1959 NL Game: SF @ Mil.

 May 1, 1959

   The Milwaukee Braves winning streak reaches 12 games with their 4-1 Win over the San Francisco Giants tonight. Carl Willey went the distance for his 2nd Win for Milwaukee, allowing only 4 hits and striking out 8. While the streak continues for the 13-1 Braves, every game will be reported here. 

BOXSCORE: 1959 San Francisco Giants At 1959 Milwaukee Braves         5/1/1959
 
  Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Braves             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Davenport 3B      4  0  1  0 .200     B.Bruton CF         5  0  0  0 .365  
  J.Brandt LF         4  0  2  0 .323     E.Mathews 3B        5  1  2  1 .407  
  W.Mays CF           4  1  1  1 .362     H.Aaron RF          3  2  2  0 .483  
  O.Cepeda 1B         2  0  0  0 .261     W.Covington LF      3  0  1  0 .293  
  F.Alou RF           3  0  0  0 .328     F.Torre 1B          3  1  1  1 .323  
  D.Spencer 2B        3  0  0  0 .284     D.Crandall C        2  0  1  0 .231  
  A.Rodgers SS        3  0  0  0 .271     J.Logan SS          4  0  0  0 .246  
  B.Schmidt C         3  0  0  0 .245     C.Cottier 2B        4  0  1  2 .357  
  S.Jones P           1  0  0  0 .000     C.Willey P          4  0  2  0 .400  
A-L.Wagner PH         1  0  0  0 .286                                          
  D.Zanni P           0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  A.Worthington P     0  0  0  0 ----                                          
B-W.Kirkland PH       1  0  0  0 .188                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      29  1  4  1                 Totals      33  4 10  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Jones In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Worthington In 9th Inning
 
Giants.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  4  0
Braves.......... 1 0 0  0 0 2  1 0    -  4 10  0
 
Giants (9-8)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Jones LOSS(2-3)         5       4   1   1   1   2   1   2.27
D.Zanni                   1 2/3   4   3   3   4   1   0  16.20
A.Worthingto              1 1/3   2   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    8      10   4   4   5   4   1
 
Braves (13-1)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Willey WIN(2-0)         9       4   1   1   1   8   1   2.25
Totals                    9       4   1   1   1   8   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 33,925 DATE- Friday, May 1st 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 1:56
LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 2  Braves:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 0  Braves: 1
DOUBLES- E.Mathews(3rd), H.Aaron(8th)
HOME RUNS- W.Mays(8th), E.Mathews(4th)
RBIs- W.Mays(24th), E.Mathews(13th), F.Torre(2nd), C.Cottier-2(9th)
CAUGHT STEALING- O.Cepeda
WALKS- O.Cepeda, H.Aaron, W.Covington, F.Torre, D.Crandall-2
STRIKE OUTS- J.Davenport-2, W.Mays, F.Alou, D.Spencer-2, A.Rodgers, S.Jones,
             B.Bruton, E.Mathews, F.Torre, C.Willey
GIDP- W.Mays
2-out RBI- C.Cottier-2, F.Torre
RLISP 2-out- D.Crandall, C.Willey, J.Logan-2
TEAM RISP- Giants: 0 for 0  Braves: 2 for 8
 
Carl Willey went 9 strong innings as the blistering-hot Milwaukee Braves
defeated the San Francisco Giants by a score of 4 to 1 at County
Stadium.
 
San Francisco fell behind quickly as the Milwaukee offense came through in the
first inning scoring a single run on 2 base hits.  Milwaukee finished with 10
hits in the victory.  
 
Willey(2-0) allowed 1 run on the game. Sam Jones(2-3) was tagged with the
loss.  He gave up 4 hits and 1 walk in 5 innings.