Cincinnati Redlegs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 18, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1958 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 1

Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 3 1 1 0
Pinson rf 3 1 1 4
Robinson lf 4 0 0 0
Crowe 1b 4 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 1 0
McMillan ss 2 1 0 0
Purkey p 4 1 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 4 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 2 1 1 0
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
Skinner lf 4 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 3 0 2 0
Thomas 3b 4 0 2 1
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 1 0
Foiles c 3 0 0 0
  Powers ph 0 0 0 0
Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
  Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Pendleton ph 1 0 0 0
  Raydon p 0 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
  Freese ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 8 1
Cincinnati 004 000 000440
Pittsburgh 000 001 000182
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  W (1-0) 8.1 8 1 1 5 1
  Jeffcoat  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
5
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L (0-1) 3.0 3 4 3 2 1
  Witt   2.0 0 0 0 1 2
  Raydon   2.0 0 0 0 2 1
  Gross   2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
4
3
6
6

  E–Virdon (1), Thomas (1).  DP–Cincinnati 4. Bell-Crowe, Hoak-Temple-Crowe, Hoak-Temple-Crowe, Jeffcoat-Bailey-Crowe.  2B–Pittsburgh Skinner (2,off Purkey).  HR–Cincinnati Pinson (1,3rd inning off Kline 3 on 1 out).  SH–Bell (1,off Gross).  IBB–McMillan (1,by Gross).  Team LOB–5.  Team–8.  CS–Pinson (1,2nd base by Kline/Foiles); Hoak (1,2nd base by Raydon/Foiles).  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:24.  A–34,032.
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