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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Cincinnati Reds

1958-06-02 · Day game · Crosley Field · Att: 2827 · 2:24

Cincinnati Redlegs defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–2. Cincinnati Redlegs put up 3 in the 5th. Joe Nuxhall earned the win. Don Hoak went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	7
CIN	2	0	0	2	3	0	1	0		8	10

W: Joe Nuxhall L: Bob Smith SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ed Sudol · 1B: Tom Gorman · 2B: Ken Burkhart · 3B: Dusty Boggess · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bill Virdon	3	0	1	0	1
Bob Skinner	4	1	1	0	1
Dick Groat	4	0	0	0	0
Ted Kluszewski	4	1	3	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	2	2	0
Roberto Clemente	4	0	0	0	0
Bill Mazeroski	3	0	0	0	0
Bill Hall	3	0	0	0	3
Bob Smith	1	0	0	0	1
Roman Mejias	2	0	0	0	2
Gene Freese	1	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Temple	5	0	2	1	0	0
Bob Thurman	5	0	0	0	0	1
Pete Whisenant	4	1	0	0	1	1
Steve Bilko	5	1	1	1	0	1
Smoky Burgess	4	1	1	0	1	0
Don Hoak	3	1	2	2	1	0
Gus Bell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	2	1	0	0	1	0
Joe Nuxhall	3	2	3	2	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Smith	4.0	6	4	0
Bob Porterfield	1.0	2	0	1
Ron Blackburn	3.0	2	0	2

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Nuxhall	9.0	7	0	8

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: K/C
Bob Skinner: 8
Dick Groat: 13

Bot 1

Johnny Temple: 43
Bob Thurman: 43
Pete Whisenant: W
Steve Bilko: D7.1-H
Smoky Burgess: E7/F.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2#
Don Hoak: IW
Gus Bell: 2

Top 2

Ted Kluszewski: 5
Frank Thomas: 63
Roberto Clemente: 4

Bot 2

Alex Grammas: 7
Joe Nuxhall: S7
Johnny Temple: S1/BG.1-2
Bob Thurman: 8.2-2#
Pete Whisenant: 8

Top 3

Bill Mazeroski: 7
Bill Hall: K/C
Bob Smith: K

Bot 3

Steve Bilko: 9
Smoky Burgess: 7
Don Hoak: S7
Gus Bell: 43

Top 4

Bill Virdon: S9
Bob Skinner: K
Dick Groat: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Alex Grammas: W
Joe Nuxhall: D7.1-H
Johnny Temple: 9.2-2#
Bob Thurman: E4.2-H(NR)(UR)
Pete Whisenant: 7
Steve Bilko: 43

Top 5

Ted Kluszewski: S9
Frank Thomas: 4
Roberto Clemente: 54(1)/FO
Bill Mazeroski: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Smoky Burgess: W
Don Hoak: HR/8XD.1-H
Gus Bell: 4
Alex Grammas: 8
Joe Nuxhall: S8
Johnny Temple: T9.1-H
Bob Thurman: K/C

Top 6

Bill Hall: K
Roman Mejias: K
Bill Virdon: 43

Bot 6

Pete Whisenant: K/C
Steve Bilko: K
Smoky Burgess: S8
Don Hoak: 54(1)/FO

Top 7

Bob Skinner: 13/BG
Dick Groat: 4
Ted Kluszewski: S8
Frank Thomas: D7.1-3
Roberto Clemente: 1

Bot 7

Gus Bell: S9
Alex Grammas: 14/SH.1-2
Joe Nuxhall: PB.2-3
Joe Nuxhall: E9/SF.3-H(UR)
Johnny Temple: SB2#
Johnny Temple: 3
Bob Thurman: 63

Top 8

Bill Mazeroski: 6
Bill Hall: K
Roman Mejias: K

Bot 8

Pete Whisenant: 63
Steve Bilko: 63
Smoky Burgess: 9

Top 9

Gene Freese: 5
Bob Skinner: S
Dick Groat: 6
Ted Kluszewski: S8.1-2
Frank Thomas: D8.2-H;1-H
Roberto Clemente: 53