Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 27, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 27, 1958 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 4 0 0 1
Roseboro c 4 1 2 0
Snider cf 3 0 0 1
Furillo rf 4 0 0 0
Valo lf 4 0 1 0
  Pignatano pr 0 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 1 2 0
Neal 2b 3 1 1 0
Zimmer ss 4 0 1 1
Drysdale p 2 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Larker ph 1 0 0 0
  Kipp p 0 0 0 0
  Jackson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 1 1 0
Skinner lf 4 1 1 1
Groat ss 4 2 2 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 1 1 1
  Stevens 1b 0 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 4 0 3 2
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0
Kravitz c 4 0 1 0
Kline p 3 0 0 0
  Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 4
Los Angeles 000 120 000372
Pittsburgh 000 230 00x5100
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Drysdale  L (2-8) 4.0 5 4 4 1 0
  Roebuck   3.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Kipp   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
1
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  W (6-3) 8.1 7 3 3 1 3
  Blackburn  SV (2) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
2
3

  E–Gilliam (3), Hodges (5).  2B–Pittsburgh Groat (10,off Drysdale); Kluszewski (4,off Drysdale); Thomas (9,off Drysdale).  3B–Los Angeles Roseboro (3,off Kline), Pittsburgh Virdon (4,off Drysdale); Groat (3,off Roebuck).  HR–Pittsburgh Skinner (3,5th inning off Drysdale 0 on 0 out).  SF–Snider (1,off Kline).  Team LOB–6.  SH–Kline (1,off Kipp).  Team–8.  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vinnie Smith, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:18.  A–15,705.
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