Pittsburgh Pirates vs Los Angeles Dodgers
June 26, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1959 at LA Memorial Coliseum. The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Los Angeles Dodgers 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Mejias rf 4 1 1 0
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
Burgess c 4 1 2 1
Stuart 1b 3 1 1 2
Bright lf 4 1 2 1
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 4 1 1 1
Virdon cf 3 0 0 0
  Foiles ph 1 0 0 0
Kline p 0 0 0 0
  Law ph 1 0 0 0
  Blackburn p 1 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Porterfield p 0 0 0 0
  Kravitz ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5
Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 3 2 2 1
Neal 2b 3 1 1 2
Moon lf 4 0 0 0
Snider rf 4 1 1 2
Hodges 1b 3 0 1 0
Demeter cf 4 0 1 0
Roseboro c 4 1 2 1
Zimmer ss 2 1 0 0
Podres p 3 0 1 0
  Labine p 1 0 0 0
  McDevitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Pittsburgh 000 100 130592
Los Angeles 220 000 20x690
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L (6-5) 2.0 4 4 4 1 0
  Blackburn   5.0 5 2 2 1 1
  Porterfield   1.0 0 0 0 2 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
2
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Podres  W (8-4) 7.2 8 5 5 1 6
  Labine   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  McDevitt  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
1
8

  E–Stuart 2 (11).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Mazeroski-Groat-Stuart, Los Angeles 1. Neal-Hodges.  2B–Pittsburgh Mejias (5,off Podres); Burgess (20,off Podres), Los Angeles Podres (1,off Kline).  HR–Pittsburgh Bright (3,4th inning off Podres 0 on 2 out); Hoak (7,7th inning off Podres 0 on 2 out); Stuart (16,8th inning off Podres 1 on 2 out), Los Angeles Snider (10,1st inning off Kline 1 on 2 out); Roseboro (4,2nd inning off Kline 0 on 1 out); Neal (8,7th inning off Blackburn 1 on 1 out).  Team LOB–4.  SF–Gilliam (2,off Kline).  Team–6.  U-HP–Ed Sudol, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Dusty Boggess.  T–2:17.  A–22,719.
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