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Milwaukee Braves 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 3

April 11,1959

Visiting Team

Milwaukee Braves (2-0)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (0-3)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

11,800

Time of Game

2:32

Umpires

[HP]: Ken Burkhart [1B]: Tony Venzon [2B]: Jocko Conlan [3B]: Augie Donatelli

Milwaukee Braves 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 3

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5th inning: W.1-2 **Pirates manager Murtaugh ejected by HP umpire Burkhart**
5th inning: W.1-2 **for arguing ball 4 to Mathews**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Milwaukee Braves	MLN	2-0		0	1	2		0	1	0		0	0	0			4	6	0		4	4	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	0-3		1	0	0		0	0	1		1	0	0			3	12	1		7	7	11	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Milwaukee Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Bruton	cf	33.153	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.444		2	684
2	Eddie Mathews	3b	27.180	L	3	1	1	1		1	0	.250		2	937
3	Hank Aaron	rf	25.065	R	4	1	2	2		0	0	.556		2	683
4	Wes Covington	lf	27.015	L	4	0	1	0		0	1	.222		2	250
5	Frank Torre	1b	27.102	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.111		2	362
6	Del Crandall	c	29.037	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.333		2	744
7	Johnny Logan	ss	32.019	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.000		2	968
8	Felix Mantilla	2b	24.256	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.143		2	187
9	Lew Burdette	p	32.140	R	2	1	0	0		1	1	.000		1	281
Totals

HR: Eddie Mathews (2), Hank Aaron (1), Del Crandall (1)

RBI: Eddie Mathews (3), Hank Aaron 2 (2), Del Crandall (2)

GDP: Bill Bruton (1), Wes Covington (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	27.306	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.083		3	514
2	Roberto Clemente	rf	24.236	R	5	0	2	0		0	1	.385		3	447
3	Bob Skinner	lf	27.190	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.077		3	445
4	Dick Stuart	1b	26.155	R	2	1	1	1		1	0	.222		3	67
5	Don Hoak	3b	31.065	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.167		3	551
6	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.218	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.273		3	346
7	Dick Groat	ss	28.158	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.273		3	543
8	Hank Foiles	c	29.305	R	4	1	2	1		0	0	.400		3	341
9	Vern Law	p	29.030	R	1	0	1	0		0	0	1.000		1	195
	Bob Smith	p	28.069	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		2	63
	Ted Kluszewski	ph	34.213	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	1.000		2	1065
	Smoky Burgess	ph	32.064	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	1.000		2	760
Totals

Errors: Roberto Clemente

3B: Dick Stuart (1)

HR: Hank Foiles (1)

RBI: Dick Stuart (1), Bill Mazeroski (1), Hank Foiles (1)

SH: Bill Virdon (1)

SF: Dick Stuart (1)

SB: Bob Skinner (1)

Milwaukee Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Lew Burdette	R	W 1-0	9.0	12	3	3	1	4	1		3.00	1.44		1	268
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Lew Burdette (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Vern Law	R	L 0-1	4.1	6	4	4	2	2	3		8.31	1.85		1	199
2	Bob Smith	L		2.2	0	0	0	1	1	0		0.00	0.64		2	63
3	Roy Face	R		2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1	216
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vern Law (0-0-0), Bob Smith (0-0-0), Roy Face (0-0-0)