Cincinnati Reds vs Milwaukee Braves
September 12, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1959 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Cincinnati Reds 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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Cincinnati Reds 3, Milwaukee Braves 4

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 2 0 1 2
Pinson cf 4 0 0 0
Bell rf 4 0 0 0
Robinson 1b,lf 4 0 0 0
Lynch lf 4 1 2 0
  Lockman 1b 0 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 0 1 1
Jones 3b 3 0 1 0
  Cook pr,3b 1 1 0 0
Kasko ss 3 1 2 0
  Powers ph 1 0 0 0
Newcombe p 2 0 2 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 4 0 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 2 2 2
Aaron rf 4 0 2 2
Adcock 1b 3 0 0 0
Maye lf 2 0 0 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
  Pafko lf 0 0 0 0
Logan ss 3 0 0 0
Crandall c 3 0 0 0
Mantilla 2b 2 0 0 0
  Vernon ph 0 0 0 0
  DeMerit pr 0 0 0 0
  Schoendienst 2b 0 0 0 0
Burdette p 3 2 1 0
Totals 29 4 5 4
Cincinnati 001 100 100390
Milwaukee 000 101 02x450
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe  L (13-8) 8.0 5 4 4 1 8
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
1
8
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  W (20-14) 9.0 9 3 3 0 5
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
0
5

  E–None.  DP–Milwaukee 1. Mantilla-Logan-Adcock.  2B–Cincinnati Temple (34,off Burdette); Lynch (15,off Burdette); E. Bailey (13,off Burdette), Milwaukee Mathews (15,off Newcombe); Burdette (7,off Newcombe).  HR–Milwaukee Mathews (37,8th inning off Newcombe 1 on 2 out).  SH–Newcombe (1,off Burdette).  SF–Temple 2 (12,off Burdette 2).  Team LOB–5.  Team–2.  U–Tom Gorman, Dusty Boggess, Stan Landes.  T–2:10.  A–25,598.
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