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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
June 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 June 21, 1959 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | June 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 | June 21, 1959 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | St. Louis Cardinals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Harvey Haddix |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Larry Jackson |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 4 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Shag Crawford 1B: Vic Delmore 2B: Al Barlick 3B: Bill Jackowski |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Schofield | Second Baseman |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Bob Skinner | Left Fielder |
| Bill Virdon | Center Fielder |
| 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 |
| Bill White | Left Fielder |
| Ray Jablonski | Third Baseman |
| Joe Cunningham | Right Fielder |
| Stan Musial | First Baseman |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Alex Grammas | Shortstop |
| Larry Jackson | Pitcher |
| Solly Hemus | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
June 21, 1959
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Jackson
Schofield 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, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Jackson
Groat hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Jackson
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Jackson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Haddix
Blasingame 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: ---
Cimoli vs. Haddix
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Haddix
White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Haddix
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Haddix
Cunningham hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jablonski moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
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
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Jackson
Kluszewski 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Jackson
Skinner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Jackson
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Jackson
Hoak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virdon moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mejias vs. Jackson
Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Haddix
Smith hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Haddix
Grammas hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Haddix
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Haddix covering, for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haddix vs. Jackson
Haddix 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Jackson
Schofield 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Jackson
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. Haddix
Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Haddix
Cimoli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mejias. Cimoli reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Haddix
White hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jablonski vs. Haddix
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Jackson
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Jackson
Kluszewski 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Jackson
Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Jackson
Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Skinner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hoak vs. Jackson
Hoak strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cunningham vs. Haddix
Cunningham strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Musial vs. Haddix
Musial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Musial reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Smith vs. Haddix
Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Haddix
Grammas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Haddix
Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Haddix
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blasingame for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Jackson
Mejias hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Haddix vs. Jackson
Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Schofield vs. Jackson
Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schofield for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Porterfield
Bob Porterfield now pitching.
Cimoli strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Porterfield
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jablonski vs. Porterfield
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. White moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cunningham vs. Porterfield
Cunningham hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White scores. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Porterfield
Musial hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Jackson
Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Jackson
Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kluszewski vs. Jackson
Kluszewski strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skinner vs. Jackson
Skinner hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Porterfield
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Porterfield fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grammas vs. Porterfield
Grammas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schofield settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Porterfield
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Virdon vs. Jackson
Dick Gray now playing third base.
Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Jackson
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gray fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mejias vs. Jackson
Mejias hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bright vs. Jackson
Harry Bright pinch hits for Bob Porterfield.
Bright hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mejias moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schofield vs. Jackson
Schofield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Jackson covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blasingame vs. Witt
Red Witt now pitching.
Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Witt
Cimoli hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Witt
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Witt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Jackson
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Jackson
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first, with Jackson covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kluszewski vs. Jackson
Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kluszewski for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gray vs. Witt
Gray takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cunningham vs. Witt
Cunningham hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Musial vs. Witt
Musial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Musial reaches second base with a double. Gray moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Witt
Curt Flood pinch runs for Stan Musial.
Smith is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Grammas vs. Witt
Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skinner vs. Jackson
Curt Flood now playing center field. Bill White now playing first base. Gino Cimoli now playing left field.
Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Virdon vs. Jackson
Virdon hits a line drive into center field. Flood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Jackson
Hoak hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skinner moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mejias vs. Jackson
Mejias is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nelson vs. Jackson
Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Red Witt.
Nelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skinner scores. Hoak moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Cardinals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Schofield vs. McDaniel
Lindy McDaniel now pitching.
Schofield hits a line drive into center field. Flood 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 6/21/1959, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at St.Louis (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Schofield D, 2b 5 0 0 0 Blasingame D, 2b 4 0 0 0
Groat D, ss 4 0 1 0 Cimoli G, cf-lf 4 0 1 0
Burgess S, c 4 0 0 0 White B, lf-1b 4 2 2 1
Kluszewski T, 1b 4 0 0 0 Jablonski R, 3b 3 0 1 0
Skinner B, lf 3 1 2 0 Gray D, 3b 0 0 0 0
Virdon B, cf 4 0 1 0 Cunningham J, rf 4 0 2 1
Hoak D, 3b 4 0 2 0 Musial S, 1b 4 1 2 0
Mejias R, rf 4 0 1 0 Flood C, pr-cf 0 0 0 0
Haddix H, p 2 0 0 0 Smith H, c 3 1 1 2
Porterfield B, p 0 0 0 0 Grammas A, ss 4 1 1 1
Bright H, ph 1 0 1 0 Jackson L, p 3 0 0 0
Witt R, p 0 0 0 0 McDaniel L, p 0 0 0 0
Nelson R, ph 1 0 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 1 9 1 33 5 10 5
Pittsburgh 000 000 001 -- 1
St.Louis 100 310 00x -- 5
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Haddix H (L) 4.0 7 4 4 0 1
Porterfield B 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Witt R 2.0 1 0 0 2 0
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Jackson L (W) 8.2 9 1 1 1 3
McDaniel L (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
DP -- Pittsburgh 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 9, St.Louis 6
2B -- Cimoli G, Musial S 2
HR -- White B, Smith H, Grammas A
T -- 2:04
A -- 0
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