial.  2B–St. Louis Flood (6,off Buhl); Cunningham (23,off Buhl).  3B–St. Louis White (9,off Rush); Cunningham (4,off McMahon).  HR–Milwaukee Avila (2,3rd inning off Mizell 0 on 1 out); Adcock (19,3rd inning off Mizell 1 on 2 out), St. Louis Boyer (24,5th inning off Buhl 2 on 0 out).  HBP–Mathews (2,by Mizell).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Boyer (1,off McMahon).  Team–14.  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:30.  A–13,772.
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