Milwaukee Braves vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 21, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 1959 at Forbes Field. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 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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Milwaukee Braves 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 2 1 1 0
  Spangler ph,cf 2 1 1 0
Mathews 3b 5 2 2 5
Aaron rf 5 1 3 1
Adcock 1b 5 0 0 0
  Torre 1b 0 0 0 0
Maye lf 5 0 3 1
Avila 2b 3 0 0 0
  Schoendienst 2b 1 0 0 0
Crandall c 3 1 1 0
Mantilla ss 4 0 1 0
Spahn p 4 2 1 0
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 13 7
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Skinner lf 4 1 2 1
Groat ss 5 1 2 1
Clemente rf 5 0 2 1
Stuart 1b 5 2 1 0
Burgess c 4 0 0 1
Hoak 3b 5 0 2 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 2 2
Mejias cf 4 0 0 0
Friend p 1 1 1 0
  Porterfield p 0 0 0 0
  Bright ph 1 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens ph 1 0 0 0
  Daniels p 0 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 1 1 0
Totals 40 6 13 6
Milwaukee 200 031 0028131
Pittsburgh 001 101 0036132
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Spahn  W (20-15) 8.0 12 6 6 1 3
  McMahon  SV (12) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
1
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  L (8-19) 4.1 8 5 5 0 2
  Porterfield   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Gross   2.0 1 1 0 0 1
  Daniels   2.0 4 2 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
8
6
0
5

  E–Avila (8), Stuart (21), Mejias (4).  2B–Milwaukee Crandall (19,off Friend), Pittsburgh Friend (2,off Spahn); Mazeroski (15,off Spahn); Groat (22,off Spahn)..  3B–Milwaukee Aaron (7,off Friend).  HR–Milwaukee Mathews 2 (43,5th inning off Friend 2 on 1 out,9th inning off Daniels 1 on 1 out).  SH–Avila (6,off Daniels); Spangler (1,off Daniels)..  HBP–Crandall (3,by Gross).  Team LOB–7.  SF–Burgess (6,off McMahon).  Team–9.  SB–Bruton (12,2nd base off Friend/Burgess).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:55.  A–17,205.
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