Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
June 21, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 21, 1959 at Busch Stadium I. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 1, St. Louis Cardinals 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Schofield 2b 5 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
Burgess c 4 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 0 0 0
Skinner lf 3 1 2 0
Virdon cf 4 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 4 0 2 0
Mejias rf 4 0 1 0
Haddix p 2 0 0 0
  Porterfield p 0 0 0 0
  Bright ph 1 0 1 0
  Witt p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 1 1
Totals 36 1 9 1
St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Blasingame 2b 4 0 0 0
Cimoli cf,lf 4 0 1 0
White lf,1b 4 2 2 1
Jablonski 3b 3 0 1 0
  Gray 3b 0 0 0 0
Cunningham rf 4 0 2 1
Musial 1b 4 1 2 0
  Flood pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Smith c 3 1 1 2
Grammas ss 4 1 1 1
Jackson p 3 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Pittsburgh 000 000 001190
St. Louis 100 310 00x5100
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix  L (5-6) 4.0 7 4 4 0 1
  Porterfield   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
  Witt   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
2
2
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson  W (6-6) 8.2 9 1 1 1 3
  McDaniel   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Hoak-Schofield-Kluszewski.  2B–St. Louis Cimoli (27,off Haddix); Musial 2 (8,off Haddix,off Witt).  HR–St. Louis White (6,1st inning off Haddix 0 on 2 out); H. Smith (8,4th inning off Haddix 1 on 1 out); Grammas (2,4th inning off Haddix 0 on 1 out).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–H. Smith (3,by Witt).  Team–6.  U-HP–Shag Crawford, 1B–Vic Delmore, 2B–Al Barlick, 3B–Bill Jackowski.  T–2:04.
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