Pirates @ Phillies
April 24, 1959

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 12 0
Phillies 5 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 12 0
Phillies 5 11 2

Gene Freese Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 1.000
OBP 1.000 1.000
At Bats 0 2
Hits 0 2
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 1
RBI’s 0 6

Roy Face Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Connie Mack Stadium - April 24, 1959
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Roy Face
Hank Foiles
Rocky Nelson
Bill Mazeroski
Don Hoak
Dick Groat
Roman Mejias
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Gene Freese
Chico Fernandez
Harry Anderson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 8 12 0 9
Philadelphia Phillies 5 11 2 11
Winning Pitcher Roy Face
Losing Pitcher Al Schroll
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Smoky Burgess
Attendance 15,675
Time of Game 2 hours 53 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Fernandez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Anderson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Anderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hank Foiles now catching. Rocky Nelson now playing first base. Bouchee hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Mejias hits a fly ball into left field. Anderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jack Meyer now pitching. Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stuart scores. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Stuart moves to second.
Top 9 Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schofield tags and scores.
Top 9 Dick Schofield pinch runs for Smoky Burgess. Turk Farrell now pitching. Stuart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schofield moves to third.
Top 9 Burgess hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post. Burgess reaches second base with a double. Virdon scores. Clemente goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Clemente hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Virdon moves to second.
Top 9 Chico Fernandez now playing shortstop. Granny Hamner now playing third base. Gene Freese now playing second base. Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ashburn is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 8 Schroll hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Burgess fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Sawatski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Sawatski reaches second base with a double. Fernandez scores. Freese goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Chico Fernandez pinch runs for Willie Jones. Gene Freese pinch hits for Sparky Anderson. Freese takes first base on ball four. Fernandez moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Anderson hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Face hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schroll fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mejias hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Mazeroski bunts in front of the plate. Sawatski fields it and throws to first for the out. Hoak moves to second.
Top 8 Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Roy Face now pitching. Post hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bouchee hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hamner hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Stuart strikes out.
Top 7 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 7 Al Schroll now pitching. Sparky Anderson now playing second base. Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Dave Philley pinch hits for Jim Owens. Bob Smith now pitching. Philley hits a line drive into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sawatski is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Hanebrink moves to second.
Bottom 6 Bob Porterfield now pitching. Harry Hanebrink pinch hits for Joe Koppe. Hanebrink hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jones moves to third.
Bottom 6 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Anderson hits a line drive towards short. Groat reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Post hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Bouchee hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente who is chasing the ball. Bouchee reaches third base with a triple. Hamner scores.
Bottom 6 Hamner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Hamner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Ashburn hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kline is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Owens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Kline covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Sawatski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Koppe strikes out.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hoak moves to second.
Top 5 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Post is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Bouchee hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kline strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hamner hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Owens is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Koppe scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoak scores. Mazeroski moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clemente scores. Hoak moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Hoak hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clemente moves to third.
Top 3 Stuart hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Burgess hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner misplays the ball. That's an error on Hamner.
Bottom 2 Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sawatski for the out.
Bottom 2 Koppe strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Anderson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Anderson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Post is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Bouchee scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out.
Top 2 Kline bunts towards the mound. Owens fields it and throws to first for the out. Mejias moves to second.
Top 2 Mejias is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Groat hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bouchee hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashburn for the out.
Top 1 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Owens fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Stuart hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 1 Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clemente moves to third.
Top 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hamner. Clemente moves to second.
Top 1 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.