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San Francisco Giants @ Philadelphia Phillies

1958-07-28 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 29805 · 2:20

San Francisco Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 2–1. Ruben Gomez earned the win. Orlando Cepeda went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	6
PHI	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4

W: Ruben Gomez L: Jack Meyer SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Augie Donatelli · 1B: Shag Crawford · 2B: Vinnie Smith · 3B: Frank Dascoli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felipe Alou	4	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Davenport	4	0	0	0	0	2
Willie Mays	4	0	1	0	0	0
Willie Kirkland	4	1	1	0	0	3
Orlando Cepeda	4	1	3	1	0	1
Daryl Spencer	3	0	0	0	1	0
Valmy Thomas	4	0	1	1	0	1
Danny O'Connell	2	0	0	0	1	2
Ruben Gomez	3	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	1	2	0	0	0
Solly Hemus	3	0	0	0	1	0
Harry Anderson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Bouchee	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dave Philley	4	0	2	1	0	1
Willie Jones	3	0	0	0	1	0
Chico Fernandez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Sawatski	3	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Meyer	3	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Post	1	0	0	0	0	1

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ruben Gomez	9.0	4	3	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Meyer	9.0	6	2	12

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felipe Alou: 5
Jim Davenport: K
Willie Mays: 4

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: 8
Solly Hemus: 3/G
Harry Anderson: 7

Top 2

Willie Kirkland: K
Orlando Cepeda: S8
Daryl Spencer: W.1-2
Valmy Thomas: S9.1-3;2-H
Danny O'Connell: K/C
Ruben Gomez: K

Bot 2

Ed Bouchee: 13
Dave Philley: K
Willie Jones: 5

Top 3

Felipe Alou: K
Jim Davenport: 8
Willie Mays: 8

Bot 3

Chico Fernandez: 5/FL
Carl Sawatski: 2/FL
Jack Meyer: 63

Top 4

Willie Kirkland: K
Orlando Cepeda: S8
Daryl Spencer: 7
Valmy Thomas: K/C

Bot 4

Richie Ashburn: S9
Solly Hemus: 9
Harry Anderson: 7
Ed Bouchee: K/C

Top 5

Danny O'Connell: K23
Ruben Gomez: K
Felipe Alou: 3/FL

Bot 5

Dave Philley: S9
Willie Jones: W.1-2
Chico Fernandez: 15(2)/FO/BG.1-2
Carl Sawatski: K/C
Jack Meyer: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Jim Davenport: 3/FL
Willie Mays: 8
Willie Kirkland: D9
Orlando Cepeda: S7.2-H;B-2(TH)
Daryl Spencer: 63

Bot 6

Richie Ashburn: S9
Solly Hemus: W.1-2
Harry Anderson: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Ed Bouchee: W.1-2
Dave Philley: 64(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Willie Jones: 7

Top 7

Valmy Thomas: 5
Danny O'Connell: W
Ruben Gomez: 1(B)3(1)/BPDP

Bot 7

Chico Fernandez: 7
Carl Sawatski: 8
Jack Meyer: 63

Top 8

Felipe Alou: 63
Jim Davenport: K
Willie Mays: D7
Willie Kirkland: K/C

Bot 8

Richie Ashburn: 9
Solly Hemus: 4
Harry Anderson: 8

Top 9

Orlando Cepeda: K/C
Daryl Spencer: 8
Valmy Thomas: 8

Bot 9

Ed Bouchee: 31
Dave Philley: S9
Willie Jones: 4
Wally Post: K