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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1958-05-16 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 12401 · night · 2:11

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 3 in the 3rd. Curt Simmons earned the win. Harry Anderson 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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	6
PHI	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		6	7

W: Curt Simmons L: Bob Porterfield SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Bill Virdon	4	0	0	0	0
Dick Groat	4	0	1	0	1
Bob Skinner	4	0	1	0	1
R C Stevens	4	1	1	0	1
Frank Thomas	4	1	1	0	1
Roberto Clemente	4	0	1	0	0
Bill Mazeroski	2	0	1	2	0
Hank Foiles	3	0	0	0	1
Bob Porterfield	1	0	0	0	0
Curt Raydon	1	0	0	0	1
Gene Baker	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	3	2	1	0	1	1
Dave Philley	4	0	0	0	0	0
Harry Anderson	3	2	2	2	1	1
Rip Repulski	4	1	1	2	0	2
Granny Hamner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Lopata	3	1	1	1	0	1
Willie Jones	3	0	0	0	0	0
Chico Fernandez	3	0	0	0	0	2
Curt Simmons	3	0	2	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Porterfield	2.1	5	1	1
Curt Raydon	4.2	2	0	6
Ron Blackburn	1.0	0	1	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	9.0	6	0	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: 43
Dick Groat: S7
Bob Skinner: 8/L
R C Stevens: K

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: W
Dave Philley: 13.1-2
Harry Anderson: HR8/89/IPHR.2-H
Rip Repulski: K/C
Granny Hamner: 9/9D

Top 2

Frank Thomas: S6
Roberto Clemente: PB.1-2
Roberto Clemente: 7/7S
Bill Mazeroski: S7.2-H(UR)
Hank Foiles: 9
Bob Porterfield: 4/P

Bot 2

Stan Lopata: HR/8
Willie Jones: 9
Chico Fernandez: 7/7D
Curt Simmons: 63

Top 3

Bill Virdon: 9
Dick Groat: 8/L
Bob Skinner: 8/8D

Bot 3

Richie Ashburn: S9/3
Dave Philley: 8
Harry Anderson: S/89.1-3
Rip Repulski: T8.3-H;1-H
Granny Hamner: 6/P/8S
Stan Lopata: WP.3-H
Stan Lopata: 7/7D

Top 4

R C Stevens: 7
Frank Thomas: 53
Roberto Clemente: 63

Bot 4

Willie Jones: 2/FL
Chico Fernandez: K
Curt Simmons: D9
Richie Ashburn: 53

Top 5

Bill Mazeroski: 63
Hank Foiles: 53
Curt Raydon: K

Bot 5

Dave Philley: 31
Harry Anderson: K
Rip Repulski: K

Top 6

Bill Virdon: 8
Dick Groat: K
Bob Skinner: K

Bot 6

Granny Hamner: 6/P
Stan Lopata: K
Willie Jones: 2/FL

Top 7

R C Stevens: D7
Frank Thomas: 31.2-3
Roberto Clemente: S5.3-3
Bill Mazeroski: 8/SF.3-H
Hank Foiles: K/C

Bot 7

Chico Fernandez: K/C
Curt Simmons: S8
Richie Ashburn: K/C
Dave Philley: 3/G

Top 8

Gene Baker: 6/L
Bill Virdon: 7
Dick Groat: 3/G

Bot 8

Harry Anderson: W
Rip Repulski: 16(1)3/GDP/BG
Granny Hamner: K/C

Top 9

Bob Skinner: S8
R C Stevens: 3/FL
Frank Thomas: K
Roberto Clemente: 8