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1959 NL Game: LA @ SF

 May 26, 1959

  Promising LA left hander Sandy Koufax had a very wild outing tonight. Koufax walked 14 batters and struck out 9 as the Dodgers lost to the SF Giants 6-2. He allowed only 4 hits in the 8 innings he pitched, but he was in constant trouble due to the MLB record number of Walks (14) he issued. 

BOXSCORE: 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers At 1959 San Francisco Giants 5/26/1959

 
  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  R.Fairly RF         4  0  0  0 .152     D.O'Connell 3B      3  0  0  0 .250  
  C.Neal 2B           5  1  2  0 .341     A.Rodgers SS        4  0  0  0 .286  
  W.Moon LF           4  0  1  0 .271     W.Mays CF           4  2  1  0 .302  
  D.Demeter CF        4  0  0  0 .179     O.Cepeda 1B         3  2  0  0 .253  
  G.Hodges 1B         4  1  1  2 .248     J.Brandt LF         4  1  1  3 .295  
  D.Gray 3B           3  0  1  0 .139     F.Alou RF           2  1  1  0 .342  
  J.Pignatano C       4  0  1  0 .191     D.Spencer 2B        3  0  1  1 .265  
  B.Lillis SS         3  0  1  0 .190     B.Schmidt C         3  0  0  0 .248  
  S.Koufax P          3  0  1  0 .250     S.Miller P          1  0  0  1 .000  
A-J.Gilliam PH        1  0  0  0 .234     A.Worthington P     1  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  2  8  2                 Totals      28  6  4  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Koufax In 9th Inning
 
Dodgers......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  2  8  0
Giants.......... 0 1 0  0 2 3  0 0    -  6  4  1
 
Dodgers (20-23)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Koufax LOSS(1-2)        8       4   6   6  14   9   1   5.36
Totals                    8       4   6   6  14   9   1
 
Giants (25-15)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
S.Miller WIN(3-1)         6 1/3   5   0   0   2   6   0   2.32
A.Worthingto              2 2/3   3   2   2   1   4   1   3.71
Totals                    9       8   2   2   3  10   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 20,628 DATE- Tuesday, May 26th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers: 9  Giants:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0  Giants: 1
ERRORS- D.O'Connell
DOUBLES- W.Mays(14th)
HOME RUNS- G.Hodges(8th), J.Brandt(3rd)
RBIs- G.Hodges-2(20th), J.Brandt-3(23rd), D.Spencer(24th), S.Miller
STOLEN BASES- F.Alou(4th), D.Spencer(1st)
WALKS- R.Fairly, D.Gray, B.Lillis, D.O'Connell-2, A.Rodgers, W.Mays, O.Cepeda-2,
       J.Brandt, F.Alou-3, D.Spencer, B.Schmidt, S.Miller-2
STRIKE OUTS- C.Neal, W.Moon, D.Demeter-3, G.Hodges, B.Lillis, S.Koufax-2,
             J.Gilliam, D.O'Connell-2, A.Rodgers, O.Cepeda, J.Brandt, F.Alou,
             D.Spencer-2, B.Schmidt
GIDP- W.Moon
PASSED BALLS- J.Pignatano
2-out RBI- S.Miller, D.Spencer, J.Brandt-3, G.Hodges-2
RLISP 2-out- D.O'Connell-2, W.Moon, A.Rodgers-2, S.Miller, B.Schmidt,
             R.Fairly-2, C.Neal
TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 0 for 5  Giants: 2 for 10
 
At Seals Stadium the San Francisco Giants easily handled the Los Angeles
Dodgers by the score of 6 to 2.
 
Los Angeles was unable to claim the lead after San Francisco went ahead in the
bottom of the 2nd inning scoring one runner.  Despite losing, Los Angeles
out-hit San Francisco 8 to 4.  
 
The win was credited to Stu Miller(3-1) who went 6 and 1/3 innings allowing no
runs. Sandy Koufax(1-2) was the loser.  He struggled with his control issuing
14 walks in 8 innings.  
 

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