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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 21, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 21, 1959 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 21, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
St. Louis Cardinals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 21, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Harvey Haddix |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lindy McDaniel |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 8,141 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Sudol 1B: Tom Gorman 2B: Stan Landes 3B: Dusty Boggess |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Schofield | Shortstop |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
| Rocky Nelson | First Baseman |
| Bob Skinner | Left Fielder |
| Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
| Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
| Roman Mejias | Right Fielder |
| Harvey Haddix | Pitcher |
| Danny Murtaugh | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Gino Cimoli | Center Fielder |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | Left Fielder |
| Gene Green | Right Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Lindy McDaniel | Pitcher |
| Solly Hemus | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
May 21, 1959
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. McDaniel
Schofield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. McDaniel
Virdon hits a line drive into center field. Cimoli picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cimoli. Schofield moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burgess vs. McDaniel
Burgess hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Nelson vs. McDaniel
Nelson takes first base on ball four. Virdon moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Skinner vs. McDaniel
Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDaniel fields it and throws to home to get Schofield. Virdon moves to third. Nelson moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mazeroski vs. McDaniel
Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Virdon scores. Nelson scores. Skinner moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 2 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hoak vs. McDaniel
Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skinner scores. Mazeroski moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mejias vs. Smith
Bill Smith now pitching.
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Haddix
Blasingame is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Haddix
Cimoli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Haddix
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Haddix
Boyer is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haddix vs. Smith
Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Smith
Schofield takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Smith
Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Schofield moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burgess vs. Smith
Burgess hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Nelson vs. Smith
Nelson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Haddix
Cunningham is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Haddix
Green hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Green reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Haddix
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grammas vs. Haddix
Grammas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Smith
Chick King now playing center field. Gino Cimoli now playing left field.
Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mazeroski vs. Smith
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas misplays the ball. That's an error on Grammas. Skinner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 3 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoak vs. Smith
Hoak hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cimoli. Hoak reaches second base with a double. Skinner scores. Mazeroski moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Mejias vs. Smith
Mejias is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Haddix vs. Smith
Haddix strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 4 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Schofield vs. Smith
Schofield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazeroski scores. There goes Hoak trying to get to home. Green throws the ball in to Smith who tags Hoak who's trying to score from second, for the out. Mejias moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 5 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Virdon vs. Smith
Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mejias scores. Schofield moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Burgess vs. Smith
Burgess hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Flood vs. Haddix
Curt Flood pinch hits for Bill Smith.
Flood strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Haddix
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Haddix
Cimoli hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Broglio
Ernie Broglio now pitching.
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Broglio covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Broglio
Skinner hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Broglio
Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Haddix
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Haddix
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Haddix
King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Schofield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Haddix
Green hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Broglio
Hoak takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mejias vs. Broglio
Mejias strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haddix vs. Broglio
Haddix hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Schofield vs. Broglio
Schofield hits a fly ball into left field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Haddix
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Haddix
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Broglio vs. Haddix
Broglio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Haddix
Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Broglio moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cimoli vs. Haddix
Cimoli hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Broglio scores. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Musial vs. Haddix
Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boyer vs. Haddix
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Broglio
Virdon is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Broglio
Burgess hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Broglio
Nelson hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skinner vs. Broglio
Skinner hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Haddix
King hits a popup, foul, towards first. Nelson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Green vs. Haddix
Green hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Haddix
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Grammas vs. Haddix
Grammas strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Broglio
Mazeroski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Broglio
Hoak hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Cimoli. Hoak reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 6 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mejias vs. Broglio
Mejias hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoak scores. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Haddix vs. Broglio
There goes Mejias. The throw from Smith and he is safe. Mejias steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Haddix vs. Broglio
Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mejias moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Schofield vs. Broglio
Schofield is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Haddix
Bobby Smith pinch hits for Ernie Broglio.
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Haddix
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Haddix
Cimoli hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Cheney
Tom Cheney now pitching.
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Cheney
Burgess hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Cheney
Nelson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Haddix
Musial hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Haddix
Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
King vs. Haddix
King hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Green vs. Haddix
Green hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Cheney
Skinner hits a fly ball into right field. Green settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Cheney
Mazeroski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Cheney
Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mejias vs. Cheney
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Haddix
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Essegian vs. Haddix
Chuck Essegian pinch hits for Alex Grammas.
Essegian hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jablonski vs. Haddix
Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Tom Cheney.
Jablonski hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 7 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Blasingame vs. Haddix
Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/21/1959 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (N)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Schofield D, ss 3 0 1 1 Blasingame D, 2b 5 0 1 0
Virdon B, cf 5 1 3 1 Cimoli G, cf-lf 4 0 2 1
Burgess S, c 5 0 1 0 Musial S, 1b 4 0 0 0
Nelson R, 1b 4 1 0 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 0 0
Skinner B, lf 5 2 1 0 Cunningham J, lf 1 0 0 0
Mazeroski B, 2b 5 1 2 2 King C, cf 3 0 2 0
Hoak D, 3b 4 1 3 2 Green G, rf 4 0 2 0
Mejias R, rf 4 1 1 1 Smith H, c 4 1 1 0
Haddix H, p 4 0 0 0 Grammas A, ss 3 0 0 0
Essegian C, ph 1 0 1 0
McDaniel L, p 0 0 0 0
Smith B, p 0 0 0 0
Flood C, ph 1 0 0 0
Broglio E, p 1 1 1 1
Smith B, ph 1 0 0 0
Cheney T, p 0 0 0 0
Jablonski R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 7 12 7 37 2 10 2
Pittsburgh 303 000 100 -- 7
St.Louis 000 020 000 -- 2
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix H (W) 9.0 10 2 2 0 7
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
McDaniel L (L) 0.2 3 3 3 2 0
Smith B 2.1 5 3 1 2 2
Broglio E 4.0 3 1 1 1 3
Cheney T 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Cimoli G, Grammas A
LOB -- Pittsburgh 10, St.Louis 8
2B -- Green G, Hoak D 2
SB -- Mejias R
T -- 2:31
A -- 8141
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