June 6, 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers at Milwaukee Braves Box Score and Play by Play

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BOS 4
@CHW 2 NYY 2
@CLE 1 DET 4
WSH 1 KCA 5
BAL 1 SFG 13
@CIN 3 LAD 3
@MLN 2 PHI 4
STL 3
(10) CHC 8
@PIT 2

Standings at end of play this day

County Stadium, Attendance: 26,699

Saturday, June 6, 1959
Time of Game: 2:33

Dodgers

28-25

Won 2

4th, 3½ GB

                1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9    R  H  E
                -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -    -  -  -
Dodgers         0  0  0   0  0  1   0  2  0    3  9  2
Braves          0  0  0   0  0  2   0  0  0    2  8  1

W: S Koufax (2-1), L: B Rush (4-1), S: C Labine (6)

Braves

30-20

Lost 3

1st

BATTING

Los Angeles Dodgers          AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
J Gilliam 3B                  4   2   4   0    1   0  .293  .746   15    1   1   SB
C Neal 2B                     4   0   2   1    0   0  .287  .774   16    4   1   SH
W Moon LF                     4   0   2   2    0   1  .295  .810   17    3   0   2B
D Snider RF                   3   0   0   0    1   2  .296  .799   14    4   0   
G Hodges 1B                   4   0   0   0    0   1  .288  .931   12    8   0   GDP
R Fairly CF                   3   0   0   0    0   0  .291  .825    9    2   1   HBP
J Roseboro C                  4   0   0   0    0   1  .248  .708   15    5   0   
M Wills SS                    4   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000   15    0   5   
S Koufax P                    2   0   0   0    0   1  .154  .462    7    0   1   
  N Larker PH                 1   0   1   0    0   0  .321  .878    2    0   0   
  S Drake PR                  0   1   0   0    0   0  .250  .583         0   0   
  C Labine P                  1   0   0   0    0   1  .000  .000    4    0   1   
Totals                       34   3   9   3    2   7              126   27  10

BATTING

2B: W Moon (7, off B Rush).

SH: C Neal (8, off B Rush).

HBP: R Fairly (1, by J Pizarro).

TB: J Gilliam 4; W Moon 3; C Neal 2; N Larker.

GIDP: G Hodges (3).

RBI: W Moon 2 (19); C Neal (27).

Team LOB: 8.

With RISP: 3 for 12.

FIELDING

E: M Wills 2 (2).

BASERUNNING

SB: J Gilliam (6, 2nd base off B Rush/D Crandall).

Milwaukee Braves             AB   R   H RBI   BB  SO    BA   OPS  Pit   PO   A  Details
C Wise 2B-SS                  5   0   0   0    0   1  .273  .724   18    1   3   
E Mathews 3B                  5   0   0   0    0   0  .286  .957   20    0   2   
H Aaron RF                    3   0   2   0    1   0  .420 1.224   16    3   0   
J Adcock 1B                   3   0   1   0    1   1  .276  .805   16    9   1   
W Covington LF                4   0   1   0    0   2  .309  .826   13    2   0   
A Pafko CF                    3   1   1   0    0   0  .209  .494    4    3   0   
  B Bruton PH-CF              1   0   0   0    0   0  .304  .807    3    0   0   
D Crandall C                  3   1   2   0    1   0  .278  .728   10    7   0   
F Mantilla SS                 1   0   1   1    0   0  .120  .370    8    2   3   SF,SH
  M Vernon PH                 1   0   0   0    0   0  .270  .713    2    0   0   
  M Roach 2B                  0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000         0   0   
B Rush P                      3   0   0   0    0   1  .133  .266   12    0   1   
  J Pizarro P                 0   0   0   0    0   0  .154  .368         0   0   
  F Torre PH                  1   0   0   0    0   0  .252  .679    1    0   0   
Totals                       33   2   8   1    3   5              123   27  10

BATTING

SF: F Mantilla (1, off S Koufax).

SH: F Mantilla (1, off S Koufax).

TB: D Crandall 2; H Aaron 2; F Mantilla; A Pafko; W Covington; J Adcock.

RBI: F Mantilla (3).

Team LOB: 9.

With RISP: 1 for 7.

FIELDING

DP: 2. E Mathews-C Wise-J Adcock; J Adcock-F Mantilla.

E: W Covington (3).

PITCHING

Los Angeles Dodgers           IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
S Koufax, W (2-1)              7     8   2   0    3   4   0   5.86   31  107-66   39·15·12   10· 8· 3· 3     58    -     1.24  -0.02
C Labine, S (6)                2     0   0   0    0   1   0   4.54    7   16-12    7· 2· 3    3· 3· 0· 0          0-0    2.36   0.32
Totals                         9     8   2   0    3   5   0          38  123-78   46·17·15   13·11· 3· 3           -

Milwaukee Braves              IP     H   R  ER   BB  SO  HR    ERA   BF  Pit-Str  Ct·Sw·Lk   GB·FB·LD· ?   GmSc  IR-IS   LevI    WPA
B Rush, L (4-1)                7     7   3   3    2   4   0   1.85   29   91-56   31· 8·17   11· 8· 4· 0     53    -     1.33  -0.28
J Pizarro                      2     2   0   0    0   3   0   5.09    9   32-19    8· 9· 2    0· 3· 2· 0          2-1    1.43   0.08
Totals                         9     9   3   3    2   7   0          38  123-75   39·17·19   11·11· 6· 0          2-1

B Rush faced 3 batters in the 8th inning.

Balks: None.

WP: None.

IBB: None.

HBP: J Pizarro (4; R Fairly).

OTHER

Umpires: HP - Augie Donatelli, 1B - Jocko Conlan, 2B - Ken Burkhart, 3B - Tony Venzon.

Time of Game: 2:33.

Attendance: 26,699.

Field Condition: Unknown.

Weather: Unknown.

LINEUPS

   Los Angeles Dodgers           Milwaukee Braves                     
1. J Gilliam            3B    1. C Wise               2B 
2. C Neal               2B    2. E Mathews            3B 
3. W Moon               LF    3. H Aaron              RF 
4. D Snider             RF    4. J Adcock             1B 
5. G Hodges             1B    5. W Covington          LF 
6. R Fairly             CF    6. A Pafko              CF 
7. J Roseboro           C     7. D Crandall           C  
8. M Wills              SS    8. F Mantilla           SS 
9. S Koufax             P     9. B Rush               P

TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

   Inn Out Score RoB  Pt wWPA  wWE  Batter          Pitcher         Play Detail
  +---+---+-----+---+---+----+----++---------------+---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
   b 6   0  1-0  1--  3  -28%  27% D Crandall      S Koufax        Single to 3B; Pafko Scores/Adv on E6 (throw)/unER; Crandall to 3B
   t 8   0  2-1  1--  2   22%  55% J Gilliam       B Rush          Single to LF (Ground Ball); Drake to 3B
   t 8   0  2-1  1-3  1   21%  76% C Neal          B Rush          Single to CF (Ground Ball); Drake Scores; Gilliam to 3B
   t 6   1  0-0  -2-  6   16%  70% W Moon          B Rush          Double to CF (Fly Ball); Gilliam Scores
   t 6   1  0-1  12-  2   -9%  62% G Hodges        B Rush          Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B

PLAY BY PLAY (explanation)

Top of the 1st, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Bob Rush facing 1-2-3
  Scr/Out RoB  Pt  wWE  Batter          Play Detail
  +------+---+---+----++---------------+--------------------------------------------------------------+
          ---  1   54%  J Gilliam       Single to P/Bunt
          1--      56%  C Neal          Gilliam Steals 2B
   O      -2-  6   52%  " "             Groundout: SS-1B
   O      -2-  4   49%  W Moon          Strikeout Swinging
   O      -2-  5   45%  D Snider        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

Bottom of the 1st, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Sandy Koufax facing 1-2-3
   O      ---  6   48%  C Wise          Strikeout Swinging
   O      ---  3   49%  E Mathews       Flyball: 2B
          ---  6   48%  H Aaron         Walk
   O      1--  4   50%  J Adcock        Strikeout Swinging
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

Top of the 2nd, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Bob Rush facing 5-6-7
   O      ---  3   48%  G Hodges        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  3   52%  R Fairly        Reached on E7 (Fly Ball); Fairly to 2B
   OO     -2-  3   45%  J Roseboro      Line Drive Double Play: 1B-SS
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

Bottom of the 2nd, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Sandy Koufax facing 5-6-7
          ---  1   41%  W Covington     Single to 2B/Bunt
   O      1--  1   43%  A Pafko         Groundout: SS-1B; Covington to 2B
          -2-  5   41%  D Crandall      Walk
          12-  3   35%  F Mantilla      Single to 3B; Covington to 3B; Crandall to 2B
   O      123  4   43%  B Rush          Strikeout Swinging
   O      123  1   50%  C Wise          Flyball: LF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

Top of the 3rd, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Bob Rush facing 8-9-1
   O      ---  6   48%  M Wills         Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  5   46%  S Koufax        Strikeout Looking
          ---  2   47%  J Gilliam       Single to RF (Line Drive)
          1--  1   50%  C Neal          Single to CF (Fly Ball); Gilliam to 3B
   O      1-3  2   45%  W Moon          Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

Bottom of the 3rd, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Sandy Koufax facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  6   47%  E Mathews       Flyball: 2B
          ---  4   44%  H Aaron         Single to LF (Line Drive)
          1--  6   37%  J Adcock        Single to RF (Line Drive); Aaron to 3B
   O      1-3  4   44%  W Covington     Strikeout Swinging
   O      1-3  1   50%  A Pafko         Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

Top of the 4th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Bob Rush facing 4-5-6
   O      ---  1   47%  D Snider        Flyball: SS
   O      ---  4   45%  G Hodges        Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  2   44%  R Fairly        Flyball: CF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

Bottom of the 4th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Sandy Koufax facing 7-8-9
          ---  1   40%  D Crandall      Single to P/Bunt
   O      1--  4   42%  F Mantilla      Bunt Groundout: P-2B/Sacrifice; Crandall to 2B
   O      -2-  5   45%  B Rush          Groundout: 2B-1B; Crandall to 3B
   O      --3  4   50%  C Wise          Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

Top of the 5th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Bob Rush facing 7-8-9
   O      ---  4   47%  J Roseboro      Flyball: LF
   O      ---  6   45%  M Wills         Lineout: LF
   O      ---  2   44%  S Koufax        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

Bottom of the 5th, Braves Batting, Tied 0-0, Sandy Koufax facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  4   47%  E Mathews       Groundout: 3B-1B
   O      ---  4   49%  H Aaron         Groundout: SS-1B
          ---  5   47%  J Adcock        Walk
   O      1--  5   50%  W Covington     Foul Flyball: 3B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 0, Braves 0.

Top of the 6th, Dodgers Batting, Tied 0-0, Bob Rush facing 1-2-3
          ---  5   55%  J Gilliam       Walk
   O      1--  1   53%  C Neal          Bunt Groundout: P-1B/Sacrifice; Gilliam to 2B
   R      -2-  6   70%  W Moon          Double to CF (Fly Ball); Gilliam Scores
          -2-  4   71%  D Snider        Walk
   OO     12-  2   62%  G Hodges        Ground Ball Double Play: 3B-2B-1B
                  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 0.

Bottom of the 6th, Braves Batting, Behind 0-1, Sandy Koufax facing 6-7-8
          ---  2   56%  A Pafko         Single to CF (Ground Ball)
   R      1--  3   27%  D Crandall      Single to 3B; Pafko Scores/Adv on E6 (throw)/unER; Crandall to 3B
   RO     --3  1   27%  F Mantilla      Flyball: LF/Sacrifice Fly; Crandall Scores/unER
   O      ---  3   28%  B Rush          Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   29%  C Wise          Groundout: SS-1B
                  2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 2.

Top of the 7th, Dodgers Batting, Behind 1-2, Bob Rush facing 6-7-8
   O      ---  3   25%  R Fairly        Groundout: SS-1B
   O      ---  3   22%  J Roseboro      Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2   20%  M Wills         Groundout: 2B-1B
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 2.

Bottom of the 7th, Braves Batting, Ahead 2-1, Sandy Koufax facing 2-3-4
   O      ---  5   22%  E Mathews       Lineout: RF (Deep RF)
   O      ---  2   23%  H Aaron         Single to CF; Aaron out at 2B/CF-2B
   O      ---  1   24%  J Adcock        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 1, Braves 2.

Top of the 8th, Dodgers Batting, Behind 1-2, Bob Rush facing 9-1-2
                  Norm Larker pinch hits for Sandy Koufax batting 9th
          ---  2   33%  N Larker        Single to RF (Line Drive)
                  Solly Drake pinch runs for Norm Larker batting 9th
          1--  2   55%  J Gilliam       Single to LF (Ground Ball); Drake to 3B
   R      1-3  1   76%  C Neal          Single to CF (Ground Ball); Drake Scores; Gilliam to 3B
                  Juan Pizarro replaces Bob Rush pitching and batting 9th
   R      1-3  5   84%  W Moon          Single to LF (Line Drive); Gilliam Scores; Neal to 2B
   O      12-  4   79%  D Snider        Strikeout Looking
   O      12-  3   75%  G Hodges        Flyball: CF
          12-  1   78%  R Fairly        Hit By Pitch; Neal to 3B; Moon to 2B
   O      123  5   71%  J Roseboro      Strikeout Swinging
                  2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Dodgers 3, Braves 2.

Bottom of the 8th, Braves Batting, Behind 2-3, Clem Labine facing 5-6-7
                  Clem Labine replaces Solly Drake pitching and batting 9th
   O      ---  3   78%  W Covington     Strikeout Swinging
                  Bill Bruton pinch hits for Andy Pafko batting 6th
   O      ---  3   82%  B Bruton        Groundout: P-1B
          ---  1   78%  D Crandall      Reached on E6 (throw) (Ground Ball)
                  Mickey Vernon pinch hits for Felix Mantilla batting 8th
   O      1--  2   85%  M Vernon        Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Braves 2.

Top of the 9th, Dodgers Batting, Ahead 3-2, Juan Pizarro facing 8-9-1
                  Mel Roach replaces Mickey Vernon playing 2B batting 8th; Casey Wise moves to SS; Bill Bruton moves to CF
   O      ---  1   83%  M Wills         Flyball: RF
   O      ---  4   82%  C Labine        Strikeout Swinging
          ---  5   83%  J Gilliam       Single to LF (Line Drive)
   O      1--  4   82%  C Neal          Flyball: RF
                  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Dodgers 3, Braves 2.

Bottom of the 9th, Braves Batting, Behind 2-3, Clem Labine facing 9-1-2
                  Frank Torre pinch hits for Juan Pizarro batting 9th
   O      ---  1   90%  F Torre         Flyball: LF
   O      ---  4   96%  C Wise          Flyball: CF
   O      ---  2  100%  E Mathews       Groundout: SS-1B
        0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Dodgers 3, Braves 2.

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TOP 5 PLAYS (wpa explanation)

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Play-by-Play Explanation