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Cardinals 5 @ Pirates 6
Forbes Field
July 12, 1959

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals, played on July 12, 1959 at Forbes Field. The home team Pirates beat the visiting Cardinals with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 12, 1959 
Visiting Team
St. Louis Cardinals
R: 5 H: 13 E: 3 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 6 H: 15 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 15
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherRoy Face  
Losing PitcherLindy McDaniel  
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Game Winning RBIRoberto Clemente 

Game Info

DateJuly 12, 1959 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamSt. Louis Cardinals 
Home TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Visiting Starting PitcherErnie Broglio  
Home Starting PitcherHarvey Haddix  
BallparkForbes Field 
CityPittsburgh 
StatePA 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 57 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Hal Dixon
1B: Vinnie Smith
2B: Frank Dascoli
3B: Frank Secory

St. Louis Cardinals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Blasingame  Second Baseman 
Gino Cimoli  Center Fielder 
Bill White  First Baseman 
Ken Boyer  Third Baseman 
Joe Cunningham  Right Fielder 
Gene Oliver  Left Fielder 
Hal Smith  Catcher 
Alex Grammas  Shortstop 
Ernie Broglio  Pitcher 
Solly Hemus  Manager 

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Bob Skinner  Left Fielder 
Dick Stuart  First Baseman 
Danny Kravitz  Catcher 
Bill Mazeroski  Second Baseman 
Don Hoak  Third Baseman 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Harvey Haddix  Pitcher 
Danny Murtaugh  Manager 

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Cardinals 5 @ Pirates 6
Forbes Field
July 12, 1959

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         Game of 7/12/1959, game 1 -- St.Louis at Pittsburgh (D)

  St.Louis           AB  R  H RBI    Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI
Blasingame D, 2b      5  1  1  0   Virdon B, cf          4  2  1  1   
Cimoli G, cf          4  0  1  0   Groat D, ss           5  1  3  1   
White B, 1b           4  0  2  1   Skinner B, lf         4  0  1  1   
Boyer K, 3b           5  1  1  0   Stuart D, 1b          4  1  2  0   
Cunningham J, rf      5  1  1  0   Schofield D, pr       0  1  0  0   
Oliver G, lf          5  2  3  2   Kravitz D, c          5  0  3  1   
Smith H, c            3  0  0  0   Mazeroski B, 2b       5  0  2  0   
Jablonski R, ph       1  0  1  2   Hoak D, 3b            5  0  1  0   
Jackson L, pr         0  0  0  0   Clemente R, rf        5  0  1  1   
Katt R, c             1  0  0  0   Haddix H, p           3  1  1  0   
Grammas A, ss         5  0  2  0   Face R, p             1  0  0  0   
Broglio E, p          1  0  0  0                                      
Flood C, ph           1  0  1  0                                      
Urban J, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Gray D, ph            1  0  0  0                                      
Blaylock G, p         0  0  0  0                                      
Crowe G, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
McDaniel L, p         0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  5 13  5                        41  6 15  5

St.Louis         000 010 031 0 --  5
Pittsburgh       200 300 000 1 --  6
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  St.Louis             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Broglio E             4.0  8  5  3  2  2
Urban J               2.0  1  0  0  0  1
Blaylock G            1.0  0  0  0  1  1
McDaniel L (L)        2.1  6  1  1  0  1

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Haddix H              7.2  9  4  1  1  4
Face R (W)            2.1  4  1  1  0  0

E -- Oliver G, Cimoli G, Hoak D, Stuart D, Grammas A
DP -- St.Louis 2, Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- St.Louis 9, Pittsburgh 10
2B -- Haddix H, Virdon B, White B, Oliver G, Kravitz D
HR -- Oliver G
SB -- Hoak D, Boyer K
CS -- Mazeroski B
SH -- Cimoli G
WP -- Broglio E, Haddix H
T -- 2:57
A -- 0

    

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