Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants
August 1, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1959 at Seals Stadium. The San Francisco Giants 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, San Francisco Giants 9

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Skinner lf 3 1 1 0
Groat ss 4 1 0 0
Clemente rf 3 0 0 0
Stuart 1b 4 1 0 0
Virdon cf 4 1 2 0
Hoak 3b 4 0 1 1
Mazeroski 2b 2 0 0 1
Kravitz c 4 1 1 2
Witt p 1 0 0 0
  Porterfield p 0 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Daniels p 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 5 4
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Brandt lf 4 0 1 1
Mays cf 5 0 0 0
McCovey 1b 5 3 3 0
Cepeda 3b 3 2 3 2
  O'Connell 2b 1 0 0 0
Kirkland rf 5 1 1 1
Spencer 2b,ss 3 1 2 1
Landrith c 4 0 1 0
Bressoud ss 2 0 1 0
  Wagner ph 0 1 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
Jones p 2 0 1 1
  Byerly p 0 0 0 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 1 3
  Davenport pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Totals 35 9 14 9
Pittsburgh 000 102 200550
San Francisco 112 000 50x9142
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Witt   2.0 5 4 4 2 1
  Porterfield   1.0 2 0 0 1 0
  Daniels  L (6-7) 3.0 4 2 2 1 1
  Face   1.0 3 3 3 1 0
  Gross   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
9
9
5
2
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   6.2 5 5 5 6 4
  Byerly  W (1-0) 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Miller   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
5
5
5
7
5

  E–Cepeda 2 (18).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Stuart, Mazeroski-Groat-Stuart, San Francisco 1. Spencer-McCovey.  2B–San Francisco McCovey 2 (2,off Witt 2); Rhodes (1,off Face).  HR–Pittsburgh Kravitz (2,6th inning off S. Jones 1 on 2 out).  SH–Clemente (1,off S. Jones); S. Jones (7,off Witt).  HBP–Groat (1,by S. Jones).  Team LOB–9.  IBB–Wagner (5,by Face).  Team–8.  SB–Cepeda 3 (19,2nd base off Witt/Kravitz,2nd base off Porterfield/Kravitz,2nd base off Daniels/Kravitz).  U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Ken Burkhart, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:50.  A–21,567.
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