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Cincinnati Reds 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 2

April 23,1959

Visiting Team

Cincinnati Reds (5-5)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (2-7)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

18,819

Time of Game

2:32

Umpires

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

Cincinnati Reds 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 2

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

Cincinnati Reds - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Temple	2b	31.258	R	5	1	1	1		0	0	.306		9	830
2	Vada Pinson	cf	20.255	L	2	1	1	0		3	0	.324		9	36
3	Jerry Lynch	lf	28.280	L	3	0	0	1		0	0	.267		9	347
4	Frank Robinson	1b	23.235	R	3	1	1	1		1	2	.313		9	459
5	Gus Bell	rf	30.159	L	4	1	1	1		0	1	.188		9	1118
6	Frank Thomas	3b-lf	29.316	R	3	0	2	1		1	0	.333		9	736
7	Ed Bailey	c	28.008	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.241		9	457
8	Roy McMillan	ss	29.280	R	2	1	0	0		2	0	.222		9	1089
9	Brooks Lawrence	p	34.083	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.000		1	197
Totals

2B: Johnny Temple (5), Frank Robinson (1), Gus Bell (2)

RBI: Johnny Temple (5), Jerry Lynch (8), Frank Robinson (11), Gus Bell (5), Frank Thomas (6)

SH: Brooks Lawrence (1)

SF: Jerry Lynch (1)

GDP: Jerry Lynch 2 (3)

SB: Johnny Temple (2)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	27.318	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.161		8	519
2	Roberto Clemente	rf	24.248	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.257		9	453
3	Roman Mejias	lf	28.257	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.083		5	186
4	Dick Stuart	1b	26.167	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.316		7	71
5	Don Hoak	3b	31.077	R	2	0	0	1		1	1	.259		9	557
6	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.230	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.250		9	352
7	Dick Groat	ss	28.170	R	3	0	1	1		0	0	.207		9	549
8	Smoky Burgess	c	32.076	L	2	0	0	0		1	0	.417		7	765
9	George Witt	p	25.165	R	2	0	0	0		0	2	.000		2	20
	Rocky Nelson	ph	34.156	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.667		5	233
Totals

2B: Dick Stuart (3), Rocky Nelson (1)

RBI: Don Hoak (5), Dick Groat (3)

SF: Don Hoak (1)

CS: Don Hoak (1)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Brooks Lawrence	R	W 1-1	9.0	5	2	2	3	5	0		5.73	1.27		2	209
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Brooks Lawrence (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	George Witt	R	L 0-2	6.1	6	4	4	6	5	0		5.11	1.46		2	20
2	Bob Smith	L		1.2	1	1	1	1	0	0		1.17	1.04		4	65
3	Bob Porterfield	R		1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2.25	1.25		3	246
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: George Witt (0-0-0), Bob Smith (0-0-0), Bob Porterfield (0-0-0)