June 17, 1959
Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves lost his 1st game of the season tonight, 1-0 to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Spahn, 12-1, lost the pitching duel with Sandy Koufax. Koufax allowed 4 hits and struck out 9 in his 8 innings of work, getting the Win. Clem Labine worked the 9th inning, getting a Save for the Dodgers.
It was a good day for LA as they took both games in the doubleheader against the 1st place Braves.
BOXSCORE: 1959 Milwaukee Braves At 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers 6/17/1959
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG
C.Wise 2B 4 0 2 0 .172 J.Gilliam 3B 3 1 1 0 .253
A-B.Bruton PR 0 0 0 0 .332 C.Neal 2B 4 0 3 1 .332
B-F.Mantilla 2B 0 0 0 0 .134 D.Demeter CF 4 0 0 0 .202
E.Mathews 3B 1 0 0 0 .283 G.Hodges 1B 3 0 0 0 .256
H.Aaron RF 4 0 0 0 .331 C.Furillo RF 4 0 2 0 .282
S.Lopata C 3 0 0 0 .083 F.Howard LF 3 0 0 0 .182
F.Torre 1B 2 0 0 0 .228 D.Zimmer SS 3 0 0 0 .178
A.Pafko CF 4 0 0 0 .194 J.Pignatano C 2 0 0 0 .213
M.Roach LF 3 0 1 0 .500 S.Koufax P 2 0 1 0 .238
C-M.Vernon PH 1 0 0 0 .219 C.Labine P 0 0 0 0 .167
J.Logan SS 3 0 0 0 .289
W.Spahn P 3 0 1 0 .208
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Totals 28 0 4 0 Totals 28 1 7 1
A-Pinch Ran For Wise In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Bruton In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Roach In 9th Inning
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
Dodgers......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 7 0
Braves (43-18) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Spahn LOSS(12-1) 8 7 1 1 3 3 0 2.79
Totals 8 7 1 1 3 3 0
Dodgers (31-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Koufax WIN(4-3) 8 4 0 0 5 9 0 3.66
C.Labine SAVE(3rd) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.25
Totals 9 4 0 0 5 10 0
ATTENDANCE- 41,309 DATE- Wednesday, June 17th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:12
LEFT ON BASE- Braves: 7 Dodgers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1 Dodgers: 2
DOUBLES- C.Neal(16th)
RBIs- C.Neal(30th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Mathews, S.Koufax
WALKS- E.Mathews-2, S.Lopata, F.Torre-2, J.Gilliam, G.Hodges, J.Pignatano
STRIKE OUTS- C.Wise, H.Aaron-2, S.Lopata-2, A.Pafko, M.Roach, M.Vernon,
W.Spahn-2, J.Gilliam, D.Demeter, F.Howard
GIDP- A.Pafko, J.Logan, D.Zimmer
WILD PITCHES- S.Koufax
RLISP 2-out- S.Lopata, H.Aaron-2, G.Hodges-2, C.Neal, M.Roach, C.Furillo,
M.Vernon
TEAM RISP- Braves: 0 for 8 Dodgers: 2 for 7
In a game for the baseball purist, Sandy Koufax(4-3) and Warren Spahn(12-1)
squared off in a tense pitching duel, Los Angeles Dodgers finally emerged
victorious over Milwaukee Braves, 1 to 0.
The game was won by Los Angeles when they scored a run in the bottom of the
8th inning. After an out was recorded, Jim Gilliam lined a one-base hit.
Charlie Neal stepped into the batter's box and he doubled scoring the run.
Los Angeles had 7 hits overall, while Milwaukee had 4.
Koufax was helped out by Clem Labine who recorded his 3rd save.
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