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Milwaukee Braves 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 4

August 8,1959

Visiting Team

Milwaukee Braves (56-46)

Home Team

Los Angeles Dodgers (62-48)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

67,312

Time of Game

2:22

Umpires

[HP]: Augie Donatelli [1B]: Ken Burkhart [2B]: Tony Venzon [3B]: Jocko Conlan

Milwaukee Braves 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 4

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Milwaukee Braves	MLN	56-46		0	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	1			2	5	0		3	3	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAN	62-48		2	1	0		0	0	0		0	1	x			4	10	0		2	2	4	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Milwaukee Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Felix Mantilla	2b	25.010	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.188		34	219
2	Eddie Mathews	3b	27.299	L	3	0	1	0		1	1	.333		54	989
3	Hank Aaron	rf	25.184	R	4	1	1	0		0	2	.352		53	734
4	Wes Covington	lf	27.134	L	4	1	2	1		0	1	.265		49	297
5	Frank Torre	1b	27.221	L	4	0	0	1		0	0	.241		41	401
6	Johnny Logan	ss	32.138	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.308		46	1012
7	Bill Bruton	cf	33.272	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.303		47	729
8	Del Crandall	c	29.156	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.277		51	793
	Bob Rush	p	33.230	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.214		11	249
	Mickey Vernon	ph	41.108	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.190		29	1213
Totals

2B: Hank Aaron (25)

3B: Wes Covington (2)

RBI: Wes Covington (20), Frank Torre (9)

SH: Bob Rush (1)

Los Angeles Dodgers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Gilliam	3b	30.295	B	2	2	0	0		3	0	.321		91	984
2	Charlie Neal	2b	28.190	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.293		99	429
3	Wally Moon	lf	29.127	L	2	0	2	0		2	0	.296		93	738
4	Duke Snider	rf	32.323	L	4	0	2	2		0	1	.320		80	1372
5	Norm Larker	1b	28.224	L	3	0	0	1		0	0	.286		61	160
6	Don Demeter	cf	24.044	R	3	1	1	1		1	0	.259		93	139
7	John Roseboro	c	26.087	L	4	0	1	0		0	3	.252		72	221
8	Maury Wills	ss	26.310	B	4	0	2	0		0	1	.231		39	39
9	Don Drysdale	p	23.016	R	3	0	1	0		0	2	.203		28	133
Totals

HR: Don Demeter (15)

RBI: Duke Snider 2 (62), Norm Larker (25), Don Demeter (57)

SH: Don Drysdale (5)

SF: Norm Larker (2)

GDP: Duke Snider (6)

SB: Jim Gilliam (13), Maury Wills (2)

CS: John Roseboro (4)

Milwaukee Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Joey Jay	R	L 2-4	0.1	3	2	2	2	0	0		5.08	1.59		10	58
2	Bob Rush	R		6.2	5	1	1	3	5	0		2.41	1.37		11	257
3	Don McMahon	R		1.0	2	1	1	1	2	1		3.20	1.86		23	93
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Joey Jay (22-11-11), Bob Rush (78-52-26), Don McMahon (23-12-11)

Los Angeles Dodgers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Don Drysdale	R	W 14-5	9.0	5	2	2	1	9	0		2.77	1.09		27	130
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Don Drysdale (101-74-27)