Pirates @ Phillies
April 26, 1959

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Pirates 5 8 2
Phillies 10 9 0
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Pirates 5 8 2
Phillies 10 9 0

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .192
OBP .250 .208
At Bats 3 52
Hits 0 10
• Singles 0 8
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 1
RBI’s 0 4

Jack Meyer Season Stats

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0 1 0
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Connie Mack Stadium - April 26, 1959
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Out
Jack Meyer
Valmy Thomas
Dave Philley
Sparky Anderson
Willie Jones
Chico Fernandez
Harry Anderson
Richie Ashburn
Bob Bowman
Bill Virdon
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Virdon hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Bob Porterfield. Burgess is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Bob Bowman now playing right field. Mejias hits a line drive into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Anderson hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Porterfield now pitching. Jones hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Anderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Philley hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Hanebrink hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart juggles the ball. That's an error on Stuart. Meyer moves to third.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out. Meyer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Meyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Groat hits a popup towards short. Fernandez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jack Meyer now pitching. Mazeroski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bright hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Stuart hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Stuart reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Sparky Anderson now playing second base. Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Anderson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Freese strikes out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Jones scores.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground into left field. Mejias picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Mejias. Anderson scores. Jones moves to third.
Bottom 6 Anderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Anderson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Philley hits a fly ball into left field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Clemente strikes out.
Top 6 Virdon hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Friend bunts in front of the plate. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. Mejias moves to second.
Top 6 Mejias hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hanebrink hits a popup towards third. Bright settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Short hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bright fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bright takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Stuart moves to second.
Top 5 Stuart takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Foiles hits a popup, foul, towards first. Philley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a popup towards first. Stuart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fernandez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Friend hits a line drive into right field. Hanebrink settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bright fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Anderson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Anderson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Philley scores. Anderson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Philley hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Philley reaches second base with a double. Thomas scores. Ashburn goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Hanebrink hits a fly ball into left field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Short strikes out.
Bottom 3 Thomas is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Mejias hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Groat takes first base on ball four. Bright moves to second.
Top 3 Mazeroski strikes out.
Top 3 Bright hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Stuart hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Foiles hits a popup, foul, towards first. Philley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Fernandez hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bright fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Anderson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Anderson reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Friend hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Fernandez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Philley hits a popup towards first. Stuart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hanebrink hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Harry Bright now playing third base. Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mazeroski strikes out.
Top 1 Harry Bright pinch hits for Don Hoak. Bright hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hanebrink. Bright reaches second base with a double. Foiles scores. Stuart moves to third.
Top 1 Stuart takes first base on ball four. Foiles moves to second.
Top 1 Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Short fields it and throws to home to get Virdon. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 1 There goes Virdon. The throw from Thomas and he is safe. Virdon steals third.
Top 1 Clemente hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Virdon moves to second.
Top 1 Virdon takes first base on ball four.