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August 21, 1959

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Dodgers 6 13 1
Pirates 4 11 2
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Dodgers 6 13 1
Pirates 4 11 2

Roberto Clemente Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .302
OBP .333 .330
At Bats 3 291
Hits 1 88
• Singles 1 69
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 31

Chuck Churn Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Forbes Field - August 21, 1959
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Out
Chuck Churn
John Roseboro
Norm Larker
Charlie Neal
Jim Gilliam
Maury Wills
Wally Moon
Don Demeter
Chuck Essegian
Roberto Clemente
Dick Groat
Bob Skinner
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Clemente bunts towards the mound. Churn fields it and throws to first for the out. Skinner moves to third. Groat moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Chuck Churn now pitching. Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nelson scores. Skinner moves to second.
Bottom 9 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Don Demeter now playing center field. Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Roy Face. Nelson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Nelson reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Wills hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Roseboro is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Carl Furillo pinch hits for Ron Fairly. Roy Face now pitching. Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first, with Face covering, for the out. Neal scores. Larker moves to third. Essegian moves to second.
Top 9 Essegian is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Larker hits a fly ball into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double. Neal moves to third.
Top 9 Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bill Virdon now playing center field. Neal hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kluszewski hits a popup towards third. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Roman Mejias. There's a wild pitch. Schofield moves to second.
Bottom 8 Schofield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Williams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Essegian moves to third. Wills moves to second.
Top 8 Wills is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Roseboro strikes out.
Top 8 Fairly bunts towards the mound. Green fields it and throws to first for the out. Essegian moves to second.
Top 8 Essegian hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groat moves to third.
Bottom 7 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Maury Wills now playing shortstop. Stan Williams now pitching. Skinner hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Larker hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Neal scores.
Top 7 Fred Green now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Neal moves to third.
Top 7 Neal hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Neal reaches second base with a double. Snider scores.
Top 7 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Kline covering, for the out. Snider moves to second.
Top 7 Maury Wills pinch runs for Gil Hodges. Duke Snider pinch hits for Johnny Podres. Snider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wills scores.
Top 7 Gil Hodges pinch hits for Don Zimmer. Hodges hits a ball on the ground into center field. Mejias picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mejias. Roseboro goes all the way around to score. Hodges moves to third.
Top 7 Roseboro hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Fairly hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kline strikes out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Hoak moves to third. Mejias moves to second.
Bottom 6 Mejias is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Schofield hits a fly ball into right field. Essegian settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stuart scores. Hoak moves to second.
Bottom 6 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Stuart hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Moon. Stuart reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Moon is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Moon moves to second.
Top 6 Larker hits a line drive into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Neal hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Skinner strikes out.
Top 5 Gilliam hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Podres hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Zimmer moves to third.
Top 5 Zimmer takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Kline covering, for the out.
Top 5 Fairly hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kline strikes out.
Bottom 4 Mejias hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hoak strikes out.
Top 4 Larker hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Moon hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Clemente who is chasing the ball. Moon reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gilliam hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Burgess hits a fly ball towards center. Fairly catches it and throws home to Roseboro who relays to second to double up Stuart. Skinner tags and scores. Groat tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Stuart is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Clemente bunts in front of the plate. Roseboro fields it and throws to first for the out. Skinner moves to third. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam juggles the ball. That's an error on Gilliam. Skinner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Podres strikes out.
Top 3 Zimmer strikes out.
Top 3 Roseboro hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres has Burgess trapped. There's the throw to Gilliam and over to Roseboro, who tags Burgess for the out. Schofield moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Schofield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Stuart scores. Burgess moves to third.
Bottom 2 Hoak bunts towards third. Gilliam fields it and throws to first for the out. Stuart moves to third. Burgess moves to second.
Bottom 2 Burgess hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stuart moves to second.
Bottom 2 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gilliam fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Fairly hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Essegian hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Larker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Kline covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a fly ball into left field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Neal hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.