Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 4, 1957 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1957 at Wrigley Field. The Chicago Cubs 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, Chicago Cubs 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente cf 5 1 2 0
Fondy 1b 3 0 1 0
  Mejias ph,rf 2 0 1 0
Groat ss 5 0 1 0
Skinner lf 4 0 2 0
Thomas rf,1b 4 0 0 0
Freese 3b 4 1 2 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Peterson c 2 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Rand c 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Foiles c 0 0 0 0
Purkey p 2 0 0 0
  Virdon ph 1 0 1 1
  Pritchard pr 0 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo p 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 2 10 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Adams 3b 3 0 0 0
  Speake ph 1 0 0 0
  Morgan 3b 1 0 0 0
Walls lf 5 1 2 0
Tanner cf 4 1 1 0
Moryn rf 5 0 2 0
Long 1b 5 0 1 2
Banks ss 3 0 0 0
Neeman c 5 0 1 0
Kindall 2b 5 1 0 0
Elston p 2 0 1 0
  Littlefield p 0 0 0 0
  Bolger ph 1 0 1 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
  Fanning ph 1 0 0 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
  Littrell ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 42 3 10 3
Pittsburgh 000 001 100 00–2102
Chicago 000 002 000 01–3102
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey   6.0 5 2 0 0 0
  Face   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Arroyo  L (3-10) 4.2 3 1 1 2 5
Totals
10.2
10
3
1
2
5
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Elston   6.2 8 2 1 3 6
  Littlefield   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Brosnan   2.0 1 0 0 0 4
  Hillman  W (4-7) 2.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
11.0
10
2
1
3
10
  E–Fondy (15), Freese (10).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Freese-Rand.  SH–Mazeroski (9,off Elston).  Team LOB–8.  CS–Skinner (3,2nd base by Elston/Neeman).  U-HP–Tony Venzon, 1B–Lee Ballanfant, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–3:00.  A–14,757.
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