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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Milwaukee Braves

1958-04-17 · Day game · County Stadium · Att: 12854 · 1:51

Milwaukee Braves defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–1. Milwaukee Braves put up 3 in the 5th. Lew Burdette earned the win. Eddie Mathews went 2-for-4 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7
ML1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0		6	13

W: Lew Burdette L: Vern Law SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Jackowski · 1B: Stan Landes · 2B: Vic Delmore · 3B: Al Barlick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bill Virdon	4	0	2	0	0
Dick Groat	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	4	0	1	0	0
Ted Kluszewski	4	0	1	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	0	0	0
Roberto Clemente	3	1	2	0	0
Gene Baker	2	0	0	1	0
Hank Foiles	2	0	0	0	1
Vern Law	1	0	0	0	0
Paul Smith	1	0	1	0	0
Gene Freese	1	0	0	0	0
John Powers	1	0	0	0	0

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Red Schoendienst	4	2	3	0	0
Bob Hazle	3	1	0	0	1
Eddie Mathews	4	2	2	5	0
Hank Aaron	4	0	1	0	0
Frank Torre	4	0	2	0	0
Andy Pafko	4	0	0	0	0
Johnny Logan	4	1	2	0	0
Del Crandall	4	0	2	0	0
Lew Burdette	4	0	1	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Vern Law	5.0	9	1
Bennie Daniels	2.0	2	0
George Perez	1.0	2	0

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lew Burdette	9.0	7	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: S9
Dick Groat: 46(1)/FO
Bob Skinner: S7.1-2
Ted Kluszewski: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 1

Red Schoendienst: 8
Bob Hazle: 6/P
Eddie Mathews: 6/P

Top 2

Frank Thomas: 53
Roberto Clemente: S8
Gene Baker: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Hank Aaron: 8
Frank Torre: 43
Andy Pafko: 43

Top 3

Hank Foiles: 13
Vern Law: 53
Bill Virdon: 31

Bot 3

Johnny Logan: D7
Del Crandall: S9.2-3;BX2(924)
Lew Burdette: S/9S.3-H
Red Schoendienst: S9.1-2
Bob Hazle: 9
Eddie Mathews: 9

Top 4

Dick Groat: 8
Bob Skinner: 8
Ted Kluszewski: 7

Bot 4

Hank Aaron: 7
Frank Torre: S3
Andy Pafko: 64(1)/FO
Johnny Logan: 9

Top 5

Frank Thomas: 3/P
Roberto Clemente: T8
Gene Baker: 9/SF.3-H
Hank Foiles: K

Bot 5

Del Crandall: 53
Lew Burdette: 13
Red Schoendienst: S9
Bob Hazle: W.1-2
Eddie Mathews: HR/9.2-H;1-H
Hank Aaron: S8
Frank Torre: S9.1X2(94)

Top 6

Paul Smith: S9
Bill Virdon: S6.1-2
Dick Groat: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Bob Skinner: 7

Bot 6

Andy Pafko: 7
Johnny Logan: 43
Del Crandall: 7

Top 7

Ted Kluszewski: 43
Frank Thomas: 23
Roberto Clemente: E5
Gene Baker: 9/89D

Bot 7

Lew Burdette: 53
Red Schoendienst: S8
Bob Hazle: 7/7D
Eddie Mathews: HR/7.1-H
Hank Aaron: 6/L

Top 8

Gene Freese: 8/78
John Powers: 8
Bill Virdon: 31

Bot 8

Frank Torre: 8
Andy Pafko: 53
Johnny Logan: S/6D
Del Crandall: S8.1-2
Lew Burdette: 9

Top 9

Dick Groat: 3/FL
Bob Skinner: 31
Ted Kluszewski: S9
Frank Thomas: 53

Notes & reviews

Henry Aaron rounded 2B too far
Frank Torre reached into the 1B box seats to make a backhanded catch

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