San Francisco Giants 8 – 14 St. Louis Cardinals
27 September 1959 · STL07
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 14-13-5 runs-hits-errors line | St. Louis Cardinals | 1 in 73,834 games |
| 47 | final score 14–8 | 1 in 1,776 games | |
| 12 | 4 hits | Willie Kirkland | 1 in 138 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco Giants | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 13 | 5 |
Box score
San Francisco Giants batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Pagan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Willie Kirkland | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Willie Mays | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Willie McCovey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Orlando Cepeda | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Leon Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Jackie Brandt | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Felipe Alou | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Andre Rodgers | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Bob Schmidt | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Marshall Renfroe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dusty Rhodes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eddie Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eddie Bressoud | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 39 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
San Francisco Giants pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Renfroe | 2.0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Al Worthington | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Eddie Fisher | 2.1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Gordon Jones | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bud Byerly | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
St. Louis Cardinals batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Cunningham | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Gene Green | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wally Shannon | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Stan Musial | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | HR, 2B |
| Gino Cimoli | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2B |
| Dick Gray | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2B |
| Gene Oliver | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Curt Flood | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Grammas | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Bob Miller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Gibson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 37 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 9 |
St. Louis Cardinals pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Miller | 4.1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Bob Gibson | 4.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
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