Philadelphia Phillies vs Chicago Cubs
September 18, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 18, 1959 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 4, Chicago Cubs 5

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Drake cf 6 1 1 0
Koppe ss 6 1 2 0
Philley 1b 6 0 1 0
Post rf 4 1 1 3
Freese 3b 5 1 3 1
Anderson H. lf 6 0 0 0
Anderson S. 2b 5 0 0 0
Lonnett c 3 0 0 0
  Hanebrink ph 1 0 0 0
  Thomas c 1 0 0 0
Owens p 3 0 0 0
  Bolger ph 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Bowman ph,p 0 0 0 0
Totals 47 4 8 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 2 1 0
Altman cf 6 0 2 1
Noren rf 6 1 1 1
Banks ss 5 0 2 0
Moryn lf 5 0 0 1
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Taylor S. c 5 2 3 1
Dark 3b 5 0 1 0
Ceccarelli p 2 0 0 0
  Marshall ph 1 0 0 0
  Elston p 1 0 0 0
  Henry p 0 0 0 0
  Averill ph 1 0 0 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 5 10 4
Philadelphia 010 003 000 000 0481
Chicago 001 100 020 000 15100
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Owens   9.0 7 4 4 1 3
  Meyer   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
  Bowman  L (0-1) 1.0 2 1 0 1 0
Totals
12.0
10
5
4
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Ceccarelli   8.0 6 4 4 1 7
  Elston   2.1 1 0 0 2 2
  Henry   1.2 0 0 0 1 2
  Hillman  W (7-11) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
13.0
8
4
4
4
11

  E–S. Anderson (12).  2B–Philadelphia Freese (14,off Ceccarelli); Philley (16,off Ceccarelli); Koppe (15,off Elston)., Chicago S. Taylor 2 (12,off Owens 2); T. Taylor (27,off Owens); Dark (20,off Bowman)..  HR–Philadelphia Freese (21,2nd inning off Ceccarelli 0 on 1 out); Post (21,6th inning off Ceccarelli 2 on 1 out)., Chicago S. Taylor (12,8th inning off Owens 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  Team–7.  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Tony Venzon.
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