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Pirates 4 @ Cubs 2
Wrigley Field
June 18, 1959

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on June 18, 1959 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 4 to 2.

Game Summary

DateJune 18, 1959 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 4 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 2 H: 5 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 2
Hits: 5
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherRoy Face  
Losing PitcherBill Henry  
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Game Winning RBIBob Skinner 

Game Info

DateJune 18, 1959 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherRon Kline  
Home Starting PitcherMoe Drabowsky  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance7,562 
Time of Game3 hours 4 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Vic Delmore
1B: Al Barlick
2B: Bill Jackowski
3B: Shag Crawford

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick Schofield  Second Baseman 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Danny Kravitz  Catcher 
Ted Kluszewski  First Baseman 
Bob Skinner  Left Fielder 
Bill Virdon  Center Fielder 
Don Hoak  Third Baseman 
Roman Mejias  Right Fielder 
Ron Kline  Pitcher 
Danny Murtaugh  Manager 

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tony Taylor  Second Baseman 
Al Dark  Third Baseman 
Lee Walls  Right Fielder 
Ernie Banks  Shortstop 
Dale Long  First Baseman 
Sammy Taylor  Catcher 
Walt Moryn  Left Fielder 
George Altman  Center Fielder 
Moe Drabowsky  Pitcher 
Bob Scheffing  Manager 

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Pirates 4 @ Cubs 2
Wrigley Field
June 18, 1959

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         Game of 6/18/1959 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Schofield D, 2b       4  0  0  0   Taylor T, 2b          0  0  0  0   
Groat D, ss           6  0  2  0   Goryl J, pr-2b        2  0  0  0   
Kravitz D, c          6  1  1  0   Noren I, ph           1  0  0  0   
Kluszewski T, 1b      6  1  1  0   Dark A, 3b            6  0  1  0   
Skinner B, lf         5  0  1  1   Walls L, rf           5  0  0  0   
Virdon B, cf          5  0  0  1   Banks E, ss           4  0  0  0   
Hoak D, 3b            6  1  2  0   Long D, 1b            5  0  1  0   
Mejias R, rf          2  0  0  0   Taylor S, c           4  0  0  0   
Stuart D, ph          1  1  1  2   Moryn W, lf           5  1  2  1   
Christopher J, rf     1  0  0  0   Altman G, cf          5  0  0  0   
Nelson R, rf          0  0  0  0   Drabowsky M, p        2  0  0  0   
Kline R, p            3  0  1  0   Elston D, p           0  0  0  0   
Bright H, ph          1  0  0  0   Marshall J, ph        1  1  1  1   
Face R, p             1  0  0  0   Henry B, p            2  0  0  0   
                                   Hobbie G, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     47  4  9  4                        42  2  5  2

Pittsburgh       000 000 200 000 2 --  4
Chicago          000 010 010 000 0 --  2

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kline R               8.0  2  2  2  5  5
Face R (W)            5.0  3  0  0  0  4

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Drabowsky M           6.2  4  2  2  2  3
Elston D              1.1  0  0  0  1  1
Henry B (L)           4.2  5  2  1  0  0
Hobbie G              0.1  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Drabowsky M, Goryl J, Moryn W
DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Chicago 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, Chicago 7
HR -- Moryn W, Stuart D, Marshall J
SB -- Goryl J
CS -- Goryl J
SH -- Christopher J
SF -- Virdon B
HBP -- by Kline R (Taylor T)
T -- 3:04
A -- 7562

    

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