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May 24, 1959

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Bottom 10 R H E
Reds 4 10 0
Pirates 4 13 1
Bottom 10 R H E
Reds 4 10 0
Pirates 5 14 1

Smoky Burgess Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .363
OBP .000 .416
At Bats 0 113
Hits 0 41
• Singles 0 18
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 11
RBI’s 0 19

Bob Purkey Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 0
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Forbes Field - May 24, 1959
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Double
Bob Purkey
Dutch Dotterer
Walt Dropo
Johnny Temple
Eddie Kasko
Roy McMillan
Frank Robinson
Vada Pinson
Gus Bell
Smoky Burgess
Roman Mejias

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 4 10 0 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 14 1 11
Winning Pitcher Ron Blackburn
Losing Pitcher Bob Purkey
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Smoky Burgess
Attendance 32,273
Time of Game 3 hours
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Ron Blackburn. Burgess hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Burgess reaches second base with a double. Mejias goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Mejias hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Dotterer hits a line drive towards short. Schofield reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Hank Foiles now catching. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nelson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out.
Bottom 9 Bob Purkey now pitching. Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Purkey covering, for the out.
Bottom 9 Nelson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Danny Kravitz. Kluszewski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Virdon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Walt Dropo now playing first base. Frank Robinson now playing left field. Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple moves to second.
Top 9 Temple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Acker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ron Blackburn now pitching. Kasko hits a popup towards short. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dick Groat pinch hits for Bob Friend. Groat is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Mejias hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hoak hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 McMillan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dotterer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mazeroski hits a line drive towards short. McMillan catches it and throws to second to double up Kravitz.
Bottom 7 Skinner takes first base on ball four. Kravitz moves to second.
Bottom 7 Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kravitz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nelson scoops it up and throws to first, with Friend covering, for the out.
Top 7 Lynch hits a popup towards short. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mejias. Pinson reaches second base with a double. Temple scores.
Top 7 Temple hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mejias who is chasing the ball. Temple reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Acker is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Schofield strikes out.
Bottom 6 Friend bunts towards the mound. Acker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hoak moves to third. Mejias moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mejias takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hoak hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Hoak reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McMillan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dotterer moves to third.
Top 6 Dotterer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Dotterer reaches second base with a double. Lynch scores.
Top 6 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lynch moves to third.
Top 6 Lynch hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mejias. Lynch reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Skinner hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kravitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Pinson strikes out.
Top 5 Temple is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Acker strikes out.
Bottom 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Acker covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Schofield takes first base on ball four. Friend moves to second.
Bottom 4 Friend hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Mejias hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hoak strikes out.
Top 4 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Robinson moves to third.
Top 4 Dotterer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Robinson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Mazeroski strikes out.
Bottom 3 Skinner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Skinner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Acker, and towards Temple, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kravitz hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Nelson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lynch for the out.
Top 3 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Virdon hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schofield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynch. Schofield reaches second base with a double. Friend moves to third.
Bottom 2 Friend hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hoak hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Dotterer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Acker hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kravitz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 McMillan hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon who is chasing the ball. McMillan reaches third base with a triple. Robinson scores. Dotterer goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Dotterer takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Top 2 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Skinner strikes out.
Bottom 1 Tom Acker now pitching. Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kravitz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Kravitz reaches second base with a double. Virdon scores.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Dotterer for a passed ball. Virdon moves to third.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Schofield scores. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schofield hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Schofield reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Bell strikes out.
Top 1 Lynch hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lynch hits a popup, foul, in back of third. Schofield settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Schofield.
Top 1 Pinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Temple takes first base on ball four.