San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 30, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 30, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 6, Los Angeles Dodgers 7

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt 3b 4 1 1 1
Mays cf 4 2 1 2
McCovey 1b 3 0 1 0
Cepeda lf 4 0 0 1
Kirkland rf 3 2 1 1
Spencer 2b 3 1 1 0
Landrith c 3 0 0 1
Bressoud ss 4 0 1 0
Antonelli p 2 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 0 0 0 0
  McCormick p 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 6 6
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 5 2 3 0
Neal 2b 4 1 1 1
Moon cf,rf 4 2 3 1
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 2
Furillo rf 3 0 1 0
  Demeter cf 1 0 0 0
  Snider ph 0 0 0 0
Essegian lf 4 1 1 0
  Fairly ph 0 0 0 0
Pignatano c 2 0 1 0
  Larker ph 1 0 0 0
Wills ss 2 0 0 0
  Repulski ph 1 0 1 1
  Zimmer ss 1 0 0 0
Sherry p 3 0 0 0
  Craig p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 12 5
San Francisco 012 000 111663
Los Angeles 000 211 1027120
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli   6.0 9 4 4 2 3
  Miller   0.0 1 1 0 1 0
  Worthington   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  McCormick  L (11-12) 0.1 1 2 0 0 0
  Jones   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.2
12
7
4
5
4
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Sherry   7.1 5 5 5 4 5
  Craig  W (7-5) 1.2 1 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
6
6
6
5

  E–Brandt (9), McCovey 2 (4).  DP–San Francisco 4. Brandt-Spencer-McCovey, Bressoud-Spencer-McCovey, Bressoud-Spencer-McCovey, Bressoud-Spencer-McCovey, Los Angeles 1. Neal-Hodges.  2B–Los Angeles Moon (23,off Antonelli); Neal (25,off Antonelli); Essegian (8,off Antonelli).  3B–Los Angeles Gilliam (3,off Antonelli); Moon (9,off McCormick).  HR–San Francisco Kirkland (21,2nd inning off L. Sherry 0 on 1 out); Mays (24,3rd inning off L. Sherry 1 on 2 out), Los Angeles Hodges (22,4th inning off Antonelli 1 on 0 out).  SH–Landrith (4,off Craig); Neal (20,off Miller).  IBB–Wagner (6,by Craig); Snider (11,by S. Jones).  Team LOB–5.  HBP–Hodges (2,by Antonelli).  Team–10.  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–3:04.  A–44,391.
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