Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
June 6, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1958 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 1, Chicago Cubs 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 0 2 0
Skinner lf 3 1 1 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 1 1
Thomas 3b 4 0 0 0
Clemente rf 1 0 0 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 0 0 0
Foiles c 2 0 0 0
  Mejias ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
Law p 1 0 0 0
  Porterfield p 1 0 0 0
  Kravitz ph,c 1 0 0 0
Totals 29 1 4 1
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Adams 2b 4 1 1 1
  Taylor T. 2b 0 0 0 0
Dark 3b 4 0 0 1
Walls rf 4 0 1 0
Banks ss 4 1 2 0
Moryn lf 4 1 1 0
Long 1b 4 1 1 1
Taylor S. c 4 2 2 1
Thomson cf 1 0 1 2
Drott p 3 0 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6
Pittsburgh 100 000 000141
Chicago 110 300 01x690
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L (5-4) 3.0 8 5 4 0 4
  Porterfield   4.0 0 0 0 1 5
  Smith   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
5
1
9
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drott  W (3-2) 9.0 4 1 1 3 10
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
3
10

  E–Foiles (2).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Mazeroski-Groat-Kluszewski, Chicago 2. Thomson-Adams, Banks-Adams-Long.  2B–Pittsburgh Virdon (7,off Drott); Kluszewski (6,off Drott)., Chicago Banks (12,off Law).  3B–Chicago Adams (2,off Law); Banks (5,off B. Smith).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Thomson (1,off Law).  Team–4.  SB–Clemente (3,2nd base off Drott/S. Taylor); S. Taylor (2,2nd base off Law/Foiles).  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:23.  A–4,567.
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