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Pirates 6 @ Giants 5
Seals Stadium
May 12, 1959

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 12, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 12, 1959 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 6 H: 16 E: 4 LOB: 14
Runs: 6
Hits: 16
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
San Francisco Giants
R: 5 H: 11 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherBennie Daniels  
Losing PitcherGordon Jones  
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Game Winning RBIBill Mazeroski 

Game Info

DateMay 12, 1959 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamSan Francisco Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherVern Law  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Antonelli  
BallparkSeals Stadium 
CitySan Francisco 
StateCA 
Attendance8,084 
Time of Game3 hours 51 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ken Burkhart
1B: Tony Venzon
2B: Augie Donatelli
3B: Jocko Conlan

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Hoak  Third Baseman 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Smoky Burgess  Catcher 
Dick Stuart  First Baseman 
Bob Skinner  Left Fielder 
Bill Mazeroski  Second Baseman 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Vern Law  Pitcher 
Danny Murtaugh  Manager 

San Francisco Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Davenport  Third Baseman 
Willie Kirkland  Right Fielder 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Orlando Cepeda  First Baseman 
Jackie Brandt  Left Fielder 
Daryl Spencer  Second Baseman 
Andre Rodgers  Shortstop 
Bob Schmidt  Catcher 
Johnny Antonelli  Pitcher 
Bill Rigney  Manager 

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Pirates 6 @ Giants 5
Seals Stadium
May 12, 1959

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         Game of 5/12/1959 -- Pittsburgh at San Francisco (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    San Francisco      AB  R  H RBI
Hoak D, 3b            7  0  2  0   Davenport J, 3b       6  2  2  1   
Clemente R, rf        7  1  4  1   Kirkland W, rf        4  1  1  0   
Burgess S, c          4  0  2  1   Mays W, cf            5  2  2  2   
Schofield D, pr       0  0  0  0   Cepeda O, 1b          6  0  1  0   
Foiles H, c           1  0  0  0   Brandt J, lf          6  0  3  1   
Stuart D, 1b          5  2  1  0   Spencer D, 2b         5  0  0  0   
Nelson R, 1b          0  0  0  0   Rodgers A, ss         5  0  0  0   
Skinner B, lf         5  0  0  0   Schmidt B, c          2  0  0  0   
Mazeroski B, 2b       6  2  3  1   Rhodes D, ph          1  0  1  0   
Groat D, ss           5  1  1  0   Bressoud E, pr        0  0  0  0   
Virdon B, cf          2  0  0  0   Landrith H, c         1  0  1  0   
Mejias R, ph-cf       3  0  2  1   Antonelli J, p        2  0  0  0   
Law V, p              3  0  1  1   Wagner L, ph          1  0  0  0   
Face R, p             0  0  0  0   Worthington A, p      0  0  0  0   
Kluszewski T, ph      1  0  0  0   Miller S, p           1  0  0  0   
Daniels B, p          0  0  0  1   Alou F, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Jones G, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Zanni D, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Shipley J, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     49  6 16  6                        46  5 11  4

Pittsburgh       000 000 210 003 --  6
San Francisco    001 000 020 002 --  5

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Law V*                7.0  6  3  3  2  3
Face R                2.0  2  0  0  0  1
Daniels B (W)         3.0  3  2  1  2  1

  San Francisco        IP  H  R ER BB SO
Antonelli J           7.0  5  2  2  2  3
Worthington A+        0.0  2  1  1  0  0
Miller S              4.0  5  0  0  2  4
Jones G (L)           0.1  3  3  3  0  0
Zanni D#              0.0  0  0  0  2  0
Shipley J             0.2  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
  # Pitched to 2 batters in 12th

E -- Stuart D, Clemente R 2, Hoak D
DP -- Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 14, San Francisco 10
2B -- Burgess S, Mays W, Stuart D
HR -- Davenport J
SH -- Face R, Spencer D
T -- 3:51
A -- 8084

    

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