Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
May 21, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 21, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 7, St. Louis Cardinals 2

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 3 0 1 1
Virdon cf 5 1 3 1
Burgess c 5 0 1 0
Nelson 1b 4 1 0 0
Skinner lf 5 2 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 5 1 2 2
Hoak 3b 4 1 3 2
Mejias rf 4 1 1 1
Haddix p 4 0 0 0
Totals 39 7 12 7
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 0 1 0
Cimoli cf,lf 4 0 2 1
Musial 1b 4 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 0 0
Cunningham lf 1 0 0 0
  King cf 3 0 2 0
Green rf 4 0 2 0
Smith H. c 4 1 1 0
Grammas ss 3 0 0 0
  Essegian ph 1 0 1 0
McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Smith B. p 0 0 0 0
  Flood ph 1 0 0 0
  Broglio p 1 1 1 1
  Smith B. ph 1 0 0 0
  Cheney p 0 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 10 2
Pittsburgh 303 000 1007120
St. Louis 000 020 0002102
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  W (4-2) 9.0 10 2 2 0 7
Totals
9.0
10
2
2
0
7
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
McDaniel  L (2-5) 0.2 3 3 3 2 0
  Smith   2.1 5 3 1 2 2
  Broglio   4.0 3 1 1 1 3
  Cheney   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
12
7
5
5
6

  E–Cimoli (3), Grammas (4).  2B–Pittsburgh Hoak 2 (5,off B. Smith,off Broglio), St. Louis Green (3,off Haddix).  IBB–Mejias (1,by B. Smith).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:31.  A–8,141.
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