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Philadelphia Phillies 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 1

May 8,1959

Visiting Team

Philadelphia Phillies (10-12)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (10-14)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

17,691

Time of Game

2:36

Umpires

[HP]: Stan Landes [1B]: Ed Sudol [2B]: Tom Gorman [3B]: Dusty Boggess

Philadelphia Phillies 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 1

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Philadelphia Phillies	PHI	10-12		0	0	0		3	2	0		0	1	2			8	13	1		6	6	12	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	10-14		0	0	0		0	0	0		0	1	0			1	6	0		7	7	14	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Philadelphia Phillies - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Richie Ashburn	cf	32.050	L	5	0	3	2		1	0	.253		22	1283
2	Granny Hamner	ss	32.012	R	6	1	2	0		0	0	.150		13	1065
3	Ed Bouchee	1b	26.062	L	3	1	1	0		2	0	.347		20	272
4	Wally Post	rf	29.303	R	3	2	1	2		1	1	.342		20	730
5	Harry Anderson	lf	27.240	L	5	0	1	1		0	1	.304		21	279
6	Willie Jones	3b	33.265	R	3	0	0	0		2	0	.311		22	1204
7	Sparky Anderson	2b	25.075	R	5	1	1	1		0	0	.167		21	21
8	Carl Sawatski	c	31.185	L	3	2	2	1		2	1	.333		6	240
9	Gene Conley	p	28.179	R	4	1	2	1		0	2	.286		3	129
Totals

Errors: Ed Bouchee

2B: Richie Ashburn (2), Wally Post (3), Harry Anderson (6)

RBI: Richie Ashburn 2 (4), Wally Post 2 (19), Harry Anderson (11), Sparky Anderson (4), Carl Sawatski (5), Gene Conley (1)

SH: Gene Conley (1)

HBP: Wally Post (2)

GDP: Sparky Anderson 2 (2)

SB: Richie Ashburn (2)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Don Hoak	3b	31.092	R	3	0	0	1		0	0	.222		22	571
2	Roberto Clemente	rf	24.263	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.237		23	467
3	Smoky Burgess	c	32.091	L	4	0	2	0		0	1	.411		19	777
4	Ted Kluszewski	1b	34.240	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.423		12	1076
5	Bob Skinner	lf	27.217	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.109		15	458
6	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.245	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.241		23	367
7	Dick Groat	ss	28.185	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.269		23	564
8	Bill Virdon	cf	27.333	L	3	0	1	0		0	0	.221		22	534
9	George Witt	p	25.180	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		3	21
	Dick Schofield	ph	24.121	B	1	0	0	0		0	1	.500		14	231
	Rocky Nelson	ph	34.171	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.250		16	245
Totals

2B: Bob Skinner (1), Bill Mazeroski (2), Bill Virdon (4)

RBI: Don Hoak (8)

SF: Don Hoak (3)

Philadelphia Phillies - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Gene Conley	R	W 1-0	8.0	6	1	1	0	7	0		0.90	0.80		3	137
2	Turk Farrell	R	SV 1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.15	1.62		9	116
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Gene Conley (0-0-0), Turk Farrell (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 0-4	3.2	6	3	3	1	4	0		7.88	1.81		4	22
2	Paul Giel	R		2.1	4	2	2	3	0	0		7.71	2.43		3	67
3	Bob Smith	L		2.0	1	1	1	3	1	0		1.46	1.22		8	69
4	Ron Blackburn	R		1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0		3.27	1.36		6	43
Totals				0.0

HB: George Witt (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: George Witt (0-0-0), Paul Giel (0-0-0), Bob Smith (0-0-0), Ron Blackburn (0-0-0)