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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1958-08-03 · Day game · Forbes Field · 2:01

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 2–0. Bob Friend earned the win. Bill Virdon went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

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	9
PIT	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		2	6

W: Bob Friend L: Sal Maglie SV: (none)

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

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

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

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sal Maglie	6.0	4	0	1
Phil Paine	2.0	2	1	2

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Friend	9.0	9	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Blasingame: S7
Wally Moon: 46(1)3/GDP
Joe Cunningham: 63

Bot 1

Bill Virdon: 2/FL
Roberto Clemente: 8
Dick Stuart: S5
Frank Thomas: 5/L

Top 2

Ken Boyer: 53
Del Ennis: K
Gene Green: S7
Curt Flood: E5.1-2
Eddie Kasko: W.2-3;1-2
Sal Maglie: 31

Bot 2

Bob Skinner: 8/L
Bill Mazeroski: K
Dick Groat: 8

Top 3

Don Blasingame: 53
Wally Moon: W
Joe Cunningham: 54(1)/FO
Ken Boyer: S8.1-2
Del Ennis: 53

Bot 3

Danny Kravitz: 3/P
Bob Friend: 8
Bill Virdon: 8

Top 4

Gene Green: S7
Curt Flood: 8
Eddie Kasko: 4(1)/FO
Sal Maglie: 6(1)/FO

Bot 4

Roberto Clemente: S7
Dick Stuart: S8.1-3
Frank Thomas: 36(1)/FO.3-H
Bob Skinner: 6(1)3/P/DP#

Top 5

Don Blasingame: S8
Wally Moon: 6(1)/FO
Joe Cunningham: 46(1)/FO
Ken Boyer: S8.1-2
Del Ennis: 9

Bot 5

Bill Mazeroski: 63
Dick Groat: E4
Danny Kravitz: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Gene Green: 3/L
Curt Flood: S8
Eddie Kasko: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Bob Friend: 53
Bill Virdon: HR/89
Roberto Clemente: 63
Dick Stuart: 8

Top 7

Irv Noren: K
Don Blasingame: 9
Wally Moon: S9
Joe Cunningham: 6/P

Bot 7

Frank Thomas: 8
Bob Skinner: S9
Bill Mazeroski: K
Dick Groat: S9.1-2
Danny Kravitz: W.2-3;1-2
Bob Friend: 8

Top 8

Ken Boyer: S7
Del Ennis: 6/P
Gene Green: 4(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Bill Virdon: K
Roberto Clemente: 7
Dick Stuart: 7

Top 9

Curt Flood: 63
Hobie Landrith: 43
Stan Musial: 7