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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 20, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 20, 1959 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
Date | May 20, 1959 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 20, 1959 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Friend |
Home Starting Pitcher | Vinegar Bend Mizell |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
City | St. Louis |
State | MO |
Attendance | 8,555 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Stan Landes 1B: Ed Sudol 2B: Tom Gorman 3B: Dusty Boggess |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
Roman Mejias | Right Fielder |
Dick Stuart | First Baseman |
Bob Skinner | Left Fielder |
Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
Dick Groat | Shortstop |
Hank Foiles | Catcher |
Bob Friend | Pitcher |
Danny Murtaugh | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
Gino Cimoli | Center Fielder |
Stan Musial | First Baseman |
Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
Bill White | Left Fielder |
Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
Hal Smith | Catcher |
Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
Vinegar Bend Mizell | Pitcher |
Solly Hemus | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 20, 1959
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Mizell
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Mizell
Hoak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virdon moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mejias vs. Mizell
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Virdon scores. Hoak moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stuart vs. Mizell
There goes Hoak. The throw from Smith and he is safe. Hoak steals third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Stuart vs. Mizell
Stuart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Skinner vs. Mizell
Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields it and throws to home to get Hoak. Stuart moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mazeroski vs. Mizell
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Friend
Cimoli hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Friend
Musial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Mizell
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. Mizell
Foiles strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Mizell
Friend strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Friend
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Friend
Cunningham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Friend
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. White scores. Cunningham moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grammas vs. Friend
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out. Cunningham moves to third. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mizell vs. Friend
Mizell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cunningham scores. Smith scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner who is chasing the ball. Blasingame reaches third base with a triple. Mizell goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cimoli vs. Friend
Cimoli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Gross
Don Gross now pitching.
Musial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Musial reaches second base with a double. Cimoli moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boyer vs. Gross
Boyer is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
White vs. Gross
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart juggles the ball. That's an error on Stuart. Cimoli scores. Musial moves to third. Boyer moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cunningham vs. Gross
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Mizell
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Mizell covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Mizell
Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Mizell
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stuart vs. Mizell
Stuart hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Gross
Smith hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Gross
Grammas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mizell vs. Gross
Mizell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Mizell reaches second base with a double. Grammas goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Blasingame vs. Gross
Blasingame takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cimoli vs. Gross
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Mizell
Skinner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Skinner reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mazeroski vs. Mizell
Mazeroski strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Groat vs. Mizell
Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Foiles vs. Mizell
Foiles hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Gross
Musial hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Gross
Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Gross
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Gross
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Gross
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bright vs. Mizell
Harry Bright pinch hits for Don Gross. Chick King now playing center field. Gino Cimoli now playing right field. Joe Cunningham now playing first
Bright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Mizell
Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Mizell
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Williams
Don Williams now pitching.
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Williams
Mizell strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Williams
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Mizell
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cunningham fields the ball and throws to Mizell covering. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stuart vs. Mizell
Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Mizell
Skinner hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Williams
Cimoli takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
King vs. Williams
Bobby Smith pinch runs for Gino Cimoli.
King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boyer vs. Williams
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Smith moves to third. King moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
White vs. Williams
White hits a fly ball towards right. Mejias catches it and throws to Stuart who throws to second to double up King. Smith tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Williams
Cunningham strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Mizell
Bobby Smith now playing right field. Lee Tate now playing shortstop.
Mazeroski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Cunningham settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Mizell
Groat hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Foiles vs. Mizell
Foiles hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Williams
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tate vs. Williams
Tate hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mizell vs. Williams
Mizell hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Mizell
Williams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Mizell
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Mizell
Hoak strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mejias vs. Mizell
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Williams
Blasingame hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Blasingame reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Williams
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
King vs. Williams
King hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blasingame tags and scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Williams
Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Williams
White hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mejias. White reaches second base with a double. Boyer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Williams
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stuart vs. Mizell
Stuart takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skinner vs. Mizell
Skinner hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazeroski vs. Mizell
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mizell fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Mizell
Groat hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/20/1959 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (N) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI Virdon B, cf 4 1 2 0 Blasingame D, 2b 4 2 2 1 Hoak D, 3b 4 0 1 0 Cimoli G, cf-rf 3 1 1 1 Mejias R, rf 4 0 2 1 Smith B, pr-rf 1 1 0 0 Stuart D, 1b 2 0 0 0 Musial S, 1b 2 0 1 0 Skinner B, lf 4 0 1 0 King C, cf 1 0 1 1 Mazeroski B, 2b 4 0 0 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 2 2 1 Groat D, ss 4 0 0 0 White B, lf 4 1 3 3 Foiles H, c 3 0 0 0 Cunningham J, rf-1b 5 1 1 0 Friend B, p 1 0 0 0 Smith H, c 4 1 0 1 Gross D, p 0 0 0 0 Grammas A, ss 3 1 1 0 Bright H, ph 1 0 0 0 Tate L, ss 1 0 0 0 Williams D, p 1 0 0 0 Mizell V, p 4 1 2 3 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 1 6 1 36 11 14 11 Pittsburgh 100 000 000 -- 1 St.Louis 061 101 02x -- 11 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Friend B (L) 1.1 5 6 4 1 0 Gross D 2.2 5 2 2 2 0 Williams D 4.0 4 3 3 1 2 St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO Mizell V (W) 9.0 6 1 1 2 4 E -- Groat D 2, Stuart D DP -- Pittsburgh 3, St.Louis 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, St.Louis 7 2B -- Musial S, Mizell V, Skinner B, Blasingame D, White B 3B -- Blasingame D HR -- Boyer K SB -- Hoak D SF -- White B, King C T -- 2:31 A -- 8555
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