Pirates @ Reds
July 23, 1957

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Bottom 15 R H E
Pirates 6 17 0
Reds 3 9 1
Bottom 15 R H E
Pirates 6 17 0
Reds 3 9 1

Gus Bell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .167 .295
OBP .167 .335
At Bats 6 386
Hits 1 114
• Singles 1 88
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 22
RBI’s 0 49

Bob Purkey Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 8 0
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Crosley Field - July 23, 1957
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Out
Bob Purkey
Hank Foiles
Frank Thomas
Bill Mazeroski
Gene Baker
Dick Groat
Bob Skinner
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Gus Bell
Alex Grammas
Wally Post

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 17 0 12
Cincinnati Reds 3 9 1 8
Winning Pitcher Vern Law
Losing Pitcher Brooks Lawrence
Save Bob Purkey
Game Winning RBI Dick Groat
Attendance 17,551
Time of Game 3 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 15 Bob Purkey now pitching. Pete Whisenant pinch hits for Johnny Temple. Whisenant hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 15 Grammas takes first base on ball four. Post moves to second.
Bottom 15 Wally Post pinch hits for Hersh Freeman. Post hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 15 Hoak strikes out.
Top 15 Law hits a line drive into right field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 15 Foiles strikes out.
Top 15 Hersh Freeman now pitching. Baker is walked intentionally.
Top 15 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Mazeroski reaches second base with a double. Groat scores. Thomas scores. Clemente moves to third.
Top 15 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to home to get Virdon. Groat moves to third. Thomas moves to second.
Top 15 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Virdon moves to third. Groat moves to second.
Top 15 Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skinner scores. Virdon moves to second.
Top 15 Virdon bunts towards the mound. Lawrence juggles the ball. That's an error on Lawrence. Skinner moves to third.
Top 15 Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 14 Lynch strikes out.
Bottom 14 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bailey for the out.
Bottom 14 Hank Foiles now catching. Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first, with Law covering, for the out.
Top 14 Law hits a fly ball into right field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Paul Smith pinch hits for Dick Rand. Smith hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 14 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Robinson 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 13 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.
Bottom 13 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 13 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Lawrence hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Hoak hits a line drive towards third. Baker reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Dick Rand now catching. Lynch hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 12 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.
Top 12 Skinner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 12 Law hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Dee Fondy pinch hits for Hardy Peterson. Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Crowe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Robinson 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 11 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Clemente strikes out.
Bottom 10 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Grammas moves to second.
Bottom 10 Grammas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Lawrence hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Hoak 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 10 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virdon moves to second.
Top 10 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 Skinner hits a line drive towards first. Crowe reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Law hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Lynch hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bailey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Crowe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 9 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 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 9 Peterson strikes out.
Top 9 Baker hits a line drive towards short. Grammas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brooks Lawrence now pitching. Alex Grammas now playing shortstop. Mazeroski hits a fly ball into right field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Temple hits a line drive into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bob Thurman pinch hits for Tom Acker. Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Roy McMillan. Kluszewski 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 Clemente hits a line drive into right field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomas strikes out.
Top 8 Groat hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Lynch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bailey moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bailey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Crowe strikes out.
Top 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 7 Skinner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Law hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Peterson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Baker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clemente moves to second.
Top 6 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Tom Acker now pitching. Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Johnny Klippstein. Burgess hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McMillan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Hoak hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Hoak reaches second base with a double. Bailey goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Lynch hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bailey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crowe for the out.
Top 5 Groat 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 Virdon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lynch. Virdon reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Skinner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Law hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Peterson is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Baker hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Temple 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 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Klippstein strikes out.
Bottom 3 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hoak is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Bottom 3 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Skinner for the out.
Bottom 2 Lynch hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bailey for the out.
Bottom 2 Crowe hits a popup towards third. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Law hits a line drive into right field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Peterson strikes out.
Top 2 There goes Baker. The throw from Bailey and he is safe. Baker steals second.
Top 2 Baker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virdon moves to second.
Top 1 Virdon takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Skinner hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.