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Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
May 31, 1959 Box Score
The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1959 at Crosley 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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"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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| Game played on Sunday, May 31, 1959 at Crosley Field |
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| Pittsburgh |
0 | 0 | 4 | | 2 | 2 | 3 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 17 | 1 |
| Cincinnati |
0 | 2 | 2 | | 4 | 3 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 15 | 0 |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Jackson |
3.0 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
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Blackburn |
0.2 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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Williams |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Smith |
2.0 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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Face W (7-0) |
3.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
15 |
11 |
9 |
3 |
6 |
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| Cincinnati Reds |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
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Newcombe |
3.2 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
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Jeffcoat |
1.0 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Pena |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Mabe L (3-2) |
1.0 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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Acker |
1.0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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Schmidt |
2.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Totals |
9.0 |
17 |
14 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
E–Hoak (7). 2B–Pittsburgh Mejias (3,off Jeffcoat), Cincinnati Whisenant (1,off Jackson); Thomas 2 (9,off Jackson,off Smith); Jeffcoat (1,off Blackburn); Robinson (8,off Blackburn). HR–Pittsburgh Skinner 2 (10,3rd inning off Newcombe 3 on 2 out,6th inning off Mabe 2 on 2 out); Hoak (5,5th inning off Jeffcoat 1 on 2 out); Burgess (6,7th inning off Acker 2 on 0 out), Cincinnati Dotterer (1,3rd inning off Jackson 1 on 2 out); McMillan (6,4th inning off Blackburn 0 on 0 out). HBP–Mejias (3,by Acker). Team LOB–6. SH–McMillan (1,off Smith). Team–7. SB–Temple (6,Home off Williams/Kravitz); Robinson (7,3rd base off Williams/Kravitz). U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Vinnie Smith, 3B–Frank Dascoli. T–3:15. A–17,847. |
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| Game played on Sunday, May 31, 1959 at Crosley Field |
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Fred Schwed, Jr., in How to Watch a Baseball Game (1957) wrote our favorite baseball box score quote, "The baseball box score is the pithiest form of written communication in America today. It is abbreviated history. It is two or three hours (the box score even gives that item to the minute) of complex activity, virtually inscribed on the head of a pin, yet no knowing reader suffers from eyestrain."
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