St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 4, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 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 9

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 5 1 2 0
Cimoli cf 5 0 2 2
Musial 1b 5 0 2 0
Boyer 3b,ss 3 1 2 0
White lf 5 0 2 1
Cunningham rf 5 0 0 0
Smith c 4 1 2 0
Tate ss 2 0 0 0
  Jablonski ph,3b 1 0 1 0
Broglio p 2 0 0 0
  Brosnan p 0 0 0 0
  Hemus ph 0 0 0 0
  Cheney p 0 0 0 0
  Nunn p 0 0 0 0
  Crowe ph 1 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 3 13 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 4 1 1 2
Groat ss 5 1 3 0
Burgess c 4 1 1 0
Stuart 1b 3 1 0 0
Skinner lf 3 1 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 2 2 2
Hoak 3b 3 1 2 2
Mejias rf 4 0 0 0
Kline p 4 1 1 1
Totals 34 9 12 8
St. Louis 021 000 0003131
Pittsburgh 024 003 00x9121
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio  L (0-4) 2.1 5 6 6 3 2
  Brosnan   2.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Cheney   0.1 4 3 3 0 1
  Nunn   1.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Grissom   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
9
9
3
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  W (5-3) 9.0 13 3 3 4 3
Totals
9.0
13
3
3
4
3

  E–Tate (4), Kline (1).  DP–St. Louis 1. Tate-Musial, Pittsburgh 1. Mazeroski-Groat-Stuart.  2B–St. Louis Cimoli (23,off Kline); Musial (6,off Kline); Jablonski (3,off Kline), Pittsburgh Skinner (5,off Brosnan); Groat (3,off Grissom).  3B–Pittsburgh Mazeroski (3,off Broglio).  HR–Pittsburgh Virdon (3,6th inning off Cheney 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–12.  SF–Skinner (1,off Broglio).  HBP–Hoak (2,by Cheney).  Team–6.  CS–Cunningham (2,2nd base by Kline/Burgess).  SB–Hoak (4,2nd base off Cheney/H. Smith).  U-HP–Ken Burkhart, 1B–Tony Venzon, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Jocko Conlan.
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