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Cincinnati Reds 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

May 22,1959

Visiting Team

Cincinnati Reds (18-18)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (18-20)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

27,675

Time of Game

2:15

Umpires

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

Cincinnati Reds 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

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9th inning: HR/89XD **the Reds claimed a fan reached over the wall and touched the ball;**
9th inning: HR/89XD **the umpires ruled it hit the seats and bounced out onto field**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Cincinnati Reds	CIN	18-18		1	0	2		0	0	0		0	0	0			3	8	0		5	5	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	18-20		2	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	1			4	9	1		6	6	9	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	31.287	R	5	2	2	0		0	0	.331		31	852
2	Vada Pinson	cf	20.284	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.323		31	58
3	Jerry Lynch	lf	28.309	L	4	1	1	2		0	0	.272		26	364
4	Frank Robinson	1b	23.264	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.275		31	481
5	Gus Bell	rf	30.188	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.268		28	1137
6	Ed Bailey	c	28.037	L	4	0	2	0		0	0	.244		25	473
7	Frank Thomas	3b	29.345	R	2	0	0	0		1	0	.263		30	757
8	Roy McMillan	ss	29.309	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.259		31	1111
9	Bob Purkey	p	29.312	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.111		8	115
	John Powers	ph	29.318	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.400		8	94
Totals

2B: Vada Pinson 2 (13)

HR: Jerry Lynch (7)

RBI: Vada Pinson (25), Jerry Lynch 2 (21)

SH: Frank Thomas (1)

GDP: Roy McMillan (3)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dick Schofield	ss	24.135	B	5	1	1	1		0	0	.273		20	237
2	Bill Virdon	cf	27.347	L	4	2	2	0		0	1	.273		34	547
3	Smoky Burgess	c	32.105	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.350		30	789
4	Rocky Nelson	1b	34.185	L	3	1	1	1		0	1	.200		23	253
5	Bob Skinner	lf	27.231	L	2	0	0	0		2	0	.238		28	472
6	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.259	R	4	0	2	2		0	0	.255		36	381
7	Don Hoak	3b	31.106	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.268		35	585
8	Roman Mejias	rf	28.286	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.214		19	202
9	Vern Law	p	29.071	R	4	0	2	0		0	1	.273		10	204
Totals

Errors: Don Hoak

2B: Bill Virdon (9), Smoky Burgess (15), Rocky Nelson (2), Bill Mazeroski (5), Vern Law (1)

HR: Dick Schofield (1)

RBI: Dick Schofield (2), Rocky Nelson (4), Bill Mazeroski 2 (19)

HBP: Rocky Nelson (1)

Cincinnati Reds - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Purkey	R		8.0	8	3	3	2	3	0		4.36	1.29		9	125
2	Hal Jeffcoat	R	L 0-1	0.1	1	1	1	0	1	1		1.84	1.16		10	212
Totals				0.0

HB: Bob Purkey (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Bob Purkey (0-0-0), Hal Jeffcoat (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	W 4-1	9.0	8	3	3	2	3	1		4.64	1.21		8	206
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vern Law (0-0-0)