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San Francisco Giants @ Philadelphia Phillies

1959-08-21 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 28164 · 2:54

San Francisco Giants defeated Philadelphia Phillies 10–6. San Francisco Giants put up 7 in the 4th. Mike McCormick earned the win and Stu Miller picked up the save. Wally Post went 1-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SFN	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	10	12
PHI	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	6	6

W: Mike McCormick L: Ray Semproch SV: Stu Miller

Umpires — HP: Tony Venzon · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: Augie Donatelli · 3B: Ken Burkhart · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jackie Brandt	4	1	1	1	1	1
Willie Mays	5	0	0	0	0	2
Willie McCovey	5	1	1	2	0	0
Orlando Cepeda	5	1	1	0	0	2
Willie Kirkland	5	2	3	1	0	0
Daryl Spencer	4	1	2	0	1	0
Eddie Bressoud	5	2	3	3	0	0
Bob Schmidt	4	1	1	1	1	0
Mike McCormick	3	1	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	2	0	0	1	1
Sparky Anderson	4	0	1	1	1	1
Ed Bouchee	5	1	2	1	0	0
Wally Post	5	1	1	2	0	0
Gene Freese	1	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Anderson	2	1	0	0	2	0
Joe Koppe	4	0	0	0	0	2
Valmy Thomas	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ray Semproch	1	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Hanebrink	3	0	0	0	1	1
Humberto Robinson	0	0	0	1	0	0
Bob Bowman	0	1	0	0	1	0
Dave Philley	1	0	0	0	0	0

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike McCormick	6.1	3	5	4
Stu Miller	2.2	3	1	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Semproch	3.2	8	1	3
Humberto Robinson	3.1	3	1	1
Jack Meyer	1.0	0	0	1
Taylor Phillips	1.0	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jackie Brandt: K
Willie Mays: K
Willie McCovey: 63

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: K
Sparky Anderson: K
Ed Bouchee: 9

Top 2

Orlando Cepeda: 43
Willie Kirkland: 8
Daryl Spencer: D9
Eddie Bressoud: S8.2-H
Bob Schmidt: T8.1-H
Mike McCormick: K

Bot 2

Wally Post: 4
Gene Freese: K/C
Harry Anderson: 9

Top 3

Jackie Brandt: 4
Willie Mays: 7
Willie McCovey: 3/G

Bot 3

Joe Koppe: K
Valmy Thomas: 43
Ray Semproch: 43

Top 4

Orlando Cepeda: D7
Willie Kirkland: D/78.2-H
Daryl Spencer: 63.2-3
Eddie Bressoud: S6.3-H
Bob Schmidt: W.1-2
Mike McCormick: E3/SH.2-H(NR);1-3;B-1
Jackie Brandt: S5.1-2;3-H(UR)
Willie Mays: 4
Willie McCovey: T8.1-H(UR);2-H(UR)
Orlando Cepeda: WP.3-H(UR)
Orlando Cepeda: K

Bot 4

Richie Ashburn: E4
Sparky Anderson: D8.1-H(UR)
Ed Bouchee: 8
Wally Post: 9/L
Harry Hanebrink: 5

Top 5

Willie Kirkland: S8
Daryl Spencer: S8.1-3
Eddie Bressoud: 43.1-2;3-H
Bob Schmidt: 53
Mike McCormick: E3.2-3
Jackie Brandt: W.1-2
Willie Mays: 8

Bot 5

Harry Anderson: W
Joe Koppe: 9
Valmy Thomas: D9.1-3
Humberto Robinson: 8/SF.3-H
Richie Ashburn: 63

Top 6

Willie McCovey: 8
Orlando Cepeda: 5
Willie Kirkland: S9
Daryl Spencer: 63

Bot 6

Sparky Anderson: 43
Ed Bouchee: 53
Wally Post: HR/7
Harry Hanebrink: W
Harry Anderson: W.1-2
Joe Koppe: 7

Top 7

Eddie Bressoud: 53
Bob Schmidt: 53
Mike McCormick: 43

Bot 7

Valmy Thomas: 63
Bob Bowman: W
Richie Ashburn: W.1-2
Sparky Anderson: W.2-3;1-2
Ed Bouchee: S9.1-2;2-3;3-H
Wally Post: 54(1)/FO.2-3;3-H
Harry Hanebrink: K

Top 8

Jackie Brandt: 63
Willie Mays: K
Willie McCovey: 43

Bot 8

Harry Anderson: 3/G
Joe Koppe: K/C
Valmy Thomas: S7
Dave Philley: 3

Top 9

Orlando Cepeda: K/C
Willie Kirkland: 3/G
Daryl Spencer: W
Eddie Bressoud: D7.1-3
Bob Schmidt: 63

Bot 9

Richie Ashburn: 63
Sparky Anderson: 43
Ed Bouchee: D9
Wally Post: E7/F.2-H(UR)
Harry Hanebrink: 63

Notes & reviews

Gene Freese ejected by HP umpire Tony Venzon

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