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St. Louis Cardinals @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1959-08-19 · Night game · Forbes Field · Att: 19075 · 2:10

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 4–2. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 6th. Vern Law earned the win. Ken Boyer went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Vern Law L: Bob Gibson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: Augie Donatelli · 2B: Ken Burkhart · 3B: Tony Venzon · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Blasingame	3	1	2	0	1	0
Curt Flood	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill White	3	0	0	1	1	0
Ken Boyer	3	1	2	1	1	0
Joe Cunningham	4	0	0	0	0	0
Gene Oliver	3	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Grammas	4	0	2	0	0	0
Jay Porter	3	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Gibson	2	0	0	0	0	2
Wally Shannon	1	0	0	0	0	1
Stan Musial	1	0	0	0	0	1
George Crowe	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bob Skinner	3	0	0	1	0	1
Dick Groat	4	1	3	0	0	0
Roberto Clemente	4	1	2	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	3	0	0	1	1	0
Smoky Burgess	4	0	1	1	0	0
Don Hoak	1	1	0	0	3	0
Dick Schofield	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bill Virdon	2	1	0	1	1	0
Vern Law	2	0	0	0	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Gibson	6.2	7	4	2
Marshall Bridges	1.1	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Law	9.0	7	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Blasingame: D7
Curt Flood: S8.2-3
Bill White: 43.3-H;1-2
Ken Boyer: W
Joe Cunningham: 9
Gene Oliver: 6/FL

Bot 1

Bob Skinner: 53
Dick Groat: S8
Roberto Clemente: 63.1-2
Rocky Nelson: 7

Top 2

Alex Grammas: S8
Jay Porter: 46(1)/FO
Bob Gibson: 23/SH.1-2
Don Blasingame: W
Curt Flood: 43

Bot 2

Smoky Burgess: 8
Don Hoak: W
Dick Schofield: 7
Bill Virdon: 7

Top 3

Bill White: 8/L
Ken Boyer: HR/7D
Joe Cunningham: 43
Gene Oliver: K

Bot 3

Vern Law: 53
Bob Skinner: K/C
Dick Groat: 9

Top 4

Alex Grammas: 6/L
Jay Porter: 8
Bob Gibson: K

Bot 4

Roberto Clemente: 63
Rocky Nelson: 43
Smoky Burgess: 43

Top 5

Don Blasingame: 53
Curt Flood: 13
Bill White: W
Ken Boyer: 43

Bot 5

Don Hoak: W
Dick Schofield: D9.1-3
Bill Virdon: 8/SF.3-H
Vern Law: K
Bob Skinner: 53

Top 6

Joe Cunningham: 43
Gene Oliver: 53
Alex Grammas: S7
Jay Porter: E6.1-2
Bob Gibson: K

Bot 6

Dick Groat: S9
Roberto Clemente: S9.1-3(E9);B-2
Rocky Nelson: 3/G.3-H;2-3
Smoky Burgess: S8.3-H
Don Hoak: W.1-2
Dick Schofield: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Don Blasingame: S8
Curt Flood: 46(1)3/GDP
Bill White: 43

Bot 7

Bill Virdon: W
Vern Law: WP.1-2
Vern Law: 54/SH.2-3
Bob Skinner: 53/SH.3-H
Dick Groat: S9
Roberto Clemente: S8.1-3
Rocky Nelson: W.1-2
Smoky Burgess: 8

Top 8

Ken Boyer: S7
Joe Cunningham: 46(1)3/GDP
Wally Shannon: K

Bot 8

Don Hoak: 53
Dick Schofield: 63
Bill Virdon: 43

Top 9

Alex Grammas: 8
Stan Musial: K/C
George Crowe: 5/P