San Francisco Giants vs St. Louis Cardinals
September 27, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 27, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Francisco Giants and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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San Francisco Giants 8, St. Louis Cardinals 14

San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Pagan 3b 5 1 0 0
Kirkland rf 5 2 4 0
Mays cf 3 3 2 1
  McCovey 1b 1 0 0 0
Cepeda 1b 3 1 2 1
  Wagner lf 1 0 0 0
Brandt lf,2b 5 1 1 1
Spencer 2b 0 0 0 0
  Alou ph,lf,cf 5 0 2 2
Rodgers ss 4 0 0 0
Schmidt c 3 0 1 0
Renfroe p 1 0 0 0
  Worthington p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Fisher p 1 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
  Bressoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Byerly p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 12 5
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Cunningham rf 2 0 1 2
  Green pr,rf 3 1 1 0
Shannon 2b 5 2 2 1
Musial 1b 4 3 2 1
  Porter 1b 0 0 0 0
Cimoli lf 4 1 1 2
Gray 3b 5 2 2 1
Oliver c 4 2 2 3
Flood cf 4 1 0 0
Grammas ss 3 1 2 3
Miller p 1 1 0 0
  Gibson p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 14 13 13
San Francisco 202 030 0018120
St. Louis 105 035 00x14135
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Renfroe   2.0 3 6 6 3 3
  Worthington   1.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Fisher  L (2-6) 2.1 7 7 7 2 3
  Jones   1.2 2 1 1 0 1
  Byerly   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
14
14
6
9
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Miller   4.1 10 7 3 0 6
  Gibson  W (3-5) 4.2 2 1 1 3 5
Totals
9.0
12
8
4
3
11

  E–Musial 2 (7), Gray 2 (3), Oliver (4), Musial 2 (7), Gray 2 (3), Oliver (4).  DP–San Francisco 2. Musial, Shannon-Grammas-Musial, St. Louis 2. Musial, Shannon-Grammas-Musial.  PB–Oliver (2); Oliver (2).  2B–San Francisco Mays (43,off Miller); Kirkland (22,off Miller); Alou (13,off Miller)., St. Louis Cunningham (28,off Renfroe); Grammas (14,off Fisher); Shannon (5,off Fisher); Musial (13,off Fisher); Cimoli (40,off Fisher); Gray (2,off Fisher).  HR–St. Louis Musial (14,1st inning off Renfroe 0 on 2 out); Oliver (6,6th inning off G. Jones 1 on 1 out).  IBB–Schmidt (4,by Gibson).  Team LOB–7.  Team–5.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Tom Gorman.  T–2:48.  A–19,477.
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