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St. Louis Cardinals @ Milwaukee Braves

1959-04-29 · Night game · County Stadium · Att: 13852 · 2:52

Milwaukee Braves defeated St. Louis Cardinals 9–3. Milwaukee Braves put up 3 in the 2nd. Lew Burdette earned the win. Wes Covington went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	11
ML1	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	2		9	15

W: Lew Burdette L: Larry Jackson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Al Barlick · 1B: Bill Jackowski · 2B: Shag Crawford · 3B: Vic Delmore · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	5	0	1	0	0	0
Gino Cimoli	4	1	2	1	1	1
Stan Musial	4	0	2	0	1	0
Ken Boyer	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Cunningham	4	0	0	0	0	2
Ray Jablonski	4	1	3	0	0	1
Bill White	4	1	2	2	0	0
Hal Smith	3	0	1	0	0	0
Larry Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gary Blaylock	2	0	0	0	0	0
Solly Hemus	0	0	0	0	1	0
George Crowe	1	0	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Bruton	5	1	2	2	0	1
Eddie Mathews	4	1	1	0	1	1
Hank Aaron	5	3	4	1	0	0
Wes Covington	4	1	2	3	1	0
Frank Torre	5	0	3	1	0	0
Del Crandall	5	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Logan	3	1	1	2	1	1
Chuck Cottier	3	0	0	0	1	1
Lew Burdette	4	1	1	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Larry Jackson	2.2	8	1	2
Gary Blaylock	4.1	4	2	3
Phil Clark	0.1	1	1	0
Bill Smith	0.2	2	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lew Burdette	9.0	11	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Blasingame: 13
Gino Cimoli: W
Stan Musial: W.1-2
Ken Boyer: 8
Joe Cunningham: K

Bot 1

Bill Bruton: 7
Eddie Mathews: S8
Hank Aaron: 8
Wes Covington: 9

Top 2

Ray Jablonski: D8/89D
Bill White: S8.2-H
Hal Smith: 53.1-2
Larry Jackson: CS3(25)#
Larry Jackson: K

Bot 2

Frank Torre: 3/L
Del Crandall: S7
Johnny Logan: HR/7D.1-H
Chuck Cottier: K/C
Lew Burdette: D9/L
Bill Bruton: S9.2-H
Eddie Mathews: 9

Top 3

Don Blasingame: 63
Gino Cimoli: K
Stan Musial: S9
Ken Boyer: 9

Bot 3

Hank Aaron: S5/BG
Wes Covington: HR/9D.1-H
Frank Torre: S8
Del Crandall: 6/P
Johnny Logan: K
Chuck Cottier: W.1-2
Lew Burdette: 6/P

Top 4

Joe Cunningham: 43
Ray Jablonski: S5
Bill White: 4/P
Hal Smith: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Bill Bruton: K
Eddie Mathews: K
Hank Aaron: S6
Wes Covington: W.1-2
Frank Torre: 7

Top 5

Gary Blaylock: 8
Don Blasingame: 6/L
Gino Cimoli: HR/7D
Stan Musial: S8
Ken Boyer: 4/P

Bot 5

Del Crandall: 9
Johnny Logan: 8
Chuck Cottier: 9

Top 6

Joe Cunningham: K
Ray Jablonski: K/C
Bill White: HR/9D
Hal Smith: S8/78
Gary Blaylock: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Lew Burdette: 63
Bill Bruton: HR/9D
Eddie Mathews: 31
Hank Aaron: HR/7D
Wes Covington: 43

Top 7

Don Blasingame: 23
Gino Cimoli: S8
Stan Musial: 8
Ken Boyer: 54(1)/FO

Bot 7

Frank Torre: D7
Del Crandall: FC1.2X3(165);B-2
Johnny Logan: IW
Chuck Cottier: 3/P
Lew Burdette: K

Top 8

Joe Cunningham: 43
Ray Jablonski: S8
Bill White: 46(1)/FO
Solly Hemus: W.1-2
George Crowe: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Bill Bruton: 9
Eddie Mathews: W
Hank Aaron: S6.1-2
Wes Covington: S9.2-H;1-3
Frank Torre: S8.3-H;1-2
Del Crandall: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Don Blasingame: S8
Gino Cimoli: 16(1)3/GDP
Stan Musial: 7