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Pirates 5 @ Dodgers 4
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
July 30, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 30, 1959 at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The home team Dodgers were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJuly 30, 1959 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 5 H: 14 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 14
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Los Angeles Dodgers
R: 4 H: 8 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Winning Pitcher—Bennie Daniels  
Losing Pitcher—Stan Williams  
Save—Don Gross  
Game Winning RBI—Roman Mejias 

Game Info

DateJuly 30, 1959 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamLos Angeles Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Friend  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Podres  
BallparkLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum 
CityLos Angeles 
StateCA 
Attendance24,221 
Time of Game3 hours 21 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jocko Conlan
1B: Tony Venzon
2B: Augie Donatelli
3B: Ken Burkhart

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bob Skinner  Left Fielder 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Dick Stuart  First Baseman 
Roman Mejias  Center Fielder 
Don Hoak  Third Baseman 
Bill Mazeroski  Second Baseman 
Danny Kravitz  Catcher 
Bob Friend  Pitcher 
Danny Murtaugh  Manager 

Los Angeles Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Gilliam  Third Baseman 
Charlie Neal  Second Baseman 
Wally Moon  Left Fielder 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Norm Larker  First Baseman 
Ron Fairly  Right Fielder 
Joe Pignatano  Catcher 
Maury Wills  Shortstop 
Johnny Podres  Pitcher 
Walter Alston  Manager 

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Pirates 5 @ Dodgers 4
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
July 30, 1959

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         Game of 7/30/1959 -- Pittsburgh at Los Angeles (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Los Angeles        AB  R  H RBI
Skinner B, lf         5  1  3  0   Gilliam J, 3b         6  0  2  0   
Groat D, ss           6  1  2  1   Neal C, 2b            4  3  2  0   
Clemente R, rf        4  0  1  1   Moon W, lf            4  1  1  1   
Virdon B, cf          2  0  2  0   Snider D, cf          5  0  2  1   
Stuart D, 1b          4  1  1  0   Larker N, 1b          4  0  1  2   
Nelson R, 1b          0  0  0  0   Fairly R, rf          4  0  0  0   
Mejias R, cf-rf       5  1  2  2   Pignatano J, c        4  0  0  0   
Hoak D, 3b            6  0  0  0   Wills M, ss           2  0  0  0   
Mazeroski B, 2b       5  0  2  0   Repulski R, ph        1  0  0  0   
Kravitz D, c          4  1  0  1   Zimmer D, ss          1  0  0  0   
Friend B, p           2  0  0  0   Podres J, p           2  0  0  0   
Bright H, ph          1  0  1  0   Labine C, p           0  0  0  0   
Face R, p             0  0  0  0   Demeter D, ph         1  0  0  0   
Kluszewski T, ph      1  0  0  0   Williams S, p         2  0  0  0   
Daniels B, p          1  0  0  0                                      
Gross D, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     46  5 14  5                        40  4  8  4

Pittsburgh       110 100 100 001 --  5
Los Angeles      000 201 010 000 --  4

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Friend B              6.0  4  3  1  2  2
Face R                2.0  2  1  1  0  1
Daniels B (W)         3.1  2  0  0  2  2
Gross D (S)           0.2  0  0  0  0  1

  Los Angeles          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Podres J              6.2  8  4  4  0  9
Labine C              0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Williams S (L)        5.0  5  1  1  2  5

E -- Hoak D, Skinner B, Mejias R, Gilliam J
DP -- Pittsburgh 2, Los Angeles 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 10, Los Angeles 9
2B -- Groat D, Neal C, Virdon B
HR -- Mejias R
SB -- Skinner B
SH -- Kravitz D, Nelson R, Moon W, Neal C
SF -- Larker N
HBP -- by Friend B (Pignatano J), by Podres J (Mejias R), by Friend B (Neal C)
T -- 3:21
A -- 24221

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