Pittsburgh Pirates vs Milwaukee Braves
May 26, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 26, 1959 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Pittsburgh Pirates 0, Milwaukee Braves 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 6 0 3 0
Virdon cf 6 0 1 0
Burgess c 5 0 0 0
Nelson 1b 5 0 2 0
Skinner lf 5 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 5 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 5 0 2 0
Mejias rf 3 0 1 0
  Stuart ph 1 0 0 0
  Christopher rf 1 0 0 0
Haddix p 5 0 1 0
Totals 47 0 12 0
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien 2b 3 0 0 0
  Rice ph 1 0 0 0
  Mantilla 2b 1 1 0 0
Mathews 3b 4 0 0 0
Aaron rf 4 0 0 0
Adcock 1b 5 0 1 1
Covington lf 4 0 0 0
Crandall c 4 0 0 0
Pafko cf 4 0 0 0
Logan ss 4 0 0 0
Burdette p 4 0 0 0
Totals 38 1 1 1
Pittsburgh 000 000 000 000 0–0121
Milwaukee 000 000 000 000 1–110
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  L (4-3) 12.2 1 1 0 1 8
Totals
12.2
1
1
0
1
8
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Burdette  W (8-2) 13.0 12 0 0 0 2
Totals
13.0
12
0
0
0
2
  E–Hoak (5).  DP–Milwaukee 3. Adcock-Logan-Adcock, Mathews-O'Brien-Adcock, Adcock-Logan.  2B–Milwaukee Adcock (3,off Haddix).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Mathews (1,off Haddix).  IBB–Aaron (2,by Haddix).  Team–1.  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Hal Dixon.  T–2:54.  A–19,194.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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