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Chicago Cubs 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

August 17,1959

Visiting Team

Chicago Cubs (55-56)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (56-59)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

12,815

Time of Game

2:31

Umpires

[HP]: Tony Venzon [1B]: Jocko Conlan [2B]: Augie Donatelli [3B]: Ken Burkhart

Chicago Cubs 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 7

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**56 minute rain delay before start of game**
4th inning: E3/TH2.2-3;1-2 **the throw Roberto Clemente on the back**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Chicago Cubs	CHN	55-56		2	0	2		0	0	2		0	0	0			6	9	2		4	4	7	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	56-59		0	0	0		3	3	0		1	0	x			7	6	1		5	5	10	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	23.241	R	4	1	1	0		0	1	.272		103	240
2	George Altman	cf	26.150	L	2	0	0	0		1	0	.244		91	91
3	Bobby Thomson	lf-rf	35.296	R	4	3	2	1		0	0	.240		90	1128
4	Ernie Banks	ss	28.198	R	4	1	2	3		0	2	.321		108	769
5	Art Schult	1b	31.058	R	1	0	0	0		1	0	.289		15	123
	Jim Marshall	ph-1b	28.084	L	2	1	1	0		0	0	.254		74	183
6	Lee Walls	rf	26.223	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.259		93	467
	Earl Averill	ph-lf	27.342	R	2	0	2	1		0	0	.239		51	110
7	Alvin Dark	3b	37.222	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.252		94	1285
8	Cal Neeman	c	30.180	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.130		24	205
	Randy Jackson	ph	33.188	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.238		32	799
9	Dave Hillman	p	31.337	R	2	0	0	0		0	1	.125		28	105
	Bill Henry	p	31.306	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.136		44	160
Totals

Errors: Art Schult, Earl Averill

2B: Ernie Banks (20), Earl Averill (7)

3B: Bobby Thomson (2)

HR: Ernie Banks (34)

RBI: Bobby Thomson (42), Ernie Banks 3 (105), Earl Averill (28)

SH: George Altman (3)

GDP: Alvin Dark (4)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Skinner	lf	27.318	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.274		95	540
2	Dick Groat	ss	28.286	R	2	3	1	0		2	0	.265		102	645
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	24.364	R	3	2	2	1		0	0	.304		62	507
4	Rocky Nelson	1b	34.272	L	4	2	1	2		0	0	.273		63	294
5	Smoky Burgess	c	32.192	L	4	0	0	1		0	0	.304		75	835
6	Don Hoak	3b	31.193	R	3	0	1	1		0	1	.289		105	656
7	Dick Schofield	2b	24.222	B	4	0	1	1		0	0	.215		55	273
8	Bill Virdon	cf	28.069	L	2	0	0	0		2	2	.251		102	616
	Bill Mazeroski	ph	22.346	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.260		97	443
	George Witt	p	25.281	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		9	28
	Fred Green	p	25.337	R	1	0	0	0		0	1	.000		8	9
Totals

Errors: Roberto Clemente

2B: Dick Groat (17), Dick Schofield (5)

HR: Rocky Nelson (3)

RBI: Roberto Clemente (30), Rocky Nelson 2 (21), Smoky Burgess (36), Don Hoak (52), Dick Schofield (5)

SF: Don Hoak (6)

HBP: Roberto Clemente (2)

Chicago Cubs - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Hillman	R		4.1	3	3	3	3	1	0		3.27	1.06		25	102
2	Bill Henry	L	L 7-5	3.2	3	1	1	1	4	1		2.69	1.05		44	160
Totals				0.0

HB: Dave Hillman (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Dave Hillman (0-0-0), Bill Henry (0-0-0)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Harvey Haddix	L		3.0	5	4	4	2	0	1		3.16	1.13		20	209
2	George Witt	R		2.1	2	1	1	0	4	0		7.88	1.86		12	31
3	Fred Green	L	W 1-0	3.2	2	0	0	0	2	0		2.35	0.78		8	9
Totals				0.0

WP: Harvey Haddix (2)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Harvey Haddix (0-0-0), George Witt (0-0-0), Fred Green (0-0-0)