Cincinnati Reds vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 23, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 23, 1959 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Cincinnati Reds and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cincinnati Reds 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 1 0
Pinson cf 4 1 1 1
Lynch lf 4 0 3 1
Bell rf 5 1 1 0
Robinson 1b 5 1 1 2
Bailey c 3 0 1 0
McMillan ss 4 1 1 0
Kasko 3b 4 1 3 1
Pena p 0 0 0 0
  Rudolph p 1 0 0 0
  O'Toole p 1 0 0 0
  Newcombe ph 0 0 0 0
  Pendleton pr 0 0 0 0
  Jeffcoat p 0 0 0 0
  Powers ph 1 0 0 0
  Mabe p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 12 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield ss 5 0 1 0
Virdon cf 4 2 2 3
Burgess c 4 1 1 0
Nelson 1b 2 0 0 1
Skinner lf 3 1 2 2
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 2 0
Hoak 3b 3 1 1 0
Mejias rf 4 1 2 0
Daniels p 3 0 1 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 1 0 1 0
  Blackburn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 13 6
Cincinnati 000 200 2015120
Pittsburgh 330 000 00x6130
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
Pena  L (2-2) 1.0 5 5 5 0 0
  Rudolph   1.1 3 1 1 1 2
  O'Toole   3.2 2 0 0 1 3
  Jeffcoat   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Mabe   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
3
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Daniels  W (2-3) 6.0 8 4 4 3 2
  Smith   0.1 0 0 0 2 0
  Gross   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Williams   1.2 4 1 1 0 0
  Blackburn  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
5
5
5
2

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 3. Mazeroski-Schofield-Nelson, Hoak-Nelson, Hoak-Nelson.  2B–Cincinnati Kasko (1,off Williams), Pittsburgh Mazeroski (6,off Rudolph); Daniels (2,off O'Toole); Mejias (2,off Mabe).  3B–Cincinnati McMillan (1,off Daniels); Pinson (4,off Williams), Pittsburgh Williams (1,off Mabe).  HR–Cincinnati Robinson (9,4th inning off Daniels 1 on 2 out), Pittsburgh Skinner (5,1st inning off Pena 1 on 2 out); Virdon (2,2nd inning off Rudolph 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–9.  SH–Virdon (3,off O'Toole).  SF–Nelson (2,off Pena).  IBB–Hoak (2,by Rudolph).  Team–8.  U-HP–Stan Landes, 1B–Ed Sudol, 2B–Tom Gorman, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:42.  A–13,119.
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