Milwaukee Braves vs Los Angeles Dodgers
September 15, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 15, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 7, Los Angeles Dodgers 8

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 1 2 0
Mathews 3b 4 1 2 0
Aaron rf 6 1 4 3
Adcock 1b 5 1 3 2
Slaughter lf 2 0 0 0
  Pafko ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Vernon ph 1 0 0 0
  McMahon p 1 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 0 0 1
Crandall c 5 1 2 0
Mantilla 2b 5 1 2 1
Jay p 2 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
  Boone ph 1 1 1 0
  Rush p 0 0 0 0
  Lopata ph 1 0 0 0
  Maye lf 0 0 0 0
  Torre ph 0 0 0 0
  DeMerit lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 45 7 16 7
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 3 1 2 1
Neal 2b 6 0 3 1
Moon rf,lf 4 0 1 1
Snider cf 1 0 0 0
  Fairly cf,rf,cf 4 1 2 1
Larker lf 3 1 1 1
  Demeter cf 0 0 0 0
  Furillo ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 5 0 0 0
Roseboro c 5 1 1 0
Wills ss 5 3 5 1
Craig p 1 0 0 0
  Amoros ph 1 0 0 1
  Podres p 0 0 0 1
  Sherry p 0 0 0 0
  Kipp p 0 0 0 0
  Churn p 0 0 0 0
  Essegian ph 1 0 1 0
  Pignatano pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 40 8 16 8
Milwaukee 200 001 021 17161
Los Angeles 000 501 000 28161
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Jay   3.2 7 5 5 1 3
  Pizarro   1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Rush   2.0 2 1 1 1 1
  McMahon  L (5-3) 2.2 6 2 2 3 1
Totals
9.2
16
8
8
6
5
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Craig   4.0 7 2 2 2 2
  Podres   3.1 4 3 3 3 3
  Sherry   1.0 3 1 1 1 1
  Kipp   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Churn  W (3-1) 1.0 2 1 1 1 1
Totals
10.0
16
7
7
7
7

  E–Mathews (17), Wills (11).  2B–Milwaukee Adcock (18,off Podres); Aaron (44,off L. Sherry); Crandall (18,off L. Sherry)., Los Angeles Fairly 2 (12,off Jay,off Rush).  3B–Los Angeles Wills (2,off Rush).  HR–Milwaukee Adcock (25,1st inning off Craig 1 on 2 out).  SH–Torre (2,off L. Sherry); L. Sherry (1,off McMahon).  SF–Logan (4,off Churn); Podres (1,off Rush); Gilliam (3,off McMahon)..  IBB–Adcock (6,by L. Sherry); Crandall (7,by Churn).  Team LOB–17.  Team–12.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Frank Dascoli.
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