San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers
August 31, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 31, 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."

"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 2, Los Angeles Dodgers 5

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt 3b 4 0 0 0
  Pagan 3b 0 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 1 1
Mays cf 3 1 1 0
Cepeda lf 4 0 1 1
Alou rf 4 0 2 0
Schmidt c 4 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 4 0 0 0
O'Connell 2b 3 0 1 0
Sanford p 4 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 7 2
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 4 2 1 0
Moon rf 4 2 1 3
Larker lf 2 0 0 0
Snider cf 3 0 1 1
Hodges 1b 3 0 1 0
Neal 2b 4 0 0 0
Roseboro c 4 0 1 0
Wills ss 4 0 1 0
Koufax p 3 1 1 0
Totals 31 5 7 4
San Francisco 100 010 000273
Los Angeles 100 000 013570
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  L (12-11) 8.1 6 4 4 5 7
  Worthington   0.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
7
5
5
5
7
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax  W (8-4) 9.0 7 2 2 2 18
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
2
18

  E–Brandt (10), Pagan (2), Cepeda (21).  PB–Schmidt (2).  2B–San Francisco Mays (37,off Koufax); Cepeda (33,off Koufax); O'Connell (2,off Koufax)..  HR–San Francisco McCovey (8,5th inning off Koufax 0 on 1 out), Los Angeles Moon (12,9th inning off Worthington 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Koufax (2,off Sanford); Larker (8,off Sanford)..  Team–8.  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:54.  A–60,194.
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