Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Redlegs
June 23, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1957 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Pittsburgh Pirates 2, Cincinnati Redlegs 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Smith rf 5 0 1 0
Skinner lf 4 1 2 1
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Thomas 1b 4 0 1 1
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
Baker 3b 4 0 2 0
Mazeroski 2b 2 0 1 0
Rand c 2 0 0 0
  Foiles ph,c 2 0 0 0
Kline p 1 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 1 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 0 0 0
  Swanson p 0 0 0 0
  Mejias ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 3 1 0 0
Hoak 3b 4 1 2 2
Bell cf 4 0 0 0
Crowe 1b 4 1 2 1
Robinson lf 4 1 1 0
Burgess c 4 1 2 1
Thurman rf 4 0 0 0
  Post rf 0 0 0 0
McMillan ss 3 0 1 0
Acker p 2 0 1 0
  Sanchez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 9 4
Pittsburgh 001 010 000292
Cincinnati 014 000 00x590
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L (2-11) 2.2 7 5 5 1 0
  Arroyo   2.1 1 0 0 0 2
  Swanson   3.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
1
2
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Acker  W (8-3) 5.0 8 2 2 2 5
  Sanchez  SV (3) 4.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
2
8

  E–Skinner (2), Thomas (11).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Groat-Mazeroski-Thomas.  2B–Pittsburgh Thomas (15,off Acker); Baker (16,off Acker)..  3B–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (2,off Acker).  HR–Pittsburgh Skinner (2,5th inning off Acker 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–8.  CS–Virdon (1,2nd base by Sanchez/Burgess).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Bill Baker, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:37.  A–22,188.
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