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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1957-09-28 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 2768 · 1:49

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 1–0. Ron Kline earned the win. Frank Thomas went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ron Kline L: Ruben Gomez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ed Sudol · 1B: Vic Delmore · 2B: Jocko Conlan · 3B: Augie Donatelli · LF: Vinnie Smith · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Gene Freese	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Powers	3	0	0	0	1	1
Dick Groat	1	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Skinner	4	0	2	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	3	1	2	1	1	0
Bill Mazeroski	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roberto Clemente	4	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Kravitz	3	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Kline	3	0	0	0	0	1
Gene Baker	2	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Danny O'Connell	2	1	0	0
Don Mueller	4	0	0	0
Willie Mays	4	1	0	1
Ray Jablonski	3	0	1	0
Hank Sauer	4	1	0	1
Whitey Lockman	3	0	0	0
Daryl Spencer	2	1	1	0
Valmy Thomas	3	0	0	0
Ruben Gomez	3	2	0	0
Gail Harris	1	0	0	0
Dusty Rhodes	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Kline	9.0	6	2	2

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ruben Gomez	9.0	5	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Gene Freese: 53
John Powers: K
Dick Groat: W
Bob Skinner: 8

Bot 1

Danny O'Connell: 6/L
Don Mueller: 43
Willie Mays: K/C

Top 2

Frank Thomas: S
Bill Mazeroski: 6/L
Roberto Clemente: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Ray Jablonski: 7
Hank Sauer: 9
Whitey Lockman: 43

Top 3

Danny Kravitz: K/C
Ron Kline: 31
Gene Freese: 63

Bot 3

Daryl Spencer: 8
Valmy Thomas: 9
Ruben Gomez: 53

Top 4

John Powers: 13
Dick Groat: D
Bob Skinner: S7.2-3;B-2(TH)
Frank Thomas: IW
Bill Mazeroski: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Roberto Clemente: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2

Bot 4

Danny O'Connell: S
Don Mueller: 9
Willie Mays: S8.1-2
Ray Jablonski: 31.2-3;1-2
Hank Sauer: K

Top 5

Danny Kravitz: K
Ron Kline: 43
Gene Freese: 53

Bot 5

Whitey Lockman: 63
Daryl Spencer: S
Valmy Thomas: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

John Powers: 3/G
Gene Baker: 63
Bob Skinner: S
Frank Thomas: 4

Bot 6

Ruben Gomez: D
Danny O'Connell: 13/SH.2-3
Don Mueller: 43
Willie Mays: 9

Top 7

Bill Mazeroski: K/C
Roberto Clemente: 53
Danny Kravitz: 3/FL

Bot 7

Ray Jablonski: 3/G
Hank Sauer: S
Whitey Lockman: 36(1)3(B)/GDP

Top 8

Ron Kline: K
Gene Freese: 53
John Powers: W
Gene Baker: 6

Bot 8

Daryl Spencer: W
Valmy Thomas: 36(1)/FO
Ruben Gomez: D7/7L.1-3
Gail Harris: 3/FL
Don Mueller: 43

Top 9

Bob Skinner: 2/FL
Frank Thomas: HR/7D
Bill Mazeroski: 53
Roberto Clemente: FLE2#
Roberto Clemente: 9

Bot 9

Willie Mays: 8
Ray Jablonski: W
Hank Sauer: 7
Dusty Rhodes: FLE5#
Dusty Rhodes: 2/FL

Notes & reviews

Dick Groat injured his right wrist sliding

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