St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 3, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 3, 1959 at Forbes Field. 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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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 3 1 1 0
Cimoli cf,rf 3 0 0 0
Musial 1b 3 1 0 0
  Flood cf 0 0 0 0
Boyer 3b 4 0 1 2
White lf 4 0 1 0
Cunningham rf,1b 4 1 2 0
Smith H. c 4 0 2 1
  Smith B. pr 0 0 0 0
Tate ss 2 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 1 0 0 0
Mizell p 2 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Mejias rf 4 1 2 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 2 0
  Christopher pr 0 1 0 0
  Nelson 1b 0 0 0 0
Skinner lf 3 1 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 2 2 2
Hoak 3b 2 0 0 2
Foiles c 4 0 0 0
Friend p 2 0 1 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 5 9 5
St. Louis 010 000 020371
Pittsburgh 000 010 04x590
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Mizell  L (6-2) 7.1 8 4 4 2 5
  McDaniel   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
5
5
2
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  W (2-7) 8.0 7 3 3 4 2
  Face  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
2

  E–White (5).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Mazeroski-Groat-Stuart, Virdon-Nelson.  2B–St. Louis H. Smith (8,off Friend); Cunningham (6,off Friend), Pittsburgh Mazeroski (8,off Mizell).  3B–St. Louis Boyer (3,off Friend), Pittsburgh Mazeroski (2,off McDaniel).  SH–Cimoli (4,off Friend); Friend (4,off Mizell).  IBB–Tate (1,by Friend); Musial (1,by Friend).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Hoak (4,off Mizell).  Team–6.  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Tony Venzon, 3B–Augie Donatelli.  T–2:16.  A–16,857.
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