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Chicago Cubs 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

June 5,1959

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (25-24)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (28-24)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

27,335

Time of Game

2:58

Umpires

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

Chicago Cubs 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 5

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1st inning: HR/8XD.1-H **Dick Stuart's homer went over the CF wall at the 457 mark**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Chicago Cubs	CHN	25-24		3	4	0		1	0	0		0	0	2			10	17	0		5	5	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	28-24		2	0	0		0	1	0		1	1	0			5	14	1		3	3	6	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	Tony Taylor	2b	23.168	R	6	2	4	2		0	0	.296		45	182
2	Alvin Dark	3b	37.149	R	6	2	2	2		0	2	.259		43	1234
3	Ernie Banks	ss	28.125	R	3	1	2	3		1	0	.286		50	711
4	Dale Long	1b	33.119	L	4	2	3	1		1	0	.278		38	534
5	Bobby Thomson	rf-lf	35.223	R	4	0	1	0		1	0	.242		40	1078
6	Walt Moryn	lf	33.054	L	4	0	1	1		1	1	.237		50	511
7	George Altman	cf	26.077	L	5	2	2	0		0	2	.217		42	42
8	Sammy Taylor	c	26.098	L	4	1	1	0		1	1	.231		35	128
9	Glen Hobbie	p	23.042	R	4	0	0	0		0	1	.138		15	70
	Don Elston	p	30.060	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.167		23	126
Totals

2B: Tony Taylor (8), Dale Long (5)

3B: Alvin Dark (5), George Altman (3)

HR: Ernie Banks (13), Dale Long (7)

RBI: Tony Taylor 2 (13), Alvin Dark 2 (15), Ernie Banks 3 (48), Dale Long (15), Walt Moryn (16), Don Elston (1)

SF: Ernie Banks (4)

GDP: Dale Long (3)

SB: Alvin Dark (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	27.361	L	4	1	2	0		1	1	.280		45	558
2	Dick Groat	ss	28.213	R	5	1	2	1		0	0	.261		43	585
3	Smoky Burgess	c	32.119	L	5	2	3	0		0	0	.370		40	799
4	Dick Stuart	1b	26.210	R	3	1	2	2		2	0	.280		33	98
5	Bob Skinner	lf	27.245	L	5	0	3	2		0	1	.299		39	483
6	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.273	R	3	0	0	0		2	0	.260		47	392
7	Don Hoak	3b	31.120	R	5	0	1	0		0	1	.280		46	596
8	Roman Mejias	rf	28.300	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.245		29	212
	Dick Schofield	ph	24.149	B	1	0	0	0		0	0	.296		26	243
	Rocky Nelson	ph	34.199	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.167		33	263
	Al Jackson	p	23.161	L	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		2	3
	Danny Kravitz	ph-c	28.166	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.467		8	94
Totals

Errors: Smoky Burgess

2B: Bill Virdon (14), Dick Groat (4), Don Hoak (7)

HR: Dick Stuart (7)

RBI: Dick Groat (20), Dick Stuart 2 (19), Bob Skinner 2 (28)

GDP: Dick Groat 2 (9), Don Hoak (7)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Glen Hobbie	R	W 6-5	6.2	11	4	4	4	7	1		3.87	1.32		15	71
2	Don Elston	R	SV 9	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	0		2.96	1.17		23	126
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Glen Hobbie (0-0-0), Don Elston (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	L 5-2	1.2	6	6	6	0	0	1		4.98	1.25		10	208
2	Ron Blackburn	R		0.1	1	1	1	1	0	1		4.64	1.64		14	51
3	Bob Smith	L		2.0	4	1	1	1	1	0		2.67	1.52		16	77
4	Al Jackson	L		4.0	3	0	0	2	6	0		5.14	1.86		2	3
5	Don Williams	R		1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0		8.22	2.09		5	7
Totals				0.0

WP: Vern Law (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vern Law (0-0-0), Ron Blackburn (0-0-0), Bob Smith (0-0-0), Al Jackson (0-0-0), Don Williams (0-0-0)