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Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 18, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Braves, played on July 18, 1959 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | July 18, 1959 |
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Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 18, 1959 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Milwaukee Braves |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Rush |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dick Ricketts |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 27,406 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 44 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Dusty Boggess 1B: Ed Sudol 2B: Tom Gorman 3B: Stan Landes |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
Frank Torre | First Baseman |
Lee Maye | Left Fielder |
Del Crandall | Catcher |
Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
Johnny O'Brien | Second Baseman |
Bob Rush | Pitcher |
Fred Haney | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
Bill White | Left Fielder |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Gino Cimoli | Center Fielder |
Stan Musial | First Baseman |
Hal Smith | Catcher |
Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
Dick Ricketts | Pitcher |
Solly Hemus | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Braves
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
July 18, 1959
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Ricketts
Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Ricketts
Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Ricketts
Aaron hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Ricketts
Torre hits a line drive into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Rush
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Rush
Cunningham takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Rush
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Rush
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Ricketts
Maye hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crandall vs. Ricketts
Crandall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame catches it and throws to first to double up Maye. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Ricketts
Logan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
O'Brien vs. Ricketts
O'Brien hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Rush
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Rush covering, for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Rush
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Rush
Smith hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Maye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Rush
There goes Musial. The throw from Crandall and he is out, Logan applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rush vs. Ricketts
Rush bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Ricketts
Bruton 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 -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Ricketts
Mathews hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Rush
Grammas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maye. Grammas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ricketts vs. Rush
Ricketts hits a line drive towards the mound. Rush reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Rush
Blasingame hits a line drive towards third. Mathews reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Rush
Cunningham takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Rush
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Grammas scores. Cunningham moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Rush
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Ricketts
Aaron 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 -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torre vs. Ricketts
Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cunningham throws the ball in to Grammas who tags Torre trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maye vs. Ricketts
Maye hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Rush
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Rush
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Rush
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Ricketts
Crandall hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Ricketts
Logan strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Brien vs. Ricketts
O'Brien hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Rush
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ricketts vs. Rush
Ricketts hits a line drive towards short. Logan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Rush
Blasingame hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rush vs. Ricketts
Rush hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Ricketts
Bruton 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 -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Ricketts
Mathews takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Ricketts
Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torre vs. Ricketts
Torre hits a line drive into right field. Cunningham picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cunningham. Mathews scores. Aaron goes all the way around to score. Torre moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Maye vs. Ricketts
Maye is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Crandall vs. Ricketts
Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Rush
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rush picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Rush. Cunningham moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Rush
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cunningham scores. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Rush
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cimoli vs. Jay
Joey Jay now pitching.
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jay picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Jay. White scores. Boyer goes all the way around to score. Cimoli moves to third. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Musial vs. Jay
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Crowe vs. Jay
George Crowe pinch hits for Hal Smith.
Crowe hits a line drive towards first. Torre reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grammas vs. Jay
Grammas hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Ricketts
Ray Katt now catching.
Logan hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Katt settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Katt. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Ricketts
Logan hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Vernon vs. Ricketts
Mickey Vernon pinch hits for Johnny O'Brien.
Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ricketts picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ricketts. Vernon moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 3 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Adcock vs. Bridges
Felix Mantilla pinch runs for Mickey Vernon. Wes Covington pinch hits for Joey Jay. Marshall Bridges now pitching. Joe Adcock pinch hits for Wes C
Adcock hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Bridges
Bruton hits a line drive into right field. Cunningham picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cunningham. Bruton moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mathews vs. Bridges
Mathews strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Aaron vs. Bridges
Aaron is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Torre vs. Bridges
Torre hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bridges vs. Buhl
Felix Mantilla now playing second base. Bob Buhl now pitching.
Bridges strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Buhl
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Buhl
Cunningham takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Buhl
White hits a line drive into center field. Bruton picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bruton. Cunningham moves to third. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Buhl
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pafko vs. Bridges
Andy Pafko pinch hits for Lee Maye.
Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Bridges
Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Bridges
Logan strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Buhl
Andy Pafko now playing left field.
Cimoli is called out on strikes. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Buhl
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Buhl
Gene Oliver pinch hits for Ray Katt.
Oliver strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mantilla vs. Bridges
Gene Oliver now catching.
Mantilla hits a line drive into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buhl vs. Bridges
Buhl strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Bridges
Bruton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Buhl
Wally Shannon pinch hits for Alex Grammas.
Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gray vs. Buhl
Curt Flood pinch runs for Wally Shannon. Dick Gray pinch hits for Marshall Bridges.
Gray bunts towards the mound. Buhl fields it and throws to first for the out. Flood moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Buhl
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Buhl
Cunningham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Flood scores. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Buhl
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cunningham moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 5 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Buhl
Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cunningham scores. White moves to second. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/18/1959 -- Milwaukee at St.Louis (N) Milwaukee AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Bruton B, cf 5 0 1 0 Blasingame D, 2b 5 0 0 0 Mathews E, 3b 3 2 1 1 Cunningham J, rf 2 2 2 1 Aaron H, rf 3 1 1 0 White B, lf 5 1 4 2 Torre F, 1b 4 0 2 1 Boyer K, 3b 5 1 2 1 Maye L, lf 2 0 1 0 Cimoli G, cf 4 0 1 0 Pafko A, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Musial S, 1b 3 0 0 0 Crandall D, c 4 0 0 0 Smith H, c 2 0 0 0 Logan J, ss 4 0 1 0 Crowe G, ph 1 0 0 0 O'Brien J, 2b 2 0 0 0 Katt R, c 0 0 0 0 Vernon M, ph 1 0 1 0 Oliver G, ph-c 1 0 0 0 Mantilla F, pr-2b 1 1 0 0 Grammas A, ss 3 1 1 0 Rush B, p 2 0 0 0 Shannon W, ph 1 0 1 0 Jay J, p 0 0 0 0 Flood C, pr 0 1 0 0 Covington W, ph 0 0 0 0 Ricketts D, p 2 0 0 0 Adcock J, ph 1 1 1 2 Bridges M, p 1 0 0 0 Buhl B, p 1 0 0 0 Gray D, ph 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 34 5 9 4 35 6 11 4 Milwaukee 100 002 200 -- 5 St.Louis 001 003 002 -- 6 2 outs when winning run was scored. Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO Rush B* 5.0 5 4 2 3 1 Jay J 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 Buhl B (L) 2.2 5 2 2 1 3 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Ricketts D 6.1 7 4 3 2 2 Bridges M (W) 2.2 2 1 1 1 3 * Pitched to 3 batters in 6th E -- Cunningham J 2, Rush B, Jay J, Katt R, Ricketts D, Bruton B DP -- St.Louis 1 LOB -- Milwaukee 5, St.Louis 8 2B -- Grammas A HR -- Mathews E, Adcock J CS -- Musial S SH -- Gray D T -- 2:44 A -- 27406
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