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Cardinals
@ Braves
County Stadium
August 2, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Milwaukee Braves and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on August 2, 1959 at County Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 2, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 2, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Vinegar Bend Mizell |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lew Burdette |
| Ballpark | County Stadium |
| City | Milwaukee |
| State | WI |
| Attendance | 42,732 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 33 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Jackowski 1B: Vic Delmore 2B: (none) 3B: Al Barlick |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Gino Cimoli | Center Fielder |
| Bill White | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| George Crowe | First Baseman |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | Pitcher |
| Solly Hemus | Manager |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Felix Mantilla | Second Baseman |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
| Joe Adcock | First Baseman |
| Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
| Andy Pafko | Left Fielder |
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Del Rice | Catcher |
| Lew Burdette | Pitcher |
| Fred Haney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Braves
County Stadium
August 2, 1959
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Burdette
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Burdette
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Burdette
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Burdette
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. White moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cunningham vs. Burdette
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Logan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Mizell
Mantilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Mizell
Mathews bunts towards first. Crowe fields the ball and throws to Mizell covering. Safe. Mantilla moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aaron vs. Mizell
Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mantilla scores. Mathews moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Adcock vs. Mizell
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to home to get Mathews. Aaron moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Logan vs. Mizell
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Adcock moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Pafko vs. Mizell
Pafko is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bruton vs. Mizell
Bruton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White who is chasing the ball. Bruton reaches third base with a triple. Aaron scores. Adcock scores. Pafko goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rice vs. Mizell
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Burdette
Crowe hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Burdette
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Burdette
Wally Shannon pinch hits for Alex Grammas.
Shannon hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burdette vs. Mizell
Wally Shannon now playing shortstop.
Burdette strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Mizell
Mantilla takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Mizell
Mathews is hit by the pitch. Mantilla moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Aaron vs. Mizell
Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adcock vs. Mizell
Adcock hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Burdette
Mizell strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Burdette
Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Burdette
Cimoli hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Burdette
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Mizell
Logan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Mizell
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shannon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Mizell
Bruton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Mizell
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shannon fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Burdette
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Burdette
Cunningham bunts towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Burdette
Crowe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Burdette
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Burdette
Shannon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burdette vs. Mizell
Burdette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shannon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Mizell
Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Mizell. Mantilla moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mathews vs. Mizell
Mathews hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. Mizell
Aaron is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Adcock vs. Mizell
There's a wild pitch. Mantilla moves to third. Aaron moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Adcock vs. Mizell
Adcock is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Logan vs. Mizell
Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Burdette
Mizell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Burdette
Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Burdette
Cimoli hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Aaron fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Aaron. Mizell goes all the way around to score. Cimoli moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Burdette
White hits a line drive towards first. Adcock reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Burdette
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Mizell
Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Mizell
Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Mizell
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burdette vs. Mizell
Del Crandall pinch runs for Del Rice.
Burdette takes first base on ball four. Crandall moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mantilla vs. Mizell
Mantilla hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Mizell
Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Burdette
Del Crandall now catching.
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Burdette
Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Burdette
Smith hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Mizell
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shannon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Adcock vs. Mizell
Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aaron moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Logan vs. Mizell
Logan bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Aaron moves to third. Adcock moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Pafko vs. Mizell
Pafko takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Bruton vs. Stone
Dean Stone now pitching.
Bruton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White who is chasing the ball. Bruton reaches third base with a triple. Aaron scores. Adcock scores. Pafko goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Crandall vs. Stone
Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bruton tags and scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burdette vs. Stone
Burdette hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Burdette reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mantilla vs. Stone
Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops it up and throws to first, with Stone covering, for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Burdette
Frank Torre now playing first base.
Shannon hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gray vs. Burdette
Dick Gray pinch hits for Dean Stone.
Gray strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Burdette
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Miller
Bob Miller now pitching. Dick Gray now playing second base. Curt Flood now playing center field.
Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Miller
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Miller
Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Shannon scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Burdette
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Burdette
White hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Logan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Braves, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Burdette
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Braves, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Burdette
Cunningham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Braves, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crowe vs. Burdette
Crowe hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Braves, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Burdette
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Braves, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Miller
Logan hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Braves, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Miller
Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Braves, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Miller
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Braves, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crandall vs. Miller
Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 5 - Braves, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Burdette
Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Braves, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gray vs. Burdette
Gray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Braves, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Burdette
Stan Musial pinch hits for Bob Miller.
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/2/1959, game 2 -- St.Louis at Milwaukee (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Milwaukee AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 3 0 1 0 Mantilla F, 2b 4 2 3 3
Miller B, p 0 0 0 0 Mathews E, 3b 4 0 1 0
Musial S, ph 1 0 0 0 Aaron H, rf 4 2 2 1
Cimoli G, cf 3 0 1 0 Adcock J, 1b 3 2 1 0
Flood C, cf 1 0 0 0 Torre F, 1b 1 0 0 0
White B, lf 4 1 0 0 Logan J, ss 4 0 0 0
Boyer K, 3b 4 1 1 2 Pafko A, lf 3 2 1 0
Cunningham J, rf 4 1 3 0 Bruton B, cf 4 1 2 6
Crowe G, 1b 4 1 1 2 Rice D, c 3 0 1 0
Smith H, c 4 0 0 0 Crandall D, pr-c 1 1 0 1
Grammas A, ss 0 0 0 0 Burdette L, p 3 1 1 0
Shannon W, ph-ss 4 0 1 0
Mizell V, p 2 1 1 0
Stone D, p 0 0 0 0
Gray D, ph-2b 2 0 0 0
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36 5 9 4 34 11 12 11
St.Louis 000 210 020 -- 5
Milwaukee 400 034 00x -- 11
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell V (L) 5.1 9 10 10 7 1
Stone D 0.2 2 1 1 0 0
Miller B 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette L (W) 9.0 9 5 3 1 2
E -- Mathews E 2, Mizell V, Aaron H
DP -- Milwaukee 2
LOB -- St.Louis 5, Milwaukee 9
2B -- Cimoli G, Burdette L
3B -- Bruton B 2
HR -- Crowe G, Mantilla F, Boyer K
SH -- Logan J
SF -- Crandall D
HBP -- by Mizell V (Mathews E)
WP -- Mizell V
T -- 2:33
A -- 42732
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