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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 5, 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 August 5, 1959 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | August 5, 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 | August 5, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Friend |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Ernie Broglio |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 8,079 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Secory 1B: Hal Dixon 2B: Vinnie Smith 3B: Frank Dascoli |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Roberto Clemente | Right Fielder |
| Rocky Nelson | First Baseman |
| Danny Kravitz | Catcher |
| Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
| Bill Mazeroski | Second Baseman |
| Roman Mejias | Left Fielder |
| Bob Friend | Pitcher |
| Danny Murtaugh | Manager |
St. Louis Cardinals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Blasingame | Second Baseman |
| Gino Cimoli | Center Fielder |
| Bill White | Left Fielder |
| Ken Boyer | Third Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Wally Shannon | Shortstop |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Ernie Broglio | Pitcher |
| Solly Hemus | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
August 5, 1959
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Broglio
Virdon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Broglio
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Clemente vs. Broglio
Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Broglio
Nelson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mejias. Blasingame reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cimoli vs. Friend
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Friend
White hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kravitz vs. Broglio
Kravitz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Broglio
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Broglio fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mazeroski vs. Broglio
Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Friend
Cunningham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Friend
Shannon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cunningham moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Friend
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out. Cunningham scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Broglio vs. Friend
Broglio hits a line drive into left field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Broglio
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Friend vs. Broglio
Friend bunts towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Blasingame covering, for the out. Mejias moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Virdon vs. Broglio
Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mejias moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Groat vs. Broglio
Groat 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
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Friend
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Friend
White hits a line drive into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Broglio
Clemente 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, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Broglio
Nelson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham. Nelson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kravitz vs. Broglio
Kravitz hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hoak vs. Broglio
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Broglio covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Friend
Cunningham 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, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Shannon vs. Friend
Shannon hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
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, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Broglio
Mejias hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cunningham who is chasing the ball. Mejias reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Friend vs. Broglio
Friend strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Virdon vs. Broglio
Virdon strikes out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Friend
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Broglio vs. Friend
Broglio 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, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Friend
Blasingame hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mejias throws the ball in to Mazeroski who tags Blasingame, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Broglio
Groat 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, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Broglio
Clemente hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Broglio
Nelson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Friend
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Friend
White hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyer vs. Friend
Boyer strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kravitz vs. Broglio
Kravitz hits a line drive into right field. Cunningham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Broglio
Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, 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
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Friend
Cunningham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Friend
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shannon vs. Friend
Shannon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Friend
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shannon moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Broglio vs. Friend
Broglio strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Broglio
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Broglio
Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Bob Friend.
Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Broglio
Dick Schofield pinch runs for Ted Kluszewski.
Virdon strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Broglio
Groat hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Green
Fred Green now pitching.
Blasingame hits a fly ball towards center. Virdon settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Virdon. Blasingame moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cimoli vs. Green
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Green
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyer vs. Green
Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cunningham vs. Green
Cunningham hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Green
Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Green fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Broglio
Alex Grammas now playing shortstop. Curt Flood now playing center field. Bill White now playing first base. Gino Cimoli now playing left field.
Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas misplays the ball. That's an error on Grammas. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nelson vs. Broglio
Nelson strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kravitz vs. Broglio
Kravitz hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kravitz for the out. Clemente moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hoak vs. Broglio
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/5/1959 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (N)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Virdon B, cf 3 0 0 0 Blasingame D, 2b 4 1 3 0
Groat D, ss 4 0 0 0 Cimoli G, cf-lf 4 0 0 0
Clemente R, rf 4 0 0 0 White B, lf-1b 4 1 1 1
Nelson R, 1b 4 0 1 0 Boyer K, 3b 4 0 1 0
Kravitz D, c 4 0 0 0 Cunningham J, rf 3 1 2 1
Hoak D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Musial S, 1b 4 0 1 0
Mazeroski B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Grammas A, ss 0 0 0 0
Mejias R, lf 3 0 2 0 Shannon W, ss 3 0 2 0
Friend B, p 1 0 0 0 Flood C, cf 0 0 0 0
Kluszewski T, ph 1 0 1 0 Smith H, c 3 0 1 1
Schofield D, pr 0 0 0 0 Broglio E, p 3 0 0 0
Green F, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 0 4 0 32 3 11 3
Pittsburgh 000 000 000 -- 0
St.Louis 010 000 02x -- 3
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Friend B (L) 7.0 9 1 1 0 2
Green F 1.0 2 2 0 0 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Broglio E (W) 9.0 4 0 0 1 6
E -- Virdon B, Grammas A
DP -- Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, St.Louis 6
2B -- Blasingame D, Nelson R
3B -- Mejias R
SH -- Friend B
SF -- Cunningham J
T -- 2:16
A -- 8079
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