This day in baseball · September 16, 1871: the New York Mutuals visited the Boston Red Stockings at South End Grounds I. Boston Red Stockings 9, New York Mutuals 7. W1871 in baseball↗

From the vault · October 15, 2008 · 2008 NLCS, Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5–1 at Dodger Stadium to win the NL pennant, 4 games to 1. ▶ Video ↗

Cincinnati Reds @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1959-05-22 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 27675 · 2:15

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Cincinnati Redlegs 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 1st. Vern Law earned the win. Jerry Lynch 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	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8
PIT	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	9

W: Vern Law L: Hal Jeffcoat SV: (none)

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

Cincinnati Reds — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Johnny Temple	5	2	2	0	0	0
Vada Pinson	4	0	2	1	0	0
Jerry Lynch	4	1	1	2	0	0
Frank Robinson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gus Bell	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ed Bailey	4	0	2	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	2	0	0	0	1	0
Roy McMillan	3	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Purkey	3	0	0	0	0	2
John Powers	1	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Dick Schofield	5	1	1	1	0	0
Bill Virdon	4	2	2	0	0	1
Smoky Burgess	4	0	1	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	3	1	1	1	0	1
Bob Skinner	2	0	0	0	2	0
Bill Mazeroski	4	0	2	2	0	0
Don Hoak	4	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Mejias	4	0	0	0	0	1
Vern Law	4	0	2	0	0	1

Cincinnati Reds — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Purkey	8.0	8	2	3
Hal Jeffcoat	0.1	1	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Law	9.0	8	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Johnny Temple: S
Vada Pinson: D7.1-H
Jerry Lynch: 7
Frank Robinson: 5/FL
Gus Bell: 63

Bot 1

Dick Schofield: 63
Bill Virdon: S
Smoky Burgess: 6
Rocky Nelson: D.1-H
Bob Skinner: W
Bill Mazeroski: D.2-H;1-3
Don Hoak: 43

Top 2

Ed Bailey: S
Frank Thomas: W.1-2
Roy McMillan: 54(1)3/GDP.2-3
Bob Purkey: K

Bot 2

Roman Mejias: K
Vern Law: D
Dick Schofield: 7
Bill Virdon: 4

Top 3

Johnny Temple: S
Vada Pinson: 7
Jerry Lynch: HR/89XD.1-H
Frank Robinson: 8
Gus Bell: 5

Bot 3

Smoky Burgess: D
Rocky Nelson: FC6.2X3(65);B-1
Bob Skinner: 4
Bill Mazeroski: 4

Top 4

Ed Bailey: 2/FL
Frank Thomas: 4
Roy McMillan: E5
Bob Purkey: 54(1)/FO

Bot 4

Don Hoak: 63
Roman Mejias: 6
Vern Law: S
Dick Schofield: 43

Top 5

Johnny Temple: 63
Vada Pinson: D
Jerry Lynch: 7
Frank Robinson: 7

Bot 5

Bill Virdon: D
Smoky Burgess: 9.2-3
Rocky Nelson: HP
Bob Skinner: W.1-2
Bill Mazeroski: 64(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Don Hoak: 43

Top 6

Gus Bell: 7
Ed Bailey: 7
Frank Thomas: 53

Bot 6

Roman Mejias: 3/FL
Vern Law: 7
Dick Schofield: 8

Top 7

Roy McMillan: 9
Bob Purkey: K
Johnny Temple: 63

Bot 7

Bill Virdon: K
Smoky Burgess: 13
Rocky Nelson: K23

Top 8

Vada Pinson: 3/G
Jerry Lynch: 8
Frank Robinson: 8

Bot 8

Bob Skinner: 9
Bill Mazeroski: S
Don Hoak: 9
Roman Mejias: 54(1)/FO

Top 9

Gus Bell: S8
Ed Bailey: S/BG.1-2
Frank Thomas: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Roy McMillan: IW
John Powers: K
Johnny Temple: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Vern Law: K/C
Dick Schofield: HR/89XD

Notes & reviews

the Reds claimed a fan reached over the wall and touched the ball; the umpires ruled it hit the seats and bounced out onto field

⚾ Arcade