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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1958-05-18 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 19068 · 2:11

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 6th. Ray Semproch earned the win. Harry Anderson went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Ray Semproch L: Vern Law 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	4	0	0	0	2
Dick Groat	4	0	0	0	0
Bob Skinner	4	1	2	1	0
R C Stevens	4	1	2	1	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	0	0	1
John Powers	3	0	1	0	1
Bill Mazeroski	3	0	0	0	0
Danny Kravitz	3	0	1	0	0
Vern Law	2	0	0	0	0
Ted Kluszewski	1	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	2	2	1	0
Solly Hemus	4	1	2	1	0
Harry Anderson	4	1	3	3	0
Rip Repulski	4	0	1	0	1
Chuck Essegian	4	0	0	0	0
Willie Jones	4	1	2	1	0
Joe Lonnett	4	0	2	0	0
Chico Fernandez	4	1	1	0	0
Ray Semproch	3	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	SO
Vern Law	5.0	8	1
Roy Face	1.1	2	1
Bob Smith	0.2	2	0
Curt Raydon	1.0	1	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ray Semproch	9.0	6	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: K
Dick Groat: 63
Bob Skinner: 1/G

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: S7
Solly Hemus: 8.1-2
Harry Anderson: S9/G.2-H
Rip Repulski: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Top 2

R C Stevens: 2/P
Frank Thomas: 53
John Powers: 5/FL

Bot 2

Chuck Essegian: 7
Willie Jones: HR/7
Joe Lonnett: D8
Chico Fernandez: 8/L
Ray Semproch: 9

Top 3

Bill Mazeroski: 8
Danny Kravitz: S9
Vern Law: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Richie Ashburn: 3/G
Solly Hemus: 8/89D
Harry Anderson: 8

Top 4

Bill Virdon: 43
Dick Groat: 43
Bob Skinner: 3/G

Bot 4

Rip Repulski: K/C
Chuck Essegian: 8
Willie Jones: D7
Joe Lonnett: 9

Top 5

R C Stevens: HR/7
Frank Thomas: 53
John Powers: K
Bill Mazeroski: 53

Bot 5

Chico Fernandez: 8
Ray Semproch: 8
Richie Ashburn: 3/FL

Top 6

Danny Kravitz: 6/P/7S
Vern Law: 8
Bill Virdon: 63

Bot 6

Solly Hemus: S8/G
Harry Anderson: HR/9.1-H
Rip Repulski: S7
Chuck Essegian: 2/P
Willie Jones: 13.1-2
Joe Lonnett: 13

Top 7

Dick Groat: 8
Bob Skinner: S9/G
R C Stevens: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Chico Fernandez: D7
Ray Semproch: PB.2-3#
Ray Semproch: K
Richie Ashburn: S8.3-H
Solly Hemus: SB2
Solly Hemus: S9.2-H
Harry Anderson: S8.1-2
Rip Repulski: 8
Chuck Essegian: WP.2-3;1-2
Chuck Essegian: 3

Top 8

Frank Thomas: K
John Powers: S9
Bill Mazeroski: E5.1-2;B-1
Danny Kravitz: 8
Ted Kluszewski: 13

Bot 8

Willie Jones: 53
Joe Lonnett: S6
Chico Fernandez: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Bill Virdon: K
Dick Groat: 53
Bob Skinner: HR/9
R C Stevens: D7
Frank Thomas: 7