Cincinnati Redlegs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 5, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 5, 1957 at Forbes Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Redlegs 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 1 1 0
Post rf 3 1 0 1
Bell cf 3 2 1 0
Robinson 1b 5 1 2 3
Schult lf 3 1 1 0
  Whisenant lf 1 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 0 2 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 1 1
McMillan ss 4 0 2 0
Lawrence p 4 0 1 0
Totals 35 6 11 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Fondy 1b 4 1 0 0
Virdon cf 4 0 2 0
Groat ss 4 0 2 1
Clemente rf 4 1 1 1
Thomas lf 4 0 0 0
Baker 3b,2b 4 0 0 0
Foiles c 1 0 0 0
  O'Brien p 0 0 0 0
  Powers ph 1 0 1 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Skinner ph 1 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 1 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Freese 3b 2 0 0 0
Arroyo p 1 0 0 0
  Hall p 0 0 0 0
  Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Kravitz ph,c 2 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 6 2
Cincinnati 000 130 1106113
Pittsburgh 010 001 000261
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Lawrence  W (3-1) 9.0 6 2 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
2
1
1
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo  L (0-3) 4.1 6 3 3 2 3
  Hall   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
  Kline   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
  O'Brien   1.0 1 1 1 2 0
  Face   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
4
4

  E–Lawrence 3 (3).  3B–Cincinnati Temple (1,off Face).  HR–Cincinnati Robinson (3,5th inning off Hall 2 on 1 out).  SH–Whisenant (1,off J. O'Brien).  SF–Hoak (1,off J. O'Brien); Post (1,off Face).  IBB–Bailey (3,by J. O'Brien).  Team LOB–9.  U-HP–Bill Baker, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:28.
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