Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
August 19, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1958 at Wrigley Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 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 4, Chicago Cubs 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 0 2 0
Clemente rf 4 1 1 0
Stuart 1b 4 1 2 2
Skinner lf 4 0 1 0
Thomas 3b 4 1 2 0
Mazeroski 2b 3 1 1 2
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Foiles c 4 0 0 0
Raydon p 2 0 0 0
  Powers ph 1 0 0 0
  Porterfield p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 4 1 1 0
  Bolger ph 1 0 1 0
Dark 3b 4 0 0 0
  Jackson pr 0 0 0 0
Walls rf 5 0 1 0
Banks ss 3 1 1 0
Moryn lf 3 1 1 0
Thomson cf 4 0 0 0
Long 1b 3 0 1 1
Taylor S. c 3 0 2 1
Phillips p 2 0 0 0
  Hobbie p 1 0 0 0
  Tanner ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 8 2
Pittsburgh 020 002 000492
Chicago 100 101 000381
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Raydon  W (7-3) 6.0 6 3 2 4 3
  Porterfield  SV (4) 3.0 2 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
5
4
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Phillips  L (6-7) 5.1 7 4 4 0 3
  Hobbie   3.2 2 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
6

  E–Thomas (20), Foiles (5), Banks (27).  DP–Chicago 1. Banks-T. Taylor-Long.  2B–Pittsburgh Thomas (22,off Phillips), Chicago Long (22,off Raydon).  HR–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (15,2nd inning off Phillips 1 on 0 out); Stuart (10,6th inning off Phillips 1 on 1 out)..  Team LOB–5.  IBB–S. Taylor (4,by Raydon).  Team–9.  SB–Clemente (5,2nd base off Phillips/S. Taylor); T. Taylor (15,2nd base off Raydon/Foiles).  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Shag Crawford.  T–2:34.  A–12,929.
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