Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 13, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 13, 1959 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 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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Los Angeles Dodgers 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 3 1 1 0
Neal 2b 5 0 2 2
Moon lf 5 0 2 0
Snider rf 4 0 2 1
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0
Roseboro c 4 1 2 0
Fairly cf 2 0 0 0
Zimmer ss 3 0 0 0
  Larker ph 1 0 0 0
  Wills ss 0 0 0 0
Koufax p 2 0 1 0
  Furillo ph 1 1 1 0
  Fowler p 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 11 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Virdon cf 3 1 2 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Burgess c 4 1 2 0
Stuart 1b 4 1 2 1
  Schofield pr 0 1 0 0
  Nelson 1b 0 0 0 0
Skinner lf 4 1 1 0
Mazeroski 2b 2 0 1 1
Hoak 3b 4 0 2 3
Mejias rf 2 0 1 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Christopher pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Kline p 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 11 5
Los Angeles 000 012 0003110
Pittsburgh 000 210 02x5110
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Koufax   5.0 7 3 3 2 3
  Fowler  L (3-4) 2.1 4 2 2 1 0
  Labine   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
3
4
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  W (6-3) 9.0 11 3 3 5 2
Totals
9.0
11
3
3
5
2

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 2. Neal-Hodges, Neal-Hodges, Pittsburgh 2. Mazeroski-Groat-Stuart, Mazeroski-Groat-Nelson.  2B–Pittsburgh Hoak (13,off Koufax).  3B–Los Angeles Roseboro (2,off Kline).  SH–Hodges (2,off Kline).  IBB–Fairly (2,by Kline); Mejias (3,by Koufax); Mazeroski (1,by Fowler).  Team LOB–11.  SF–Mazeroski (1,off Koufax).  Team–7.  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:31.  A–11,944.
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