Pirates @ Reds
September 27, 1959

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Pirates 7 12 2
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Pirates 7 12 2
Reds 9 15 1

Roberto Clemente Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .298
OBP .500 .325
At Bats 4 419
Hits 2 125
• Singles 1 97
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 1 7
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 1 49

Bob Purkey Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 18 0
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Crosley Field - September 27, 1959
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Out
Bob Purkey
Dutch Dotterer
Frank Thomas
Johnny Temple
Cliff Cook
Eddie Kasko
Gus Bell
Vada Pinson
Buddy Gilbert
Roberto Clemente
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Clemente hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pinson scores.
Bottom 8 There goes Pinson. The throw from Kravitz and he is safe. Pinson steals second.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Pinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Bennie Daniels now pitching. Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Daniels fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hamlin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Fred Green. Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first, with Purkey covering, for the out.
Top 8 Bob Purkey now pitching. Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Pete Whisenant pinch hits for Joe Nuxhall. Whisenant hits a fly ball into left field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Dotterer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gilbert scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Kasko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Cook bunts towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. Gilbert moves to third.
Bottom 7 Gilbert hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart juggles the ball. That's an error on Stuart. Gilbert moves to second.
Top 7 Mazeroski hits a line drive towards third. Cook reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Clemente moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Kravitz hits a fly ball into right field. Gilbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stuart hits a popup towards short. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko misplays the ball. That's an error on Kasko. Simpson moves to second.
Top 7 Joe Nuxhall now pitching. Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Fred Green now pitching. Bell takes first base on ball four. Lynch moves to third. Pinson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Pinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kasko scores. Lynch moves to second.
Bottom 6 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cook tags and scores. Kasko tags and moves to third.
Bottom 6 Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Jim Brosnan. Lynch is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Dotterer bunts for an out with unknown description. Cook moves to third. Kasko moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kasko hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cook moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cook hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Dick Hall now pitching. Gilbert hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Hamlin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brosnan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Harry Bright pinch hits for Al Jackson. Bright hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 6 Virdon strikes out.
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Jim Brosnan now pitching. Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cook fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Bell reaches second base with a double. Pinson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Pinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Temple hits a popup towards short. Hamlin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jim Pendleton pinch hits for Orlando Pena. Pendleton strikes out.
Top 5 Kravitz hits a fly ball into right field. Gilbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Orlando Pena now pitching. Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Clemente hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson who is chasing the ball. Clemente reaches third base with a triple. Hamlin scores.
Top 5 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simpson for the out. Hamlin moves to second.
Top 5 Hamlin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Dotterer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamlin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kasko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Cook hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamlin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Dotterer fires to third and picks off Virdon.
Top 4 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mazeroski scores. Virdon moves to third.
Top 4 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mazeroski moves to third. Virdon moves to second.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hoak hits a popup towards short. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gilbert hits a popup, foul, towards first. Stuart settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kravitz hits a popup towards short. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Stuart hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simpson moves to second.
Top 3 Simpson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hamlin strikes out.
Top 3 Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Gilbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Pinson 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.
Bottom 2 Temple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dotterer scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Hook is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Kravitz fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Kravitz. Dotterer moves to third.
Bottom 2 Dotterer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Mazeroski is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Hoak is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Kravitz hits a fly ball into right field. Gilbert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kasko hits a line drive towards third. Hoak catches it and throws to first to double up Cook.
Bottom 1 Cook is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Gilbert strikes out.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Simpson. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Temple scores. Pinson scores. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bell bunts towards the mound. Jackson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Temple moves to third. Pinson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Pinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a popup towards third. Cook settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hamlin takes first base on ball four.