Pittsburgh Pirates vs Cincinnati Reds
September 2, 1959 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 2, 1959 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Cincinnati Reds 6

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Skinner lf 4 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 1 1 0
Clemente rf 4 1 1 1
Stuart 1b 4 1 2 2
Burgess c 4 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 0 0
Schofield 2b 2 0 1 0
Virdon cf 3 0 1 0
Law p 2 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 6 3
Cincinnati Reds ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 1 0
Pinson cf 4 1 1 1
Bell rf 4 1 2 0
Robinson lf 4 3 3 1
Lockman 1b 4 0 1 0
Jones 3b 4 1 1 3
Bailey c 4 0 2 1
Kasko ss 3 0 1 0
O'Toole p 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 6
Pittsburgh 300 000 000360
Cincinnati 000 111 03x6120
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  L (15-8) 7.1 11 5 5 0 1
  Face   0.2 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
0
1
  Cincinnati Reds IP H R ER BB SO
O'Toole  W (5-7) 9.0 6 3 3 2 0
Totals
9.0
6
3
3
2
0

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Schofield-Groat-Stuart, Hoak-Schofield-Stuart, Cincinnati 2. Kasko-Temple-Lockman, Temple-Kasko-Lockman.  2B–Cincinnati Bell (21,off Law).  3B–Pittsburgh Clemente (6,off O'Toole).  HR–Pittsburgh Stuart (22,1st inning off O'Toole 1 on 1 out), Cincinnati Pinson (17,5th inning off Law 0 on 2 out); Robinson (33,6th inning off Law 0 on 0 out); Jones (12,8th inning off Face 2 on 2 out).  SH–Law (5,off O'Toole).  Team LOB–3.  Team–4.  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Augie Donatelli, 2B–Ken Burkhart, 3B–Tony Venzon.  T–2:01.
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