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Cardinals
@ Giants
Seals Stadium
September 7, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on September 7, 1959 at Seals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 7, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Home Team |
San Francisco Giants
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 7, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | San Francisco Giants |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Gibson |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sam Jones |
| Ballpark | Seals Stadium |
| City | San Francisco |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 22,815 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Stan Landes 2B: Tom Gorman 3B: Ed Sudol |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Bill White | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Bob Gibson | Pitcher |
| Solly Hemus | Manager |
San Francisco Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Danny O'Connell | Third Baseman |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Willie McCovey | First Baseman |
| Orlando Cepeda | Left Fielder |
| Willie Kirkland | Right Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Second Baseman |
| Hobie Landrith | Catcher |
| Eddie Bressoud | Shortstop |
| Sam Jones | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Giants
Seals Stadium
September 7, 1959
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Jones
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Jones
Jones fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Jones. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Jones
Cunningham hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Jones
White hits a ball on the ground towards second. Spencer throws to first for one, and McCovey throws back to second, and Spencer drops the ball. Blasingame scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Jones
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Jones
Jones fires to first and picks off Boyer. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Gibson
O'Connell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Gibson
Mays is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Gibson
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. Gibson
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Jones
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Jones
Flood strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Jones
Grammas hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Grammas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Jones
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kirkland vs. Gibson
Kirkland hits a fly ball into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Gibson
Spencer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Landrith vs. Gibson
There goes Spencer. The throw from Smith and he is safe. Spencer steals second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Landrith vs. Gibson
Landrith strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bressoud vs. Gibson
Bressoud hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gibson vs. Jones
Gibson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Jones
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Jones
There goes Blasingame. The throw from Landrith and he is out, Bressoud applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Jones
Cunningham takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Jones
White hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Gibson
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Gibson
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Gibson
Mays takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Gibson
McCovey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McCovey for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Jones
Boyer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Jones
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Jones
Flood hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Jones
Grammas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Jones
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grammas moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gibson vs. Jones
Gibson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Gibson
Cepeda hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. Gibson
Kirkland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Spencer vs. Gibson
Spencer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cepeda scores. Kirkland moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Landrith vs. Gibson
There's a wild pitch. Kirkland moves to third. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Landrith vs. Gibson
Landrith strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bressoud vs. Gibson
Bressoud is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jones vs. Gibson
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gibson fields it and throws to home to get Kirkland. Spencer moves to third. Bressoud moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Rhodes vs. Gibson
Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Danny O'Connell.
Rhodes is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Jones
Jose Pagan now playing third base.
Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Cepeda settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Jones
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Jones
White strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Gibson
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. Gibson
McCovey is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cepeda vs. Gibson
Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. Gibson
Kirkland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cepeda moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Spencer vs. Gibson
Spencer takes first base on ball four. Kirkland moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wagner vs. Gibson
Leon Wagner pinch hits for Hobie Landrith.
Wagner hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Jones
Jim Hegan now catching.
Boyer hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Jones
Musial strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Jones
Flood hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cepeda. Flood reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grammas vs. Jones
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Jones covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. Gibson
Bressoud hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Gibson
Jones bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Bressoud moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pagan vs. Gibson
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer throws to second for one, and Grammas throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Bressoud scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mays vs. Gibson
Mays hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCovey vs. Gibson
McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pagan moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cepeda vs. Gibson
Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pagan scores. McCovey moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kirkland vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. McCovey moves to third. Cepeda moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kirkland vs. McDaniel
Kirkland strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Jones
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McDaniel vs. Jones
McDaniel is called out on strikes. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Jones
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. McDaniel
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. McDaniel
Hegan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bressoud vs. McDaniel
Bressoud hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Flood. Bressoud reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. McDaniel
Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bressoud scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pagan vs. McDaniel
Pagan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Jones
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Hegan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Jones
White strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Jones
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Jones
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Pagan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. McDaniel
Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCovey vs. McDaniel
McCovey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cepeda vs. McDaniel
Jackie Brandt pinch runs for Willie McCovey.
Cepeda hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kirkland vs. McDaniel
There goes Brandt. The throw from Smith and he is out, Grammas applying the tag. View Play
Top 9
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Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Jones
Jackie Brandt now playing left field. Orlando Cepeda now playing first base.
Flood hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Jones
Wally Shannon pinch hits for Alex Grammas.
Shannon strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Giants, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crowe vs. Jones
George Crowe pinch hits for Hal Smith.
Crowe strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/7/1959 -- St.Louis at San Francisco (D)
St.Louis AB R H RBI San Francisco AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 2 1 0 0 O'Connell D, 3b 1 0 0 0
Cunningham J, rf 3 0 1 0 Rhodes D, ph 1 0 0 0
White B, lf 4 0 0 1 Pagan J, 3b 2 1 0 0
Boyer K, 3b 4 0 1 0 Mays W, cf 4 0 0 0
Musial S, 1b 4 0 0 0 McCovey W, 1b 4 0 1 0
Flood C, cf 4 1 2 1 Brandt J, pr-lf 0 0 0 0
Grammas A, ss 3 0 2 0 Cepeda O, lf-1b 5 1 3 1
Shannon W, ph 1 0 0 0 Kirkland W, rf 4 0 2 0
Smith H, c 2 0 1 0 Spencer D, 2b 2 0 1 1
Crowe G, ph 1 0 0 0 Landrith H, c 2 0 0 0
Gibson B, p 2 0 0 0 Wagner L, ph 1 0 0 0
McDaniel L, p 1 0 0 0 Hegan J, c 1 0 0 0
Bressoud E, ss 3 2 2 0
Jones S, p 3 0 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 2 7 2 33 4 10 3
St.Louis 100 100 000 -- 2
San Francisco 000 102 10x -- 4
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Gibson B (L) 5.2 8 3 3 5 5
McDaniel L 2.1 2 1 1 1 1
San Francisco IP H R ER BB SO
Jones S (W) 9.0 7 2 1 4 9
E -- Jones S, Spencer D, Grammas A
DP -- San Francisco 1
LOB -- St.Louis 6, San Francisco 12
2B -- Grammas A, Flood C, Bressoud E
HR -- Flood C
SB -- Spencer D
CS -- Blasingame D, Brandt J
SH -- Jones S
WP -- Gibson B, McDaniel L
T -- 2:34
A -- 22815
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