Los Angeles Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 22, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 22, 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 0, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

Los Angeles Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 3b 3 0 0 0
Neal 2b 4 0 0 0
Moon lf 4 0 1 0
Larker 1b 3 0 0 0
Essegian rf 4 0 2 0
Fairly cf 3 0 2 0
Roseboro c 3 0 1 0
  Hodges ph 1 0 0 0
Zimmer ss 2 0 0 0
  Snider ph 1 0 0 0
  Wills pr,ss 0 0 0 0
  Repulski ph 1 0 0 0
Craig p 2 0 0 0
  Furillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  McDevitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 6 0
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Skinner lf 4 0 1 1
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
Clemente rf 3 0 0 0
Nelson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Stuart ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Burgess c 3 1 2 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 1 0
Schofield 2b 2 0 0 0
  Kluszewski ph 1 0 0 0
  Mazeroski 2b 0 0 0 1
Virdon cf 3 1 1 0
Daniels p 3 0 2 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 9 2
Los Angeles 000 000 000060
Pittsburgh 001 000 01x290
  Los Angeles Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Craig  L (6-5) 6.0 5 1 1 4 2
  Labine   0.2 2 0 0 1 0
  McDevitt   1.1 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
2
2
5
3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Daniels  W (7-8) 8.1 6 0 0 3 6
  Gross  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
0
0
3
6

  E–None.  DP–Los Angeles 2. Neal-Larker, Gilliam-Neal-Larker, Pittsburgh 1. Schofield-Groat-Nelson.  2B–Los Angeles Essegian (6,off Daniels), Pittsburgh Burgess (27,off Craig).  Team LOB–8.  SF–Mazeroski (4,off McDevitt).  Team–10.  U-HP–Vinnie Smith, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Hal Dixon.  T–2:35.  A–10,260.
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