Pirates @ Braves
April 18, 1959

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Pirates 11 11 0
Braves 5 10 3
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 11 11 0
Braves 5 10 3

Dick Groat Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .200
OBP .500 .231
At Bats 3 25
Hits 1 5
• Singles 1 4
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 1
RBI’s 1 2

Bob Giggie Season Stats

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0 0 0
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County Stadium - April 18, 1959
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Out
Bob Giggie
Del Rice
Frank Torre
Chuck Cottier
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Wes Covington
Jim Pisoni
Hank Aaron
Dick Groat
Don Hoak
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Giggie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Hoak hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Hoak reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Cottier hits a popup towards first. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rice takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Rocky Nelson now playing first base. Torre hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Giggie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bob Giggie now pitching. Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Covington hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 7 Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 7 Johnny O'Brien pinch runs for Joe Adcock. Pisoni hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. O'Brien moves to second.
Bottom 7 Joe Adcock pinch hits for Bob Trowbridge. Adcock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Cottier hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Virdon hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Cottier reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Virdon hits a popup, foul, in back of third. Logan settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Logan.
Top 7 Law is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Burgess hits a line drive into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Logan hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Burgess fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Torre 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 6 Groat is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hoak hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Covington hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mathews hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pisoni moves to third.
Bottom 5 Pisoni hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Mejias. Pisoni reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Kluszewski strikes out.
Top 5 The ball gets by Rice for a passed ball. Clemente scores. Mejias moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Bob Trowbridge now pitching. Mejias hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Law scores. Virdon scores. Clemente moves to third.
Top 5 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Law moves to third. Virdon moves to second.
Top 5 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazeroski scores. Law moves to second.
Top 5 Law takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Pisoni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mazeroski moves to third.
Top 5 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Pizarro covering, for the out. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 5 Mazeroski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Pizarro is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Cottier hits a fly ball into left field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Pisoni settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kluszewski strikes out.
Top 4 Mejias is hit by the pitch. Clemente moves to second.
Top 4 Clemente is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Pizarro covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mathews scores. Aaron scores.
Bottom 3 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mathews moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Pisoni strikes out.
Top 3 Law hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Burgess hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hoak strikes out.
Top 3 Juan Pizarro now pitching. Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Kluszewski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Joe Morgan pinch hits for Joey Jay. Morgan 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 2 Cottier hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rice hits a line drive towards the mound. Law can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit.
Bottom 2 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Roman Mejias now playing left field. Torre 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 2 Roman Mejias pinch hits for Bob Skinner. Mejias hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Joey Jay now pitching. Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Virdon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pisoni who is chasing the ball. Virdon reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Law hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Burgess hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mazeroski scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball towards center. Pisoni settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Pisoni. Mazeroski moves to third.
Bottom 1 Covington 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 Aaron hits a line drive into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 1 Pisoni hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Hoak hits a fly ball towards left. Covington catches it and throws to home to double up Skinner.
Top 1 Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clemente scores. Skinner moves to third. Kluszewski moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clemente moves to third.
Top 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews.
Top 1 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cottier scoops it up and throws to first for the out.