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Braves 6 @ Giants 13
Seals Stadium
September 17, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Milwaukee Braves, played on September 17, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The home team Giants beat the visiting Braves with a score of 13 to 6.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 17, 1959 
Visiting Team
Milwaukee Braves
R: 6 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 6
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
San Francisco Giants
R: 13 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 13
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Jack Sanford  
Losing Pitcher—Warren Spahn  
Save—Sam Jones  
Game Winning RBI—Willie Mays 

Game Info

DateSeptember 17, 1959 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamMilwaukee Braves 
Home TeamSan Francisco Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherWarren Spahn  
Home Starting PitcherJack Sanford  
BallparkSeals Stadium 
CitySan Francisco 
StateCA 
Attendance21,617 
Time of Game2 hours 46 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Dascoli
1B: Tom Gorman
2B: Frank Secory
3B: Jocko Conlan

Milwaukee Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Bruton  Center Fielder 
Eddie Mathews  Third Baseman 
Hank Aaron  Right Fielder 
Joe Adcock  First Baseman 
Enos Slaughter  Left Fielder 
Bobby Avila  Second Baseman 
Del Crandall  Catcher 
Felix Mantilla  Shortstop 
Warren Spahn  Pitcher 
Fred Haney  Manager 

San Francisco Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Bressoud  Shortstop 
Willie McCovey  First Baseman 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Orlando Cepeda  Left Fielder 
Jackie Brandt  Right Fielder 
Daryl Spencer  Second Baseman 
Jim Davenport  Third Baseman 
Jim Hegan  Catcher 
Jack Sanford  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

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Braves 6 @ Giants 13
Seals Stadium
September 17, 1959

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         Game of 9/17/1959 -- Milwaukee at San Francisco (D)

  Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI    San Francisco      AB  R  H RBI
Bruton B, cf          5  2  4  0   Bressoud E, ss        4  4  3  1   
Mathews E, 3b         4  2  2  6   McCovey W, 1b         3  2  1  2   
Aaron H, rf           4  0  0  0   Rodgers A, pr         0  1  0  0   
Adcock J, 1b          4  0  0  0   Jones S, p            0  0  0  0   
Slaughter E, lf       4  0  0  0   Mays W, cf            4  2  4  5   
Avila B, 2b           4  0  1  0   Cepeda O, lf-1b       5  0  2  1   
Crandall D, c         3  0  1  0   Brandt J, rf-lf       3  1  1  0   
Mantilla F, ss        4  0  1  0   Spencer D, 2b         4  1  1  0   
Spahn W, p            0  0  0  0   Davenport J, 3b       4  1  2  4   
Willey C, p           0  0  0  0   Hegan J, c            3  0  0  0   
Spangler A, ph        1  0  1  0   Alou F, ph-rf         2  0  0  0   
Rush B, p             0  0  0  0   Sanford J, p          3  0  0  0   
Maye L, ph            1  1  1  0   Pagan J, ph           1  1  0  0   
Jay J, p              0  0  0  0   Landrith H, c         1  0  0  0   
Boone R, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Pizarro J, p          0  0  0  0                                      
McMahon D, p          0  0  0  0                                      
Vernon M, ph          0  1  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  6 11  6                        37 13 14 13

Milwaukee        000 030 201 --  6
San Francisco    311 300 32x -- 13

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Spahn W (L)*          0.0  3  3  3  1  0
Willey C              2.0  2  1  1  1  2
Rush B                2.0  3  4  3  2  1
Jay J                 1.0  0  0  0  0  1
Pizarro J             1.2  3  3  0  3  0
McMahon D             1.1  3  2  2  0  1

  San Francisco        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sanford J (W)         7.0  9  5  5  0  7
Jones S (S)           2.0  2  1  1  1  0
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 1st

E -- Hegan J, Spencer D, Avila B 2
DP -- Milwaukee 2, San Francisco 3
LOB -- Milwaukee 6, San Francisco 8
2B -- McCovey W
HR -- Bressoud E, Mays W, Mathews E 2, Davenport J
SF -- Davenport J, Mathews E
HBP -- by Sanford J (Aaron H)
WP -- Rush B, Jones S
T -- 2:46
A -- 21617

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