San Francisco Giants vs Philadelphia Phillies
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 Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

San Francisco Giants 2, Philadelphia Phillies 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt 3b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 0
Cepeda lf 4 1 1 0
Kirkland rf 4 0 2 1
Spencer 2b 4 1 2 1
Bressoud ss 3 0 1 0
Schmidt c 2 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Hegan c 0 0 0 0
McCormick p 2 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Fisher p 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph 1 0 0 0
  Byerly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 5 0 2 1
Koppe ss 5 1 1 1
Bouchee 1b 4 2 2 1
Post rf 4 0 0 0
Freese 3b 3 1 2 2
Anderson H. lf 2 0 1 0
  Drake pr,lf 1 1 1 0
Anderson S. 2b 3 1 0 0
Lonnett c 3 1 1 0
Owens p 4 0 2 2
Totals 34 7 12 7
San Francisco 000 010 100271
Philadelphia 100 005 10x7120
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
McCormick  L (11-11) 5.2 5 5 5 2 1
  Jones   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Fisher   1.1 3 1 1 0 1
  Byerly   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
3
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Owens  W (10-11) 9.0 7 2 2 1 6
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
6

  E–Brandt (7).  DP–San Francisco 3. McCovey-Bressoud, Bressoud-McCovey, Bressoud-Spencer, Philadelphia 2. S. Anderson-Koppe-Bouchee, Post-Bouchee.  2B–San Francisco Bressoud (14,off Owens); Kirkland (19,off Owens).  3B–Philadelphia Bouchee (3,off Fisher).  HR–San Francisco Spencer (11,5th inning off Owens 0 on 1 out), Philadelphia Bouchee (14,1st inning off McCormick 0 on 2 out); Koppe (7,6th inning off McCormick 0 on 0 out); Freese (18,6th inning off McCormick 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  HBP–H. Anderson (5,by McCormick).  Team–7.  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Ken Burkhart.  T–2:22.
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