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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1959-08-12 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 11163 · 2:23

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Philadelphia Phillies 6–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 4 in the 7th. Harvey Haddix earned the win. Wally Post 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	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	6	10
PHI	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	7

W: Harvey Haddix L: Robin Roberts SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Skinner	4	2	1	0	1	0
Dick Groat	5	0	0	0	0	1
Roberto Clemente	5	2	3	3	0	0
Rocky Nelson	4	0	1	2	0	0
Smoky Burgess	4	0	2	1	0	0
Don Hoak	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Mazeroski	4	1	1	0	0	1
Bill Virdon	4	1	1	0	0	1
Harvey Haddix	4	0	0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	1	1	0	0	2
Sparky Anderson	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ed Bouchee	3	0	0	0	1	0
Wally Post	3	1	2	2	0	1
Gene Freese	4	0	1	0	0	0
Harry Anderson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Joe Koppe	4	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Lonnett	3	0	1	0	1	0
Robin Roberts	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Bolger	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Bowman	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Harvey Haddix	9.0	7	4	4

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Robin Roberts	6.2	9	1	4
Taylor Phillips	0.1	0	0	0
Humberto Robinson	2.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bob Skinner: 6/P
Dick Groat: 6/P
Roberto Clemente: S7/G
Rocky Nelson: 8

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: S8
Sparky Anderson: S5/BG.1-2
Ed Bouchee: W.2-3;1-2
Wally Post: 8/SF/DP.3-H;2-3;1X2(854)
Gene Freese: 43

Top 2

Smoky Burgess: 41
Don Hoak: 8/8D
Bill Mazeroski: 2/FL

Bot 2

Harry Anderson: 43
Joe Koppe: S6/BG
Joe Lonnett: S7/G.1-2
Robin Roberts: 9
Richie Ashburn: K

Top 3

Bill Virdon: 63
Harvey Haddix: K
Bob Skinner: 7

Bot 3

Sparky Anderson: W
Ed Bouchee: 7
Wally Post: S7.1-2
Gene Freese: 6/P
Harry Anderson: 6/P

Top 4

Dick Groat: 9
Roberto Clemente: 63
Rocky Nelson: 43

Bot 4

Joe Koppe: 4/P
Joe Lonnett: 5/P
Robin Roberts: K

Top 5

Smoky Burgess: S8/G
Don Hoak: S5/G.1-3(E5/TH);B-2
Bill Mazeroski: 9
Bill Virdon: K
Harvey Haddix: 5/FL

Bot 5

Richie Ashburn: K/C
Sparky Anderson: 7/7D
Ed Bouchee: 43

Top 6

Bob Skinner: 5E3.B-1
Dick Groat: K/C
Roberto Clemente: D9.1-3
Rocky Nelson: 3/G.3-H(UR)
Smoky Burgess: S9.2-H(UR)
Don Hoak: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Wally Post: HR/78XD
Gene Freese: 6/P
Harry Anderson: W
Joe Koppe: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Bill Mazeroski: S8/G
Bill Virdon: S8/89.1-3
Harvey Haddix: K/C
Bob Skinner: W.1-2
Dick Groat: 5/FL
Roberto Clemente: T8/78XD.3-H;2-H;1-H
Rocky Nelson: S7/G.3-H
Smoky Burgess: 7

Bot 7

Joe Lonnett: W
Jim Bolger: 9
Richie Ashburn: 6/L
Sparky Anderson: 9

Top 8

Don Hoak: 53
Bill Mazeroski: K/C
Bill Virdon: 13

Bot 8

Ed Bouchee: 5/FL
Wally Post: K
Gene Freese: S8
Harry Anderson: 4/L

Top 9

Harvey Haddix: 43
Bob Skinner: S7
Dick Groat: WP.1-2
Dick Groat: 43.2-3
Roberto Clemente: 63

Bot 9

Joe Koppe: 6/L
Joe Lonnett: 53
Bob Bowman: 63