Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
April 14, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1959 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds 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 2, Cincinnati Reds 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 0 1 0
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Skinner lf 4 0 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 1 1 0
Hoak 3b 3 1 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 2 1
Groat ss 3 0 0 0
Foiles c 2 0 0 0
  Burgess ph 1 0 1 0
  Schofield pr 0 0 0 0
  Kravitz c 0 0 0 0
Witt p 2 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 3 0 1 0
Pinson cf 4 1 2 1
Bell rf 4 0 1 0
Robinson 1b 4 0 0 0
Thomas 3b 2 1 1 0
Lynch lf 3 0 0 0
  Whisenant lf 0 0 0 0
Bailey c 3 1 1 2
McMillan ss 3 0 1 0
Purkey p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 7 3
Pittsburgh 000 200 000270
Cincinnati 100 200 00x370
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Witt  L (0-1) 6.0 5 3 3 1 5
  Smith   1.1 2 0 0 1 2
  Face   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
3
3
2
7
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  W (2-0) 9.0 7 2 2 1 5
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Groat-Kluszewski, Groat-Mazeroski-Kluszewski, Cincinnati 2. Thomas-Temple-Robinson, Temple-McMillan-Robinson.  2B–Pittsburgh Kluszewski (1,off Purkey); Burgess (2,off Purkey)., Cincinnati Pinson (1,off Witt); McMillan (2,off Smith)..  HR–Cincinnati Pinson (1,1st inning off Witt 0 on 1 out); E. Bailey (1,4th inning off Witt 1 on 2 out)..  Team LOB–4.  Team–4.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Frank Dascoli.  T–2:14.  A–7,631.
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