San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 28, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 28, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 0

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt 3b 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 2 3 3
McCovey 1b 3 1 2 1
  Alou pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Cepeda lf,1b 4 0 2 1
Kirkland rf,lf 4 0 0 0
Spencer 2b 4 0 0 0
Landrith c 4 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 4 1 1 0
Jones p 3 1 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 4 0 1 0
Moon rf 4 0 0 0
Larker lf 4 0 1 0
Snider cf 4 0 2 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 1 0
Neal 2b 4 0 1 0
Roseboro c 4 0 1 0
Zimmer ss 2 0 0 0
  Fairly ph 1 0 1 0
  Wills pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Drysdale p 0 0 0 0
  Craig p 1 0 0 0
  Essegian ph 1 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
  Furillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Churn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 0 8 0
San Francisco 230 000 000581
Los Angeles 000 000 000081
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (17-12) 9.0 8 0 0 0 11
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
0
11
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  L (15-10) 1.2 5 5 5 1 3
  Craig   3.1 3 0 0 1 2
  Williams   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Churn   2.0 0 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
2
11

  E–Brandt (8), Snider (3).  DP–San Francisco 1. Spencer-Bressoud-McCovey, Los Angeles 1. Neal-Zimmer-Hodges.  2B–San Francisco Mays (36,off Drysdale); McCovey (3,off Drysdale); Cepeda (32,off Drysdale); Bressoud (15,off Drysdale), Los Angeles Roseboro (13,off S. Jones); Neal (24,off S. Jones).  HR–San Francisco Mays (23,2nd inning off Drysdale 2 on 2 out).  HBP–McCovey (3,by Williams).  Team LOB–5.  Team–8.  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:20.  A–66,068.
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