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Los Angeles Dodgers 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

August 23,1959

Visiting Team

Los Angeles Dodgers (68-58)

Home Team

Pittsburgh Pirates (61-60)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

10

Ballpark

Forbes Field

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

25,173

Time of Game

3:08

Umpires

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

Los Angeles Dodgers 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 4

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9th inning: 6 **lights turned on**
10th inning: W.2-3;1-2 **Pirates Coach Frank Oceak ejected by HP umpire Frank Secory**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Los Angeles Dodgers	LAN	68-58		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	2	0		0		3	10	0		3	3	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Pittsburgh Pirates	PIT	61-60		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	1	1		1		4	15	0		4	4	6	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Los Angeles Dodgers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Jim Gilliam	2b-3b	30.310	B	5	0	1	1		0	1	.310		104	997
2	Wally Moon	lf-rf-lf	29.142	L	4	1	3	0		1	0	.300		106	751
3	Norm Larker	1b	28.239	L	3	1	1	0		0	0	.271		73	172
4	Duke Snider	cf	32.338	L	3	0	1	2		2	1	.326		91	1383
5	Ron Fairly	rf-lf-rf	21.042	L	5	0	1	0		0	0	.264		89	104
6	John Roseboro	c	26.102	L	4	0	1	0		1	0	.253		84	233
7	Don Zimmer	3b	28.218	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.175		81	421
	Carl Furillo	ph	37.168	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.344		32	1289
8	Maury Wills	ss	26.325	B	4	1	2	0		0	0	.231		49	49
9	Larry Sherry	p	24.029	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.294		9	14
	Don Drysdale	p	23.031	R	0	0	0	0		0	0	.194		31	136
Totals

2B: Jim Gilliam (14), Duke Snider (9)

RBI: Jim Gilliam (24), Duke Snider 2 (71)

SH: Norm Larker 2 (7), Don Drysdale (8)

SB: Maury Wills (3)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Bob Skinner	lf	27.324	L	3	1	0	0		3	1	.266		101	546
2	Dick Groat	ss	28.292	R	5	0	2	1		0	0	.274		108	651
3	Roberto Clemente	rf	25.005	R	5	1	3	0		0	2	.314		68	513
4	Rocky Nelson	1b	34.278	L	4	0	1	1		0	1	.290		69	300
	Dick Stuart	1b	26.289	R	1	0	1	1		0	0	.314		84	150
5	Danny Kravitz	c	28.245	L	2	0	1	0		1	0	.285		39	126
	Harry Bright	ph-2b	29.335	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.256		30	45
6	Don Hoak	3b	31.199	R	5	0	2	0		0	1	.287		111	662
7	Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.352	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.259		100	446
	Ted Kluszewski	ph	34.347	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.245		55	1121
	Roy Face	p	31.184	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.250		45	263
8	Bill Virdon	cf	28.075	L	5	2	4	1		0	1	.261		108	622
9	Vern Law	p	29.164	R	3	0	0	0		0	1	.182		27	221
	Smoky Burgess	ph-c	32.198	L	2	0	1	0		0	0	.307		81	841
Totals

2B: Roberto Clemente (10), Bill Virdon (22)

HR: Bill Virdon (6)

RBI: Dick Groat (43), Rocky Nelson (24), Dick Stuart (55), Bill Virdon (32)

SH: Dick Groat (7), Harry Bright (1)

GDP: Roy Face (2)

CS: Danny Kravitz (1)

Los Angeles Dodgers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Sherry	R		7.0	9	2	2	2	5	1		2.37	1.30		10	15
2	Johnny Podres	L		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0		4.42	1.41		23	182
3	Don Drysdale	R	L 14-8	2.1	6	2	2	3	2	0		3.13	1.18		31	134
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Sherry (116-72-44), Johnny Podres (1-1-0), Don Drysdale (43-27-16)

Pittsburgh Pirates - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Vern Law	R		8.0	8	3	3	2	3	0		3.38	1.15		24	222
2	Roy Face	R	W 15-0	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	0		2.17	1.19		44	261
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Vern Law (113-76-37), Roy Face (27-16-11)