Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 6, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 6, 1959 at Forbes Field. The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"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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Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Taylor T. 2b 5 1 2 1
Dark 3b 5 0 0 0
Banks ss 4 2 2 1
Long 1b 3 0 1 1
Thomson rf,lf 4 1 1 1
Moryn lf 4 1 1 2
  Walls rf 0 0 0 0
Altman cf 3 2 1 0
Taylor S. c 4 1 1 1
Drabowsky p 3 0 1 1
Totals 35 8 10 8
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 3 0 1 0
Groat ss 3 0 1 0
Burgess c 4 0 0 0
Stuart 1b 4 0 0 0
Skinner lf 3 0 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 4 0 1 0
Mejias rf 4 1 1 1
Daniels p 0 0 0 0
  Smith p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 1 0 0 0
  Schofield ph 1 0 0 0
  Blackburn p 1 1 1 1
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Chicago 601 100 0008100
Pittsburgh 000 000 101270
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Drabowsky  W (4-4) 9.0 7 2 2 3 2
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Daniels  L (3-4) 0.2 4 5 5 1 0
  Smith   0.0 2 1 1 1 0
  Williams   4.1 4 2 2 0 1
  Blackburn   4.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
8
8
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Chicago 1. Banks-T. Taylor-Long, Pittsburgh 1. Hoak-Mazeroski-Stuart.  PB–Burgess (1).  2B–Chicago S. Taylor (3,off Smith).  3B–Chicago Banks 2 (3,off Daniels,off Williams); Altman (4,off Williams).  HR–Chicago Moryn (7,1st inning off Daniels 1 on 2 out), Pittsburgh Blackburn (1,7th inning off Drabowsky 0 on 2 out); Mejias (2,9th inning off Drabowsky 0 on 2 out).  SF–Long (1,off Williams).  Team LOB–3.  Team–7.  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Hal Dixon.  T–2:10.  A–12,953.
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