San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 26, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 26, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The San Francisco Giants defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 4, St. Louis Cardinals 0

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Pagan 3b 4 0 1 0
Alou rf 4 0 0 0
Mays cf 3 2 2 1
McCovey 1b 4 2 2 2
Cepeda lf 2 0 1 1
Spencer 2b 3 0 0 0
Bressoud ss 4 0 0 0
Schmidt c 3 0 3 0
Jones p 2 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 9 4
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 2 0 0 0
Cunningham rf 2 0 0 0
Musial 1b 3 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 3 0 0 0
Cimoli lf 3 0 0 0
Smith c 2 0 0 0
Flood cf 2 0 0 0
Grammas ss 1 0 0 0
Mizell p 1 0 0 0
  Shannon ph 1 0 0 0
  Broglio p 0 0 0 0
Totals 20 0 0 0
San Francisco 101 000 20490
St. Louis 000 000 0x003
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones  W (21-15) 7.0 0 0 0 2 5
Totals
7.0
0
0
0
2
5
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  L (13-10) 6.0 8 2 2 2 0
  Broglio   1.2 1 2 0 0 3
Totals
7.2
9
4
2
2
3

  E–Musial (5), Boyer (22), H. Smith (9).  DP–St. Louis 2. Boyer-Blasingame-Musial, Boyer-Grammas-Musial.  2B–San Francisco Cepeda (35,off Mizell); Mays (42,off Mizell)..  HR–San Francisco Mays (34,1st inning off Mizell 0 on 2 out); McCovey (13,7th inning off Broglio 1 on 2 out)..  SH–S. Jones (11,off Mizell); Blasingame (7,off S. Jones).  HBP–Cepeda (5,by Mizell).  Team LOB–7.  Team–2.  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–1:51.  A–9,860.
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