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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1957-06-23 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 22188 · 2:37

Cincinnati Redlegs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 5–2. Cincinnati Redlegs put up 4 in the 3rd. Tom Acker earned the win and Raul Sanchez picked up the save. Don Hoak went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Tom Acker L: Ron Kline SV: Raul Sanchez

Umpires — HP: Stan Landes · 1B: Bill Baker · 2B: Frank Dascoli · 3B: Frank Secory · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Smith	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	4	1	2	1	0	2
Bill Virdon	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	1	1	0	2
Dick Groat	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Baker	4	0	2	0	0	1
Bill Mazeroski	2	0	1	0	2	0
Dick Rand	2	0	0	0	0	2
Ron Kline	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Arroyo	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Foiles	2	0	0	0	0	1
Gene Freese	1	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Mejias	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Temple	3	1	0	0	1	0
Don Hoak	4	1	2	2	0	0
Gus Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Crowe	4	1	2	1	0	0
Frank Robinson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Smoky Burgess	4	1	2	1	0	0
Bob Thurman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roy McMillan	3	0	1	0	0	0
Tom Acker	2	0	1	0	0	1
Raul Sanchez	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Kline	2.2	7	1	0
Luis Arroyo	2.1	1	0	2
Red Swanson	3.0	1	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Acker	5.0	8	2	5
Raul Sanchez	4.0	1	0	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Smith: S
Bob Skinner: K
Bill Virdon: 8
Frank Thomas: 64(1)/FO

Bot 1

Johnny Temple: 5/L
Don Hoak: D7
Gus Bell: 43.2-2#
George Crowe: 31

Top 2

Dick Groat: 7
Gene Baker: S7
Bill Mazeroski: W.1-2
Dick Rand: K
Ron Kline: 9/L

Bot 2

Frank Robinson: S7
Smoky Burgess: S9.1-3
Bob Thurman: 8.1-2;3-H(E3)
Roy McMillan: 5
Tom Acker: S9.2XH(92)

Top 3

Paul Smith: 8
Bob Skinner: K
Bill Virdon: S8
Frank Thomas: D8.1-H
Dick Groat: 7

Bot 3

Johnny Temple: W
Don Hoak: HR/7D.1-H
Gus Bell: 6
George Crowe: HR/9D
Frank Robinson: 9
Smoky Burgess: HR/9D
Bob Thurman: 31

Top 4

Gene Baker: 6
Bill Mazeroski: T7
Dick Rand: K
Luis Arroyo: 7

Bot 4

Roy McMillan: 6
Tom Acker: K
Johnny Temple: E7/F.B-1#
Don Hoak: 6/L

Top 5

Paul Smith: 5
Bob Skinner: HR/78XD
Bill Virdon: 43
Frank Thomas: K

Bot 5

Gus Bell: 8
George Crowe: S8
Frank Robinson: K
Smoky Burgess: 7

Top 6

Dick Groat: S8
Gene Baker: D7.1-3
Bill Mazeroski: W
Hank Foiles: K/C
Gene Freese: 3/FL
Paul Smith: 31

Bot 6

Bob Thurman: 43
Roy McMillan: S8
Raul Sanchez: FC/SH.1-2
Johnny Temple: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Bob Skinner: S6
Bill Virdon: 64(1)/FO
Frank Thomas: K+CS2(24)/DP

Bot 7

Don Hoak: 53
Gus Bell: 8
George Crowe: 43

Top 8

Dick Groat: 8
Gene Baker: K/C
Bill Mazeroski: 6/L

Bot 8

Frank Robinson: 53
Smoky Burgess: 4
Bob Thurman: 43

Top 9

Hank Foiles: 13
Roman Mejias: 53
Paul Smith: 7

Notes & reviews

Dee Fondy and Bob Purkey ejected by HP umpire Stan Landes for bench jockeying; Purkey walked from the bench to the edge of the diamond while sprinkling water from a bucket; Purkey and Fondy accused Raul Sanchez of throwing a spitball; after being ejected, Fondy offered his dark glasses to Landes

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