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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1958-08-02 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 15028 · 1:58

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 1–0. Vern Law earned the win.

Line score

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

W: Vern Law L: Sam Jones SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Tony Venzon · 1B: Jocko Conlan · 2B: Frank Secory · 3B: Ed Sudol · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	4	1	0	1
Irv Noren	4	0	0	1
Stan Musial	4	0	0	0
Ken Boyer	3	1	0	0
Joe Cunningham	3	0	0	0
Del Ennis	2	1	1	0
Gene Green	3	0	0	0
Eddie Kasko	2	0	0	1
Sam Jones	2	0	0	0
Wally Moon	1	0	0	0
Hobie Landrith	1	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Virdon	3	1	1	0	1	0
Roberto Clemente	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Stuart	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bob Skinner	3	0	2	1	0	1
Bill Mazeroski	3	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Groat	3	0	2	0	0	0
Danny Kravitz	3	0	1	0	0	0
Vern Law	1	0	0	0	1	0

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam Jones	8.0	7	3	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Law	9.0	3	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Blasingame: K/C
Irv Noren: 43
Stan Musial: 43

Bot 1

Bill Virdon: S9.B-2(E9)
Roberto Clemente: 13
Dick Stuart: 7
Frank Thomas: W
Bob Skinner: S9.2-H;1-3
Bill Mazeroski: 13

Top 2

Ken Boyer: 53
Joe Cunningham: 6
Del Ennis: W
Gene Green: 3/G

Bot 2

Dick Groat: S7
Danny Kravitz: S9.1-2
Vern Law: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Bill Virdon: IW
Roberto Clemente: 5(2)3(B)/GDP

Top 3

Eddie Kasko: K
Sam Jones: 8
Don Blasingame: 8

Bot 3

Dick Stuart: 53
Frank Thomas: 63
Bob Skinner: S8
Bill Mazeroski: SB2
Bill Mazeroski: 63

Top 4

Irv Noren: 63
Stan Musial: 31
Ken Boyer: S8
Joe Cunningham: 8

Bot 4

Dick Groat: 53
Danny Kravitz: 63
Vern Law: 4

Top 5

Del Ennis: S8
Gene Green: 64(1)3/GDP
Eddie Kasko: 6

Bot 5

Bill Virdon: 13
Roberto Clemente: 3/G
Dick Stuart: 8

Top 6

Sam Jones: 43
Don Blasingame: 43
Irv Noren: K

Bot 6

Frank Thomas: S8
Bob Skinner: K+CS2(26)/DP
Bill Mazeroski: K/C

Top 7

Stan Musial: 43
Ken Boyer: 63
Joe Cunningham: 7

Bot 7

Dick Groat: S7
Danny Kravitz: 2/FL
Vern Law: W.1-2
Bill Virdon: 16(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Del Ennis: 9
Gene Green: 63
Wally Moon: 7

Bot 8

Roberto Clemente: 53
Dick Stuart: 63
Frank Thomas: 3/G

Top 9

Hobie Landrith: 7
Don Blasingame: S9
Irv Noren: 1/G.1-2
Stan Musial: 43