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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1957-07-07 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 10825 · 2:15

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 8–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 3rd. Bob Friend earned the win. Dick Groat went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Bob Friend L: Ruben Gomez SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Virdon	4	1	0	0	1	0
Bill Mazeroski	5	2	2	0	0	1
Dee Fondy	5	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Thomas	3	2	1	1	1	1
Dick Groat	4	1	3	5	0	0
Gene Baker	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	4	1	2	0	0	0
Hank Foiles	2	1	1	2	2	0
Bob Friend	4	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Danny O'Connell	4	1	2	1	0	1
Don Mueller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Mays	4	0	0	0	0	1
Gail Harris	4	0	0	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	3	0	0	0	1	0
Eddie Bressoud	4	0	2	0	0	0
Ozzie Virgil	4	0	0	0	0	3
Wes Westrum	2	0	0	0	1	1
Ruben Gomez	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Sauer	0	0	0	0	1	0
Ray Jablonski	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Friend	9.0	4	3	7

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ruben Gomez	5.0	6	3	1
Ramon Monzant	2.0	2	1	0
Jim Davis	2.0	3	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: 5
Bill Mazeroski: 3
Dee Fondy: 8

Bot 1

Danny O'Connell: K
Don Mueller: 7
Willie Mays: 4/P

Top 2

Frank Thomas: 5
Dick Groat: 43
Gene Baker: S
Bob Skinner: D9.1-3
Hank Foiles: W
Bob Friend: 63

Bot 2

Gail Harris: 3
Daryl Spencer: 63
Eddie Bressoud: S
Ozzie Virgil: K

Top 3

Bill Virdon: W
Bill Mazeroski: S.1-3;B-2(TH)
Dee Fondy: K
Frank Thomas: IW
Dick Groat: T/78.3-H;2-H;1-H
Gene Baker: 8
Bob Skinner: 43

Bot 3

Wes Westrum: 43
Ruben Gomez: 4
Danny O'Connell: S
Don Mueller: 46(1)/FO

Top 4

Hank Foiles: 53
Bob Friend: 4
Bill Virdon: 13

Bot 4

Willie Mays: 53
Gail Harris: 13
Daryl Spencer: 4

Top 5

Bill Mazeroski: 63
Dee Fondy: 7
Frank Thomas: HR/7
Dick Groat: HR
Gene Baker: 7

Bot 5

Eddie Bressoud: S
Ozzie Virgil: K
Wes Westrum: K
Hank Sauer: W.1-2
Danny O'Connell: 3

Top 6

Bob Skinner: 6
Hank Foiles: W
Bob Friend: 16(1)/FO/BG
Bill Virdon: 43

Bot 6

Don Mueller: 43
Willie Mays: K
Gail Harris: 43

Top 7

Bill Mazeroski: S
Dee Fondy: S.1-3
Frank Thomas: HP.1-2
Dick Groat: 7/SF.3-H;2-3
Gene Baker: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Daryl Spencer: W
Eddie Bressoud: 46(1)/FO
Ozzie Virgil: 3
Wes Westrum: W.1-2
Ray Jablonski: K

Top 8

Bob Skinner: S
Hank Foiles: HR/7.1-H
Bob Friend: 4
Bill Virdon: 8
Bill Mazeroski: K

Bot 8

Danny O'Connell: HR/9
Don Mueller: 43
Willie Mays: 5
Gail Harris: 3

Top 9

Dee Fondy: 5
Frank Thomas: K.B-1(E2)
Dick Groat: S.1-3
Gene Baker: 9(B)2(3)/DP

Bot 9

Daryl Spencer: 63
Eddie Bressoud: 13
Ozzie Virgil: K

Notes & reviews

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