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Milwaukee Braves @ San Francisco Giants

1959-08-05 · Day game · Seals Stadium · Att: 22807 · 2:12

San Francisco Giants defeated Milwaukee Braves 4–1. San Francisco Giants put up 3 in the 8th. Jack Sanford earned the win. Willie McCovey went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8
SFN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		4	7

W: Jack Sanford L: Bob Buhl SV: (none)

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

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Felix Mantilla	4	0	1	0	0	1
Eddie Mathews	4	0	2	0	0	0
Hank Aaron	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Adcock	4	0	1	0	0	1
Lee Maye	4	1	1	0	0	2
Johnny Logan	3	0	1	0	1	1
Bill Bruton	4	0	2	1	0	0
Del Crandall	4	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Buhl	3	0	0	0	0	2

San Francisco Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Davenport	4	1	1	0	0	0
Willie Mays	4	1	1	1	0	0
Willie McCovey	4	2	2	3	0	0
Orlando Cepeda	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Kirkland	3	0	0	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	3	0	1	0	0	0
Hobie Landrith	3	0	1	0	0	1
Eddie Bressoud	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Sanford	1	0	0	0	1	1

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Buhl	8.0	7	1	2

San Francisco Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Sanford	9.0	8	1	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Felix Mantilla: 63
Eddie Mathews: S8
Hank Aaron: 9
Joe Adcock: 8

Bot 1

Jim Davenport: 7
Willie Mays: 3
Willie McCovey: HR/9
Orlando Cepeda: 8

Top 2

Lee Maye: S9
Johnny Logan: S7.1-2
Bill Bruton: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Del Crandall: FC5.3XH(52);2-3
Bob Buhl: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Willie Kirkland: 1/G
Daryl Spencer: D7
Hobie Landrith: K
Eddie Bressoud: 6

Top 3

Felix Mantilla: 6
Eddie Mathews: 8
Hank Aaron: 63

Bot 3

Jack Sanford: W
Jim Davenport: 8
Willie Mays: 8
Willie McCovey: 43

Top 4

Joe Adcock: K
Lee Maye: K
Johnny Logan: K23

Bot 4

Orlando Cepeda: 3/FL
Willie Kirkland: 3/G
Daryl Spencer: 7

Top 5

Bill Bruton: S9
Del Crandall: 6
Bob Buhl: SB2
Bob Buhl: K/C
Felix Mantilla: K

Bot 5

Hobie Landrith: S9
Eddie Bressoud: 36(1)/FO
Jack Sanford: 2/SH.1-2
Jim Davenport: 43

Top 6

Eddie Mathews: S9
Hank Aaron: 4
Joe Adcock: 46(1)/FO
Lee Maye: K

Bot 6

Willie Mays: 3/FL
Willie McCovey: 8
Orlando Cepeda: 9

Top 7

Johnny Logan: 2
Bill Bruton: 7
Del Crandall: K

Bot 7

Willie Kirkland: 8
Daryl Spencer: 53
Hobie Landrith: 7

Top 8

Bob Buhl: K
Felix Mantilla: S/BG
Eddie Mathews: 5
Hank Aaron: 7/FL

Bot 8

Eddie Bressoud: S8
Jack Sanford: OA.1X2(26)
Jack Sanford: K/C
Jim Davenport: S7
Willie Mays: D8.1-H
Willie McCovey: HR/9.2-H
Orlando Cepeda: 7

Top 9

Joe Adcock: S/89
Lee Maye: 7
Johnny Logan: W.1-2
Bill Bruton: 13.1-2;2-3
Del Crandall: 63