Pittsburgh Pirates vs Philadelphia Phillies - April 26,1959

**Protest=V**
1st inning: FC1.3XH(12) **Bill Virdon and HP umpire Vic Delmore collided at HP;**
1st inning: FC1.3XH(12) **catcher Valmy Thomas ran over and tagged Virdon;**
1st inning: FC1.3XH(12) **Pirates Manager Danny Murtaugh and Don Hoak ejected**
1st inning: FC1.3XH(12) **by 3B umpire Shag Crawford; the Pirates**
1st inning: FC1.3XH(12) **played the game under protest**

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	27.321	L	4	0	0	0	1	0	.180	12	523
2	Roberto Clemente	rf	24.251	R	5	1	1	0	0	1	.236	13	457
3	Hank Foiles	c	29.320	R	4	1	0	0	0	0	.190	9	347
	Rocky Nelson	ph	34.159	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	9	237
4	Dick Stuart	1b	26.170	R	2	2	2	2	3	0	.333	10	74
	Harry Bright	ph-3b	29.216	R	4	1	3	3	1	1	.500	3	18
6	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.233	R	4	0	0	0	0	2	.298	13	356
7	Dick Groat	ss	28.173	R	2	0	0	0	2	0	.256	13	553
8	Roman Mejias	lf	28.260	R	4	0	1	0	0	0	.179	9	190
9	Bob Friend	p	28.153	R	2	0	1	0	0	0	.167	3	234
	Smoky Burgess	ph	32.079	L	1	0	0	0	0	1	.462	11	769
Totals

Errors: Dick Stuart, Roman Mejias

2B: Dick Stuart (4), Harry Bright (1)

HR: Dick Stuart (2), Harry Bright (1)

RBI: Dick Stuart 2 (6), Harry Bright 3 (3)

SH: Bob Friend (1)

GDP: Roman Mejias (1)

SB: Bill Virdon (1)

Philadelphia Phillies - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	avg	s-g	c-g
1	Richie Ashburn	cf	32.038	L	4	1	0	0	1	0	.196	12	1273
2	Harry Hanebrink	rf	31.165	L	4	1	0	0	0	0	.111	6	113
3	Dave Philley	1b	38.345	B	4	2	2	5	0	0	.273	6	1074
4	Harry Anderson	lf	27.228	L	4	2	4	1	0	0	.310	11	269
5	Willie Jones	3b	33.253	R	4	2	2	3	0	0	.368	12	1194
6	Gene Freese	2b	25.108	R	3	0	0	0	0	1	.286	6	342
	Sparky Anderson	2b	25.063	R	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	11	11
7	Chico Fernandez	ss	27.055	R	4	0	1	0	0	0	.259	9	340
8	Valmy Thomas	c	30.187	R	3	1	0	0	0	0	.200	8	151
9	Chris Short	p	21.219	R	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	2	2
	Jack Meyer	p	27.034	R	2	1	1	0	0	1	.500	5	148
Totals

2B: Dave Philley (2), Harry Anderson 2 (3)

HR: Dave Philley (1), Willie Jones (3)

RBI: Dave Philley 5 (7), Harry Anderson (5), Willie Jones 3 (7)

HBP: Valmy Thomas (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Bob Friend	R	L 0-3	6.2	8	5	5	1	2	1	9.00	1.62	4	243
2	Bob Porterfield	R		0.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.08	1.85	5	248
3	Ron Blackburn	R		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.80	0.80	2	39
Totals				0.0

WP: Bob Friend 3 (3)

HB: Bob Friend (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Friend (0-0-0), Bob Porterfield (0-0-0), Ron Blackburn (0-0-0)

Philadelphia Phillies - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	era	whip	s-g	c-g
1	Chris Short	L		6.1	8	5	5	6	3	2	9.00	2.10	2	2
2	Jack Meyer	R	W 1-1	2.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	5.40	1.35	5	149
Totals				0.0

WP: Chris Short 2 (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Chris Short (0-0-0), Jack Meyer (0-0-0)

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Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	5-7		0	0	3		0	0	2		5	0	x		10	10	0		6	6	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

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