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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1957-07-06 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 13 innings · Att: 5334 · 3:15

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 3–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 3rd. Bob Purkey earned the win. Daryl Spencer went 3-for-5 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	9
NY1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11

W: Bob Purkey L: Stu Miller SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Shag Crawford · 1B: Tony Venzon · 2B: Lee Ballanfant · 3B: Bill Jackowski · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Virdon	6	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Mazeroski	6	0	1	2	0	0
Dee Fondy	5	0	1	0	1	0
Frank Thomas	5	1	1	1	1	1
Dick Groat	5	0	0	0	1	0
Gene Baker	6	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Mejias	5	0	3	0	0	0
Dick Rand	2	1	2	0	0	0
Vern Law	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Purkey	0	0	0	0	1	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Whitey Lockman	6	0	0	0	0	0
Danny O'Connell	6	0	2	0	0	0
Willie Mays	6	0	1	0	0	0
Gail Harris	5	0	1	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	5	2	3	2	0	0
Don Mueller	5	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Bressoud	5	0	3	0	0	0
Ray Katt	2	0	0	0	1	1
Curt Barclay	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bobby Thomson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Westrum	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Sauer	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Jablonski	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Law	9.0	7	1	2
Bob Purkey	4.0	4	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Barclay	12.0	8	3	1
Stu Miller	1.0	1	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: 53
Bill Mazeroski: 7
Dee Fondy: 8

Bot 1

Whitey Lockman: 43
Danny O'Connell: 63
Willie Mays: 8/F78

Top 2

Frank Thomas: W
Dick Groat: 46(1)3/GDP
Gene Baker: 8

Bot 2

Gail Harris: 8
Daryl Spencer: S8
Don Mueller: 3/LDP.1X1(3)

Top 3

Roman Mejias: S/G5S
Dick Rand: FC1/SH.1-2;B-1
Vern Law: 8.2-3
Bill Virdon: FC3.3XH(325);1-2;B-1
Bill Mazeroski: T7/L7DW.2-H;1-H;BXH(782)

Bot 3

Eddie Bressoud: S9
Ray Katt: W.1-2
Curt Barclay: K
Whitey Lockman: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Danny O'Connell: S6/G6M.2XH(645);1-2

Top 4

Dee Fondy: W
Frank Thomas: 9
Dick Groat: 53.1-2
Gene Baker: 53

Bot 4

Willie Mays: 63
Gail Harris: 43
Daryl Spencer: HR/F7D
Don Mueller: 9

Top 5

Roman Mejias: S1/G
Dick Rand: 13/SH.1-2
Vern Law: FC6.2X3(65)
Bill Virdon: S7.1-2
Bill Mazeroski: 7/F7D

Bot 5

Eddie Bressoud: 9
Ray Katt: 23
Curt Barclay: S4/G34
Whitey Lockman: 2/FL

Top 6

Dee Fondy: 13
Frank Thomas: K
Dick Groat: 3/P

Bot 6

Danny O'Connell: 43
Willie Mays: 53
Gail Harris: 43

Top 7

Gene Baker: 63
Roman Mejias: 53
Dick Rand: S
Vern Law: 43

Bot 7

Daryl Spencer: HR/F9D
Don Mueller: 8
Eddie Bressoud: S
Ray Katt: K
Curt Barclay: 6/P

Top 8

Bill Virdon: 8
Bill Mazeroski: 31
Dee Fondy: 43

Bot 8

Whitey Lockman: 2/FL
Danny O'Connell: 31
Willie Mays: 9

Top 9

Frank Thomas: 7
Dick Groat: 43
Gene Baker: 7

Bot 9

Gail Harris: 43
Daryl Spencer: 8
Don Mueller: 31

Top 10

Roman Mejias: S/G
Dick Rand: 14/SH.1-2
Bob Skinner: 63
Bill Virdon: 13

Bot 10

Eddie Bressoud: 13
Bobby Thomson: 2/P
Curt Barclay: 8

Top 11

Bill Mazeroski: 63
Dee Fondy: S
Frank Thomas: 64(1)/FO
Dick Groat: 64(1)/FO

Bot 11

Whitey Lockman: 4/L
Danny O'Connell: S9/F9LS.BX2(96)
Willie Mays: S7/G56
Gail Harris: S7.1-3
Daryl Spencer: 9/L

Top 12

Gene Baker: 43
Roman Mejias: 53
Dick Rand: S8
Bob Purkey: W.1-2
Bill Virdon: 13

Bot 12

Don Mueller: 6/P5D
Eddie Bressoud: S8
Wes Westrum: 4/P
Hank Sauer: W.1-2
Whitey Lockman: 6(1)/FO

Top 13

Bill Mazeroski: 7
Dee Fondy: 13
Frank Thomas: HR/F7D
Dick Groat: W
Gene Baker: 64(1)/FO

Bot 13

Danny O'Connell: 8
Willie Mays: 8/F8XD
Ray Jablonski: 53

Notes & reviews

Ladies' Day total attendance: 6530
Virdon caught it while crashing into Thomas
Lockman retrieved it and tossed to Mays
Groat flipped late to Maz; O'Connell overran 3B
Harris hurt his ankle at 1B
Groat: great catch while colliding heavily with Thomas

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