St. Louis Cardinals vs San Francisco Giants
September 7, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 7, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 2, San Francisco Giants 4

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 2 1 0 0
Cunningham rf 3 0 1 0
White lf 4 0 0 1
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 0
Musial 1b 4 0 0 0
Flood cf 4 1 2 1
Grammas ss 3 0 2 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 0 0
Smith c 2 0 1 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
Gibson p 2 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 7 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
O'Connell 3b 1 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Pagan 3b 2 1 0 0
Mays cf 4 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 0 1 0
  Brandt pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Cepeda lf,1b 5 1 3 1
Kirkland rf 4 0 2 0
Spencer 2b 2 0 1 1
Landrith c 2 0 0 0
  Wagner ph 1 0 0 0
  Hegan c 1 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 3 2 2 0
Jones p 3 0 1 1
Totals 33 4 10 3
St. Louis 100 100 000271
San Francisco 000 102 10x4102
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson  L (1-5) 5.2 8 3 3 5 5
  McDaniel   2.1 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
10
4
4
6
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (19-12) 9.0 7 2 1 4 9
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
4
9

  E–Grammas (16), Spencer (20), S. Jones (3).  DP–San Francisco 1. Bressoud-McCovey.  2B–St. Louis Grammas (11,off S. Jones); Flood (7,off S. Jones), San Francisco Bressoud (16,off McDaniel).  HR–St. Louis Flood (6,4th inning off S. Jones 0 on 2 out).  Team LOB–6.  SH–S. Jones (9,off Gibson).  IBB–Bressoud (6,by Gibson).  Team–12.  CS–Blasingame (14,2nd base by S. Jones/Landrith); Brandt (4,2nd base by McDaniel/H. Smith).  SB–Spencer (5,2nd base off Gibson/H. Smith).  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Ed Sudol.  T–2:34.  A–22,815.
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