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Chicago Cubs 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 3

May 5,1959

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (11-11)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (9-12)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

17,429

Time of Game

2:39

Umpires

[HP]: Vic Delmore [1B]: Al Barlick [2B]: Bill Jackowski [3B]: Shag Crawford

Chicago Cubs 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 3

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9th inning: FC3/BG.3XH(32);1-2 **missed squeeze**
9th inning: S8/DP.1X3(84);BX2(43) **George Altman bobbled ball and both runners started for next bases;**
9th inning: S8/DP.1X3(84);BX2(43) **both caught before they could return**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Chicago Cubs	CHN	11-11		0	3	0		0	0	1		0	0	2			6	10	1		5	5	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	9-12		0	0	0		1	2	0		0	0	0			3	6	0		7	7	13	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Chicago Cubs - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Johnny Goryl	2b	25.196	R	5	0	2	2		0	1	.333		8	99
2	Jim Marshall	1b	27.345	L	3	0	2	2		2	0	.222		12	121
3	Lee Walls	rf	26.119	R	5	0	0	0		0	2	.271		20	394
4	Ernie Banks	ss	28.094	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.321		22	683
5	George Altman	cf	26.046	L	4	1	1	1		0	0	.261		19	19
6	Walt Moryn	lf	33.023	L	4	1	2	0		0	0	.214		22	483
7	Alvin Dark	3b	37.118	R	4	1	2	0		0	0	.264		19	1210
8	Sammy Taylor	c	26.067	L	3	2	1	1		1	0	.224		18	111
9	Glen Hobbie	p	23.011	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.143		7	62
Totals

Errors: Alvin Dark

2B: Walt Moryn (4), Alvin Dark (3)

HR: George Altman (3)

RBI: Johnny Goryl 2 (5), Jim Marshall 2 (5), George Altman (9), Sammy Taylor (9)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Don Hoak	3b	31.089	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.246		19	568
2	Roberto Clemente	rf	24.260	R	4	0	1	1		0	3	.271		20	464
3	Smoky Burgess	c	32.088	L	3	1	1	0		1	0	.404		18	776
4	Dick Stuart	1b	26.179	R	4	0	1	1		0	1	.321		17	82
5	Bob Skinner	lf	27.214	L	4	0	0	0		0	2	.114		12	455
6	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.242	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.260		20	364
7	Dick Groat	ss	28.182	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.269		20	561
8	Bill Virdon	cf	27.330	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.221		19	531
9	Bob Friend	p	28.162	R	2	0	0	1		0	0	.200		5	236
	Ted Kluszewski	ph	34.237	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.471		9	1073
Totals

3B: Smoky Burgess (2)

RBI: Roberto Clemente (6), Dick Stuart (10), Bob Friend (1)

SB: Don Hoak (1), Dick Stuart (1)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Glen Hobbie	R	W 3-2	9.0	6	3	3	3	7	0		2.92	1.05		7	63
Totals				0.0

WP: Glen Hobbie 2 (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Glen Hobbie (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Friend	R	L 0-5	7.0	6	4	4	2	3	1		7.53	1.64		6	245
2	Paul Giel	R		1.2	4	2	2	0	1	0		7.71	2.14		2	66
3	Bob Smith	L		0.1	0	0	0	1	1	0		1.00	1.11		6	67
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Friend (0-0-0), Paul Giel (0-0-0), Bob Smith (0-0-0)