Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Redlegs
July 4, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1958 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 3, Cincinnati Redlegs 4

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 5 2 2 1
Skinner lf 4 0 1 0
Groat ss 4 0 2 1
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 1 0
Thomas 3b 3 0 0 0
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 1 2 1
Hall c 2 0 0 0
  Baker ph 1 0 0 0
  Foiles c 1 0 0 0
Kline p 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Mejias ph 1 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
  Stevens ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 3 0 0 0
Lynch rf 4 0 0 0
Bailey c 4 1 3 3
Crowe 1b 3 0 1 0
  Fondy pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Bell cf 4 1 1 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 1 0
Robinson lf 3 0 0 0
McMillan ss 3 0 1 1
Newcombe p 0 0 0 0
  Kellner p 3 2 2 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
Pittsburgh 111 000 000390
Cincinnati 002 110 00x491
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L (7-9) 4.2 8 4 4 0 2
  Smith   1.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Gross   2.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
1
4
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Newcombe   2.2 5 3 3 0 0
  Kellner  W (1-0) 6.1 4 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
1
2

  E–Hoak (9).  2B–Pittsburgh Virdon (11,off Newcombe); Groat (18,off Newcombe); Clemente (10,off Kellner); Skinner (17,off Kellner).  HR–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (9,2nd inning off Newcombe 0 on 1 out); Virdon (3,3rd inning off Newcombe 0 on 0 out)..  SH–Kline (3,off Kellner).  Team LOB–7.  CS–Fondy (1,2nd base by Gross/Foiles).  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Ed Sudol, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–2:06.
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