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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1959-04-26 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 19266 · 2:52

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 10–5. Philadelphia Phillies put up 5 in the 7th. Jack Meyer earned the win. Dave Philley went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	8
PHI	0	0	3	0	0	2	5	0		10	10

W: Jack Meyer L: Bob Friend SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Virdon	4	0	0	0	1	0
Roberto Clemente	5	1	1	0	0	1
Hank Foiles	4	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Stuart	2	2	2	2	3	0
Harry Bright	4	1	3	3	1	1
Bill Mazeroski	4	0	0	0	0	2
Dick Groat	2	0	0	0	2	0
Roman Mejias	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Friend	2	0	1	0	0	0
Smoky Burgess	1	0	0	0	0	1
Rocky Nelson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	1	0	0	1	0
Harry Hanebrink	4	1	0	0	0	0
Dave Philley	4	2	2	5	0	0
Harry Anderson	4	2	4	1	0	0
Willie Jones	4	2	2	3	0	0
Gene Freese	3	0	0	0	0	1
Chico Fernandez	4	0	1	0	0	0
Valmy Thomas	3	1	0	0	0	0
Chris Short	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jack Meyer	2	1	1	0	0	1
Sparky Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Friend	6.2	8	1	2
Bob Porterfield	0.1	1	0	0
Ron Blackburn	1.0	1	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Short	6.1	8	6	3
Jack Meyer	2.2	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Virdon: W
Roberto Clemente: WP.1-2
Roberto Clemente: 7
Hank Foiles: SB3
Hank Foiles: FC1.3XH(12)
Dick Stuart: W.1-2
Harry Bright: D9.2-H;1-3
Bill Mazeroski: K

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: 7
Harry Hanebrink: 8
Dave Philley: 3/P

Top 2

Dick Groat: W
Roman Mejias: 64(1)3/GDP
Bob Friend: S8
Bill Virdon: 8

Bot 2

Harry Anderson: D9
Willie Jones: 9
Gene Freese: 53
Chico Fernandez: 8

Top 3

Roberto Clemente: S7/G
Hank Foiles: 3/FL
Dick Stuart: HR/7D.1-H
Harry Bright: S8
Bill Mazeroski: K
Dick Groat: W.1-2
Roman Mejias: 23

Bot 3

Valmy Thomas: HP
Chris Short: K
Richie Ashburn: WP.1-2
Richie Ashburn: W
Harry Hanebrink: 7
Dave Philley: D9.2-H;1-H
Harry Anderson: S9.2-H;B-2(TH)
Willie Jones: WP.2-3
Willie Jones: 53

Top 4

Bob Friend: 9/L
Bill Virdon: 43
Roberto Clemente: 53

Bot 4

Gene Freese: 7
Chico Fernandez: 63
Valmy Thomas: 3/P

Top 5

Hank Foiles: 3/FL
Dick Stuart: W
Harry Bright: WP.1-2
Harry Bright: W
Bill Mazeroski: 7
Dick Groat: 43

Bot 5

Chris Short: 53
Richie Ashburn: 63
Harry Hanebrink: 5/P

Top 6

Roman Mejias: S8/G
Bob Friend: 24/SH.1-2
Bill Virdon: 5/P
Roberto Clemente: K

Bot 6

Dave Philley: 7
Harry Anderson: D9
Willie Jones: S7/G.2-H;B-3(E7/TH)
Gene Freese: WP.3-H(NR)
Gene Freese: K
Chico Fernandez: 63

Top 7

Hank Foiles: 43
Dick Stuart: D8/78
Harry Bright: HR/7D.2-H
Bill Mazeroski: 2/FL
Dick Groat: 6/P

Bot 7

Valmy Thomas: 63
Jack Meyer: S8
Richie Ashburn: 13.1-2
Harry Hanebrink: E3.2-3
Dave Philley: HR/9D.3-H(UR);1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Harry Anderson: S7
Willie Jones: HR/7D.1-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Sparky Anderson: 9

Top 8

Roman Mejias: 7/L
Smoky Burgess: K/C
Bill Virdon: 6/P

Bot 8

Chico Fernandez: S9
Valmy Thomas: 3/G.1-2
Jack Meyer: K/C
Richie Ashburn: 8/L

Top 9

Roberto Clemente: 6/L
Rocky Nelson: 9
Dick Stuart: W
Harry Bright: K

Notes & reviews

Protest=V
Bill Virdon and HP umpire Vic Delmore collided at HP; catcher Valmy Thomas ran over and tagged Virdon; Pirates Manager Danny Murtaugh and Don Hoak ejected by 3B umpire Shag Crawford; the Pirates played the game under protest

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