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Los Angeles Dodgers 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 3

April 27,1959

Visiting Team

Los Angeles Dodgers (10-5)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (5-9)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

10,689

Time of Game

2:39

Umpires

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

Los Angeles Dodgers 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 3

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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
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAN	10-5		5	0	0		1	1	0		2	0	0			9	11	0		1	1	3	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	5-9		0	0	0		0	0	1		0	0	2			3	6	3		7	7	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Los Angeles Dodgers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Gray	3b	27.290	R	4	1	1	0		2	0	.300		6	64
2	Charlie Neal	2b	28.087	R	5	2	2	1		1	1	.345		15	345
3	Wally Moon	lf	29.024	L	4	1	2	1		1	0	.340		13	658
4	Don Demeter	cf	23.306	R	3	2	1	2		1	1	.352		14	60
5	Ron Fairly	rf	20.289	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.306		11	26
6	Gil Hodges	1b	35.023	R	4	1	1	1		1	0	.243		13	1366
7	Don Zimmer	ss	28.100	R	4	0	1	2		1	0	.302		15	355
8	Joe Pignatano	c	29.266	R	4	1	0	0		1	0	.100		4	75
9	Don Drysdale	p	22.278	R	4	1	2	1		0	1	.300		5	110
Totals

3B: Gil Hodges (1)

RBI: Charlie Neal (9), Wally Moon (6), Don Demeter 2 (20), Gil Hodges (8), Don Zimmer 2 (10), Don Drysdale (2)

SH: Ron Fairly (1), Don Drysdale (1)

HBP: Don Demeter (1)

GDP: Don Demeter (2)

SB: Charlie Neal (3)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	27.322	L	4	0	0	0		0	1	.167		13	524
2	Roberto Clemente	rf	24.252	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.254		14	458
3	Smoky Burgess	c	32.080	L	4	1	2	1		0	0	.467		12	770
4	Dick Stuart	1b	26.171	R	3	1	0	0		1	1	.303		11	75
5	Don Hoak	3b	31.081	R	2	0	0	0		2	2	.308		13	561
6	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.234	R	4	0	0	1		0	1	.275		14	357
7	Dick Groat	ss	28.174	R	4	0	0	1		0	1	.234		14	554
8	Roman Mejias	lf	28.261	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.156		10	191
	Dick Schofield	ph	24.110	B	1	0	1	0		0	0	1.000		8	225
	Danny Kravitz	ph	28.127	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	1.000		3	87
	Rocky Nelson	ph	34.160	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.286		10	238
Totals

Errors: Smoky Burgess, Bill Mazeroski

2B: Smoky Burgess 2 (7)

RBI: Smoky Burgess (5), Bill Mazeroski (7), Dick Groat (10)

Los Angeles Dodgers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Don Drysdale	R	W 3-1	9.0	6	3	3	3	7	0		3.78	1.23		6	109
Totals				0.0

WP: Don Drysdale (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Don Drysdale (119-78-41)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	George Witt	R	L 0-3	0.0	2	4	4	2	0	0		8.03	1.78		3	21
2	Ron Blackburn	R		3.0	3	1	1	2	0	0		2.25	1.12		3	40
3	Paul Giel	R		3.0	3	2	2	3	1	0		6.00	2.00		1	65
4	Fred Green	L		2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0		9.00	1.75		2	2
5	Don Gross	L		1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0		27.00	4.00		2	119
Totals				0.0

WP: Fred Green (1)

HB: Ron Blackburn (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: George Witt (17-7-10), Ron Blackburn (50-24-26), Paul Giel (61-34-27), Fred Green (28-18-10), Don Gross (17-9-8)