April 25, 1959
The Milwaukee Braves extended their winning streak to 8 games by pounding the Cincinnati Reds today 16-5. The 16 runs scored are the most in 1 game for any team so far in MLB. Warren Spahn Won his 4th game of the season in a less than stellar performance.
BOXSCORE: 1959 Milwaukee Braves At 1959 Cincinnati Reds 4/25/1959
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG
B.Bruton CF 5 4 2 0 .419 J.Temple 2B 5 2 3 1 .275
E.Mathews 3B 5 3 3 1 .400 V.Pinson CF 4 0 2 2 .275
H.Aaron RF 5 2 3 3 .512 F.Robinson 1B 5 0 2 1 .457
W.Covington LF 5 2 2 4 .326 F.Thomas 3B 5 1 1 0 .269
J.Adcock 1B 5 2 4 4 .556 D.Ennis LF 4 0 3 0 .364
J.Morgan 2B 5 0 2 3 .300 G.Bell RF 5 0 1 0 .417
D.Crandall C 6 0 0 0 .256 R.McMillan SS 5 0 0 1 .229
J.Logan SS 6 0 2 0 .220 D.Dotterer C 3 0 0 0 .000
W.Spahn P 5 3 2 0 .118 H.Jeffcoat P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-P.Whisenant PH 0 1 0 0 .250
B.Mabe P 0 0 0 0 .000
T.Acker P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-J.Lynch PH 1 0 0 0 .250
B.Purkey P 2 0 0 0 .300
A-E.Bailey C 1 1 1 0 .209
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Totals 47 16 20 15 Totals 40 5 13 5
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Purkey In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Jeffcoat In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Acker In 9th Inning
Braves.......... 3 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 5 - 16 20 1
Reds............ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 - 5 13 4
Braves (9-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Spahn WIN(4-0) 9 13 5 4 4 4 0 2.25
Totals 9 13 5 4 4 4 0
Reds (4-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Purkey LOSS(0-3) 6 2/3 15 11 3 1 3 0 4.61
H.Jeffcoat 1 1/3 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
B.Mabe 0 2/3 4 5 4 2 0 1 15.00
T.Acker 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 20 16 7 4 5 1
ATTENDANCE- 19,335 DATE- Saturday, April 25th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:16
LEFT ON BASE- Braves:11 Reds:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1 Reds: 1
ERRORS- E.Mathews, J.Temple, F.Robinson, R.McMillan-2
DOUBLES- H.Aaron(5th), J.Morgan(1st), J.Temple(4th)
HOME RUNS- W.Covington(1st)
RBIs- E.Mathews(7th), H.Aaron-3(18th), W.Covington-4(10th), J.Adcock-4(4th),
J.Morgan-3(4th), J.Temple(3rd), V.Pinson-2(9th), F.Robinson(14th),
R.McMillan(5th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Logan
SACRIFICE HITS- W.Spahn
SACRIFICE FLIES- E.Mathews
WALKS- B.Bruton, H.Aaron, J.Adcock, J.Morgan, V.Pinson, D.Ennis, P.Whisenant,
E.Bailey
HIT BY PITCH- W.Covington
STRIKE OUTS- W.Covington-2, J.Morgan, D.Crandall, W.Spahn, V.Pinson, D.Ennis,
D.Dotterer, J.Lynch
GIDP- D.Crandall
2-out RBI- H.Aaron-2, J.Adcock-2, J.Morgan-2, W.Covington
RLISP 2-out- D.Crandall-3, H.Aaron, F.Robinson, W.Covington, B.Purkey, D.Ennis,
J.Morgan-2, G.Bell-2
TEAM RISP- Braves: 8 for 21 Reds: 3 for 13
Warren Spahn completed the game without help from the bullpen and left fielder
Wes Covington hit one over the fence and had 4 RBI at Crosley Field as the
streaking Milwaukee Braves belted the Cincinnati Reds by the count of 16 to
5.
Covington enjoyed a big day at the plate. He delivered a base-hit plating a
run in the 7th inning and lofted a three-run bomb in the 9th inning.
Milwaukee provided plenty of action in the 6th inning with 4 runs on 3 hits
and the 9th inning which saw them plate 5 runs on 4 hits. Milwaukee finished
with 20 hits in the victory.
The winning pitcher was Spahn(4-0) who allowed 5 runs for the game. Bob
Purkey(0-3) was hit with the loss. He was knocked around, surrendering 11
runs in 6 and 2/3 innings.
In another of a string of victories, Milwaukee extended their winning streak
to 8 games.
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