Milwaukee Braves vs San Francisco Giants
September 17, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The San Francisco Giants defeated the Milwaukee Braves and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Braves 6, San Francisco Giants 13

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 2 4 0
Mathews 3b 4 2 2 6
Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 4 0 0 0
Slaughter lf 4 0 0 0
Avila 2b 4 0 1 0
Crandall c 3 0 1 0
Mantilla ss 4 0 1 0
Spahn p 0 0 0 0
  Willey p 0 0 0 0
  Spangler ph 1 0 1 0
  Rush p 0 0 0 0
  Maye ph 1 1 1 0
  Jay p 0 0 0 0
  Boone ph 1 0 0 0
  Pizarro p 0 0 0 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Vernon ph 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Bressoud ss 4 4 3 1
McCovey 1b 3 2 1 2
  Rodgers pr 0 1 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 2 4 5
Cepeda lf,1b 5 0 2 1
Brandt rf,lf 3 1 1 0
Spencer 2b 4 1 1 0
Davenport 3b 4 1 2 4
Hegan c 3 0 0 0
  Alou ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Sanford p 3 0 0 0
  Pagan ph 1 1 0 0
  Landrith c 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 13 14 13
Milwaukee 000 030 2016112
San Francisco 311 300 32x13142
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  L (19-15) 0.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Willey   2.0 2 1 1 1 2
  Rush   2.0 3 4 3 2 1
  Jay   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Pizarro   1.2 3 3 0 3 0
  McMahon   1.1 3 2 2 0 1
Totals
8.0
14
13
9
7
5
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Sanford  W (15-12) 7.0 9 5 5 0 7
  Jones   2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
1
7

  E–Avila 2 (7), Spencer (22), Hegan (3).  DP–Milwaukee 2. Mantilla-Avila-Adcock, Adcock-Mantilla-Adcock, San Francisco 3. Bressoud-Spencer-McCovey, Davenport-Spencer-Cepeda, Bressoud-Spencer-Cepeda.  2B–San Francisco McCovey (5,off Pizarro).  HR–Milwaukee Mathews 2 (40,5th inning off Sanford 2 on 0 out,7th inning off Sanford 1 on 0 out), San Francisco Bressoud (9,2nd inning off Willey 0 on 1 out); Mays (31,4th inning off Rush 2 on 1 out); Davenport (6,8th inning off McMahon 1 on 1 out)..  SF–Mathews (2,off S. Jones); Davenport (2,off Willey).  HBP–Aaron (4,by Sanford).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:46.  A–21,617.
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