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Cardinals
@ Dodgers
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
April 14, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on April 14, 1959 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
Game Summary
| Date | April 14, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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| Home Team |
Los Angeles Dodgers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 14, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Home Team | Los Angeles Dodgers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lindy McDaniel |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Johnny Podres |
| Ballpark | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
| City | Los Angeles |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 61,552 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 37 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Sudol 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: Stan Landes 3B: Tom Gorman |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Gino Cimoli | Right Fielder |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Chuck Essegian | Left Fielder |
| Curt Flood | Center Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Lindy McDaniel | Pitcher |
| Solly Hemus | Manager |
Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ron Fairly | Right Fielder |
| Wally Moon | Left Fielder |
| John Roseboro | Catcher |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Charlie Neal | Second Baseman |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Don Zimmer | Shortstop |
| Jim Baxes | Third Baseman |
| Johnny Podres | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Cardinals
@ Dodgers
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
April 14, 1959
Top 1
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Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Podres
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Podres
Cimoli takes first base on ball four. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Musial vs. Podres
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Podres
Boyer hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Essegian vs. Podres
Essegian strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. McDaniel
Fairly hits a line drive into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. McDaniel
Moon bunts towards first. Musial fields the ball and throws to McDaniel covering. Safe. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Roseboro vs. McDaniel
Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Roseboro for the out. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. McDaniel
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Moon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Neal vs. McDaniel
Neal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Podres
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Podres
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Podres
There goes Smith. The throw from Roseboro and he is out, Zimmer applying the tag. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Podres
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. McDaniel
Hodges strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. McDaniel
Zimmer strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. McDaniel
Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McDaniel vs. Podres
McDaniel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Podres
Blasingame bunts in front of the plate. Roseboro fields it and throws to first for the out. McDaniel moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Cimoli vs. Podres
Cimoli strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Podres
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Podres vs. McDaniel
Podres hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. McDaniel
Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Moon vs. McDaniel
Moon hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Essegian. Moon reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Roseboro vs. McDaniel
Roseboro hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Podres
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Essegian vs. Podres
Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baxes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Podres
Flood hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Podres
Smith hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. Flood moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Grammas vs. Podres
Grammas hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. McDaniel
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Neal vs. McDaniel
Neal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. McDaniel
Hodges hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. McDaniel
Zimmer hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Baxes vs. McDaniel
There's a wild pitch. Hodges moves to third. Zimmer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
Baxes vs. McDaniel
Baxes strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McDaniel vs. Podres
McDaniel strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Podres
Blasingame hits a fly ball into right center field, beyond the reach of Snider who is chasing the ball. Blasingame reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Cardinals, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cimoli vs. Podres
Cimoli bunts towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame scores. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Podres
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Podres vs. McDaniel
Podres hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. McDaniel
Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moon vs. McDaniel
Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Podres
Boyer hits a popup towards first. Hodges juggles the ball. That's an error on Hodges. Boyer moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Essegian vs. Podres
The ball gets by Roseboro for a passed ball. Boyer moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Essegian vs. Podres
Essegian hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Essegian reaches second base with a double. Boyer scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Flood vs. Podres
Flood hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Essegian moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 3 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Podres
Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Podres
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
McDaniel vs. Podres
McDaniel hits a fly ball into right field. Fairly settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Roseboro vs. McDaniel
Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Roseboro for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Snider vs. McDaniel
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Neal vs. McDaniel
Neal hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Fowler
Art Fowler now pitching.
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Fowler
Cimoli bunts towards the mound. Fowler fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Musial vs. Fowler
Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Boyer vs. Fowler
Boyer is walked intentionally. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Essegian vs. Fowler
Essegian strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. McDaniel
Bill White now playing first base.
Hodges hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. McDaniel
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. McDaniel
Baxes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Demeter vs. McDaniel
Don Demeter pinch hits for Art Fowler.
Demeter hits a fly ball into left field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Klippstein
Johnny Klippstein now pitching.
Flood hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Klippstein
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baxes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Klippstein
Grammas hits a popup towards short. Zimmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Fairly vs. McDaniel
Fairly takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Moon vs. McDaniel
Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fairly moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Roseboro vs. McDaniel
There's a wild pitch. Fairly scores. Moon moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Roseboro vs. McDaniel
Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Moon moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Snider vs. McDaniel
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: --3
Neal vs. McDaniel
Neal 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 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
McDaniel vs. Klippstein
McDaniel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Klippstein
Blasingame strikes out. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Klippstein
Cimoli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Fairly. Cimoli reaches second base with a double. McDaniel moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: -23
White vs. Klippstein
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to home to get McDaniel. Cimoli moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Cardinals, 5 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Klippstein
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cimoli scores. White moves to third. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Essegian vs. Klippstein
Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baxes fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Cardinals, 6 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. McDaniel
Hodges hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. McDaniel
Zimmer hits a fly ball into right field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. McDaniel
Baxes is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gilliam vs. McDaniel
Jim Gilliam pinch hits for Johnny Klippstein.
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields the ball, races to the bag for one, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Gilliam moves to second. View Play -
Cardinals, 6 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Fairly vs. McDaniel
Fairly hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/14/1959 -- St.Louis at Los Angeles (N)
St.Louis AB R H RBI Los Angeles AB R H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b 3 2 2 0 Fairly R, rf 4 1 0 0
Cimoli G, rf 2 1 1 1 Moon W, lf 4 0 3 0
Musial S, 1b 4 0 0 0 Roseboro J, c 4 0 0 0
White B, 1b 1 0 0 0 Snider D, cf 4 0 1 0
Boyer K, 3b 4 1 2 2 Neal C, 2b 4 0 0 0
Essegian C, lf 5 1 1 1 Hodges G, 1b 4 1 2 1
Flood C, cf 4 0 1 0 Zimmer D, ss 4 0 1 0
Smith H, c 4 1 3 2 Baxes J, 3b 3 0 0 0
Grammas A, ss 4 0 0 0 Podres J, p 2 0 0 0
McDaniel L, p 2 0 0 0 Fowler A, p 0 0 0 0
Demeter D, ph 1 0 0 0
Klippstein J, p 0 0 0 0
Gilliam J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 6 10 6 35 2 7 1
St.Louis 100 013 001 -- 6
Los Angeles 000 000 011 -- 2
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
McDaniel L (W) 9.0 7 2 2 1 3
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO
Podres J (L) 6.0 8 5 4 2 3
Fowler A 1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Klippstein J 2.0 2 1 1 1 1
E -- Musial S, Hodges G, Grammas A
DP -- Los Angeles 1
LOB -- St.Louis 8, Los Angeles 8
2B -- Moon W, Essegian C, Cimoli G
3B -- Blasingame D
HR -- Smith H, Hodges G
CS -- Smith H
SH -- Blasingame D, Cimoli G 2
HBP -- by McDaniel L (Baxes J)
WP -- McDaniel L 2
PB -- Roseboro J
T -- 2:37
A -- 61552
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