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Cincinnati Reds @ Philadelphia Phillies

1959-09-22 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 8533 · 2:02

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Cincinnati Redlegs 3–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 7th. Humberto Robinson earned the win and Jack Meyer picked up the save. Vada Pinson went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Humberto Robinson L: Bob Purkey SV: Jack Meyer

Umpires — HP: Ken Burkhart · 1B: Vinnie Smith · 2B: Ed Sudol · 3B: Vic Delmore · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Temple	4	1	1	0	0	0
Vada Pinson	4	1	1	2	0	0
Gus Bell	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Lynch	4	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Thomas	3	0	0	0	0	1
Willie Jones	3	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Kasko	2	0	0	0	1	1
Dutch Dotterer	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Purkey	2	0	0	0	0	2
Whitey Lockman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Bailey	1	0	0	0	0	1

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Solly Drake	4	0	2	2	0	1
Joe Koppe	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Bouchee	4	0	1	1	0	0
Wally Post	4	0	1	0	0	2
Harry Hanebrink	4	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Anderson	4	0	1	0	0	1
Sparky Anderson	3	1	1	0	0	0
Joe Lonnett	2	0	0	0	0	0
Humberto Robinson	2	1	1	0	0	1
Richie Ashburn	0	1	0	0	1	0
Dave Philley	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Purkey	7.0	8	1	4
Jim Brosnan	1.0	0	0	2

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Humberto Robinson	7.0	3	0	5
Jack Meyer	2.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Temple: 43
Vada Pinson: 3/G
Gus Bell: 8/L

Bot 1

Solly Drake: K
Joe Koppe: S7
Ed Bouchee: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Jerry Lynch: 43
Frank Thomas: 7/7S
Willie Jones: 3/P

Bot 2

Wally Post: 3/FL
Harry Hanebrink: 8/L
Harry Anderson: D7
Sparky Anderson: 8

Top 3

Eddie Kasko: 8
Dutch Dotterer: 7
Bob Purkey: K

Bot 3

Joe Lonnett: 63
Humberto Robinson: K
Solly Drake: S4
Joe Koppe: HP.1-2
Ed Bouchee: 7

Top 4

Johnny Temple: T9
Vada Pinson: HR/9D.3-H
Gus Bell: 9
Jerry Lynch: 3/G
Frank Thomas: 2/FL

Bot 4

Wally Post: D7
Harry Hanebrink: 3/G.2-3
Harry Anderson: 2/FL
Sparky Anderson: 53

Top 5

Willie Jones: S4
Eddie Kasko: K
Dutch Dotterer: K
Bob Purkey: K

Bot 5

Joe Lonnett: 63
Humberto Robinson: D7
Solly Drake: D9.2-H
Joe Koppe: 7
Ed Bouchee: WP.2-3
Ed Bouchee: 43

Top 6

Johnny Temple: 53
Vada Pinson: 9
Gus Bell: 3/G

Bot 6

Wally Post: K
Harry Hanebrink: 43
Harry Anderson: 2/FL

Top 7

Jerry Lynch: 8
Frank Thomas: K
Willie Jones: 8

Bot 7

Sparky Anderson: T8
Richie Ashburn: W
Dave Philley: 1/P
Solly Drake: FC.3-H;1-2;B-1
Joe Koppe: 8
Ed Bouchee: S8/89.2-H;1-3
Wally Post: K

Top 8

Eddie Kasko: W
Whitey Lockman: 9
Ed Bailey: K
Johnny Temple: 8

Bot 8

Harry Hanebrink: K
Harry Anderson: K
Sparky Anderson: HP
Richie Ashburn: CS2(26)

Top 9

Vada Pinson: 8
Gus Bell: 8/L
Jerry Lynch: K