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Los Angeles Dodgers @ Philadelphia Phillies

1959-08-24 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 10832 · 2:25

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Philadelphia Phillies 8–2. Los Angeles Dodgers put up 4 in the 1st. Sandy Koufax earned the win. Gil Hodges went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Sandy Koufax L: Ed Keegan SV: (none)

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

Los Angeles Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Gilliam	5	1	1	0	0	1
Wally Moon	4	2	1	0	1	0
Norm Larker	4	3	2	1	1	2
Duke Snider	4	1	0	1	1	1
Gil Hodges	4	1	3	5	0	1
John Roseboro	4	0	0	0	0	1
Don Zimmer	3	0	1	0	1	0
Maury Wills	4	0	1	1	0	2
Sandy Koufax	4	0	0	0	0	3

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	2	1	0	0	2	1
Sparky Anderson	4	0	1	0	0	2
Ed Bouchee	3	0	1	0	1	0
Wally Post	4	0	0	0	0	2
Gene Freese	4	0	1	0	0	1
Harry Anderson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Koppe	3	1	1	1	1	0
Valmy Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	2
Jack Meyer	2	0	0	0	0	2
Bob Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Philley	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Bolger	1	0	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sandy Koufax	9.0	4	4	13

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ed Keegan	0.1	2	4	0
Taylor Phillips	1.2	5	0	1
Jack Meyer	5.0	1	0	8
Ray Semproch	2.0	1	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Gilliam: S7/L
Wally Moon: WP.1-2
Wally Moon: W
Norm Larker: W.2-3;1-2
Duke Snider: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Gil Hodges: S8/G.3-H;2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
John Roseboro: 3/FL
Don Zimmer: W
Maury Wills: S8/L.3-H;2-3;1-2
Sandy Koufax: K
Jim Gilliam: 8/8D

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: 63
Sparky Anderson: K
Ed Bouchee: 9

Top 2

Wally Moon: S3
Norm Larker: S2/BG.1-2
Duke Snider: 9/L.2-3
Gil Hodges: HR/F78.3-H;1-H
John Roseboro: 31
Don Zimmer: S7/L
Maury Wills: 8

Bot 2

Wally Post: K
Gene Freese: 53
Harry Anderson: 6

Top 3

Sandy Koufax: 53
Jim Gilliam: K
Wally Moon: 8

Bot 3

Joe Koppe: 53
Valmy Thomas: K
Jack Meyer: K

Top 4

Norm Larker: K
Duke Snider: K
Gil Hodges: S8/G
John Roseboro: K

Bot 4

Richie Ashburn: W
Sparky Anderson: WP.1-2
Sparky Anderson: E6/G.2-H(NR)
Ed Bouchee: D9/L.1-3
Wally Post: FLE3
Wally Post: K
Gene Freese: 2/FL
Harry Anderson: K

Top 5

Don Zimmer: 7
Maury Wills: K
Sandy Koufax: K

Bot 5

Joe Koppe: 43
Valmy Thomas: 53
Jack Meyer: K

Top 6

Jim Gilliam: 43
Wally Moon: 9
Norm Larker: K

Bot 6

Richie Ashburn: K
Sparky Anderson: D7/F
Ed Bouchee: W
Wally Post: WP.2-3;1-2
Wally Post: 2/FL
Gene Freese: K

Top 7

Duke Snider: 4/FL
Gil Hodges: K
John Roseboro: 4

Bot 7

Harry Anderson: 43
Joe Koppe: HR/F7
Valmy Thomas: K
Bob Bowman: K

Top 8

Don Zimmer: 31
Maury Wills: K
Sandy Koufax: K

Bot 8

Richie Ashburn: W
Sparky Anderson: K
Ed Bouchee: 8/L
Wally Post: 8

Top 9

Jim Gilliam: 9
Wally Moon: 8
Norm Larker: HR/L9
Duke Snider: 3/G

Bot 9

Gene Freese: S7/L
Harry Anderson: 7
Joe Koppe: W.1-2
Dave Philley: K
Jim Bolger: 13

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Ed Keegan

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