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Pirates 8 @ Phillies 5
Connie Mack Stadium
April 24, 1959

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on April 24, 1959 at Connie Mack Stadium. The home team Phillies were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 8 to 5.

Game Summary

DateApril 24, 1959 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 8 H: 12 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 8
Hits: 12
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Philadelphia Phillies
R: 5 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherRoy Face  
Losing PitcherAl Schroll  
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Game Winning RBISmoky Burgess 

Game Info

DateApril 24, 1959 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamPhiladelphia Phillies 
Visiting Starting PitcherRon Kline  
Home Starting PitcherJim Owens  
BallparkConnie Mack Stadium 
CityPhiladelphia 
StatePA 
Attendance15,675 
Time of Game2 hours 53 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Al Barlick
1B: Bill Jackowski
2B: Shag Crawford
3B: Vic Delmore

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Smoky Burgess  Catcher 
Dick Stuart  First Baseman 
Don Hoak  Third Baseman 
Bill Mazeroski  Second Baseman 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Roman Mejias  Left Fielder 
Ron Kline  Pitcher 
Danny Murtaugh  Manager 

Philadelphia Phillies Lineup 

Name  Position 
Richie Ashburn  Center Fielder 
Granny Hamner  Shortstop 
Ed Bouchee  First Baseman 
Wally Post  Right Fielder 
Harry Anderson  Left Fielder 
Willie Jones  Third Baseman 
Joe Koppe  Second Baseman 
Carl Sawatski  Catcher 
Jim Owens  Pitcher 
Eddie Sawyer  Manager 

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Pirates 8 @ Phillies 5
Connie Mack Stadium
April 24, 1959

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/24/1959 -- Pittsburgh at Philadelphia (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Philadelphia       AB  R  H RBI
Virdon B, cf          5  1  1  0   Ashburn R, cf         4  0  0  0   
Clemente R, rf        5  3  2  0   Hamner G, ss-3b       5  1  1  0   
Burgess S, c          5  0  1  2   Bouchee E, 1b         5  1  2  1   
Schofield D, pr       0  1  0  0   Post W, rf            5  1  1  2   
Nelson R, 1b          0  0  0  0   Anderson H, lf        4  0  1  0   
Stuart D, 1b          5  2  2  2   Jones W, 3b           3  0  3  0   
Foiles H, c           0  0  0  0   Fernandez C, pr-ss    1  1  1  0   
Hoak D, 3b            2  1  2  1   Koppe J, 2b           2  0  0  0   
Mazeroski B, 2b       4  0  3  2   Hanebrink H, ph       1  0  1  0   
Groat D, ss           4  0  1  1   Anderson S, 2b        0  0  0  0   
Mejias R, lf          4  0  0  0   Freese G, ph-2b       1  1  0  0   
Kline R, p            2  0  0  0   Sawatski C, c         3  0  1  2   
Porterfield B, p      0  0  0  0   Owens J, p            2  0  0  0   
Smith B, p            0  0  0  0   Philley D, ph         1  0  0  0   
Face R, p             1  0  0  0   Schroll A, p          1  0  0  0   
                                   Farrell T, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Meyer J, p            0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  8 12  8                        38  5 11  5

Pittsburgh       202 000 004 --  8
Philadelphia     000 003 020 --  5

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kline R               5.2  5  3  3  2  6
Porterfield B*        0.0  1  0  0  1  0
Smith B               1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Face R (W)            2.1  4  2  2  1  0

  Philadelphia         IP  H  R ER BB SO
Owens J               6.0  5  4  0  2  2
Schroll A (L)+        2.0  5  3  3  1  1
Farrell T             0.1  2  1  1  0  0
Meyer J               0.2  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 6th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 9th

E -- Hamner G 2
DP -- Philadelphia 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, Philadelphia 11
2B -- Hamner G, Sawatski C, Burgess S
3B -- Bouchee E
HR -- Stuart D, Post W
SH -- Kline R, Mazeroski B
SF -- Hoak D
HBP -- by Owens J (Mejias R), by Face R (Ashburn R)
WP -- Porterfield B, Farrell T
T -- 2:53
A -- 15675

    

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