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Pittsburgh Pirates 2 Milwaukee Braves 2

April 17,1959

Visiting Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (0-6)

Home Team

Milwaukee Braves (5-0)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

County Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

8,562

Time of Game

2:31

Umpires

[HP]: Vinnie Smith [1B]: Frank Dascoli [2B]: Frank Secory [3B]: Hal Dixon

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2nd inning: **Debut game for Chuck Cottier**
5th inning: 13 **Heavy rain shower hits in the 6th and 7th innings**
9th inning: K **1 hour rain delay at 4:03 with 0-2 count on Roberto Clemente;**
9th inning: K **game called to be made up in entirety**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	0-6		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	1	0			2	10	1		8	8	15	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Milwaukee Braves	MLN	5-0		0	0	2		0	0	0		0	0	0			2	8	0		1	1	2	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	27.312	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.143		5	516
2	Roberto Clemente	rf	24.242	R	4	1	1	1		0	1	.320		6	450
3	Bob Skinner	lf	27.196	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.167		6	448
4	Ted Kluszewski	1b	34.219	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.400		5	1068
5	Don Hoak	3b	31.071	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.273		6	554
6	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.224	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.261		6	349
7	Dick Groat	ss	28.164	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.182		6	546
8	Smoky Burgess	c	32.070	L	3	0	2	0		0	0	.833		4	762
	Hank Foiles	c	29.311	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.235		6	344
9	Harvey Haddix	p	33.211	L	2	0	1	0		0	1	.500		1	250
	Dick Stuart	ph	26.161	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.308		5	69
	Roy Face	p	31.056	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	1.000		3	219
Totals

Errors: Dick Groat

2B: Smoky Burgess (3), Harvey Haddix (1)

HR: Roberto Clemente (1), Dick Groat (1)

RBI: Roberto Clemente (2), Dick Groat (1)

GDP: Roberto Clemente (1)

Milwaukee Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Pisoni	cf	29.246	R	5	0	0	0		0	0	.000		2	55
2	Eddie Mathews	3b	27.186	L	5	1	1	0		0	3	.273		5	940
3	Hank Aaron	rf	25.071	R	3	0	2	0		1	0	.571		5	686
4	Wes Covington	lf	27.021	L	4	0	1	2		0	0	.286		5	253
5	Joe Adcock	1b	31.169	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.000		1	847
	Frank Torre	ph	27.108	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.267		5	365
6	Del Crandall	c	29.043	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.263		5	747
7	Johnny Logan	ss	32.025	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.125		5	971
8	Chuck Cottier	2b	23.089	R	3	0	0	0		1	1	.000		1	1
9	Bob Rush	p	33.117	R	3	1	1	0		0	1	.333		1	239
	Joe Morgan	ph	28.149	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	1.000		2	2
Totals

2B: Hank Aaron (4), Wes Covington (2)

RBI: Wes Covington 2 (3)

GDP: Del Crandall 2 (3)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Harvey Haddix	L		6.0	6	2	2	3	2	0		3.00	1.50		1	188
2	Roy Face	R		3.0	2	0	0	2	3	0		0.00	0.71		3	218
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Harvey Haddix (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0)

Milwaukee Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Rush	R		7.0	9	2	2	2	3	2		2.57	1.57		1	247
2	Don McMahon	R		2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.67		2	72
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Rush (0-0-0), Don McMahon (0-0-0)