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July 2,1959

Visiting Team

Milwaukee Braves (42-30)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (41-39)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

10

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

28,282

Time of Game

2:22

Umpires

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

Milwaukee Braves 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Milwaukee Braves	MLN	42-30		0	0	1		0	0	0		0	2	0		0		3	7	4		1	1	1	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	41-39		0	3	0		0	0	0		0	0	0		1		4	7	0		4	4	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Milwaukee Braves - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Bruton	cf	33.235	L	4	1	0	0		1	0	.299		35	717
2	Eddie Mathews	3b	27.262	L	4	0	2	1		0	0	.310		41	976
3	Hank Aaron	rf	25.147	R	4	0	1	2		0	1	.376		40	721
4	Wes Covington	lf	27.097	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.265		39	287
5	Joe Adcock	1b	31.245	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.263		18	864
6	Del Crandall	c	29.119	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.309		39	781
7	Johnny O'Brien	2b	28.203	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.162		17	231
8	Felix Mantilla	ss	24.338	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.154		23	208
	Mickey Vernon	ph	41.071	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.182		23	1207
	Don McMahon	p	29.179	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		17	87
9	Warren Spahn	p	38.070	L	2	1	1	0		0	0	.185		11	340
	Frank Torre	ph	27.184	L	1	0	1	0		0	0	.220		33	393
	Casey Wise	pr-ss	26.297	B	1	1	0	0		0	0	.128		13	81
Totals

Errors: Johnny O'Brien, Felix Mantilla, Don McMahon, Casey Wise

2B: Eddie Mathews (4)

3B: Eddie Mathews (4)

RBI: Eddie Mathews (30), Hank Aaron 2 (41)

GDP: Warren Spahn (1)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bill Virdon	cf	28.023	L	5	0	2	0		0	0	.272		73	586
2	Dick Groat	ss	28.240	R	5	0	1	1		0	1	.263		71	613
3	Smoky Burgess	c	32.146	L	4	0	1	0		0	0	.310		59	818
4	Dick Stuart	1b	26.237	R	3	1	0	0		1	0	.332		58	123
5	Bob Skinner	lf	27.272	L	3	0	1	0		1	0	.283		65	509
6	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.300	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.266		68	413
7	Don Hoak	3b	31.147	R	3	1	1	0		1	0	.304		74	624
8	Roman Mejias	rf	28.327	R	3	0	0	1		0	0	.224		56	239
	Ted Kluszewski	ph	34.295	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.282		39	1104
9	Vern Law	p	29.112	R	3	0	0	1		0	1	.196		20	214
Totals

RBI: Dick Groat (32), Roman Mejias (17), Vern Law (6)

SH: Vern Law (2)

GDP: Don Hoak (11)

Milwaukee Braves - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Warren Spahn	L		7.0	3	1	1	3	1	0		3.87	1.49		12	332
2	Don McMahon	R	L 1-1	2.0	4	0	0	0	2	0		2.37	1.63		17	87
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Warren Spahn (0-0-0), Don McMahon (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 9-4	10.0	7	3	3	1	4	0		3.92	1.19		17	215
Totals				0.0

WP: Vern Law (3)

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