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May 1, 1959

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Smoky Burgess Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .463
OBP .500 .511
At Bats 4 41
Hits 2 19
• Singles 0 7
• Doubles 1 9
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 2
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 2 11

Jim Brosnan Season Stats

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Forbes Field - May 1, 1959
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Strikeout
Jim Brosnan
Hal Smith
Joe Cunningham
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Alex Grammas
Bill White
Curt Flood
Bobby Smith
Smoky Burgess
Roberto Clemente
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Burgess strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Roy Face now pitching. 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.
Bottom 8 Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Bob Porterfield. Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Brosnan now pitching. Virdon hits a line drive into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Mazeroski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Curt Flood now playing center field. Skinner hits a fly ball towards left. White settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on White. Skinner moves to second.
Top 8 White hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cimoli is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat.
Top 8 Bob Porterfield now pitching. Mizell hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stuart is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Burgess hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bright scores.
Bottom 7 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards first. Cunningham throws towards second. Blasingame fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Blasingame. Bright moves to third. Hoak moves to second.
Bottom 7 Harry Bright pinch hits for Ron Blackburn. Bright hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Cunningham now playing first base. Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Ron Blackburn now pitching. Grammas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente who is chasing the ball. Smith reaches third base with a triple. Durham scores. Smith goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Top 7 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cimoli scores. Durham moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Joe Durham pinch runs for Stan Musial. Boyer hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart fields it and throws to second for the out. Cimoli moves to third.
Top 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Cimoli moves to second.
Top 7 Cimoli hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Skinner strikes out.
Bottom 6 Stuart hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Stuart reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mizell strikes out.
Top 6 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski has Smith trapped. There's the throw to Burgess and over to Hoak, who tags Smith for the out. Smith moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Top 6 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Burgess hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Virdon moves to third.
Bottom 5 Hoak strikes out.
Bottom 5 Friend hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 5 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields the ball and throws to Mizell covering. Safe.
Top 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clemente throws the ball in to Groat who tags Musial trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Cimoli scores.
Top 5 White hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Cimoli hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Cimoli reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Mazeroski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Skinner hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Grammas trying to get to home. Clemente throws the ball in to Burgess who tags Grammas who's trying to score from second, for the out. Mizell moves to second.
Top 4 Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart fields it and throws to third for the out. Grammas moves to second.
Top 4 Grammas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Smith scores. Smith moves to second.
Top 4 Smith is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Smith hits a line drive to center field. Virdon throws towards the plate. Burgess fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Burgess. Musial scores. Boyer moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Top 4 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial moves to second.
Top 4 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 White hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Burgess hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Smith. Burgess reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Clemente strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hoak hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cimoli for the out.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mizell moves to second.
Top 3 Mizell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Friend hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out.
Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Friend covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Skinner for the out. Clemente scores. Burgess moves to third. Stuart moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Stuart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Clemente moves to third. Burgess moves to second.
Bottom 1 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial juggles the ball. That's an error on Musial. Clemente moves to second.
Bottom 1 Clemente takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hoak strikes out.
Top 1 White hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cimoli for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame strikes out.