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September 20, 1959

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Reds 1 5 2
Pirates 10 13 0
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Reds 1 5 2
Pirates 10 13 0

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .251
OBP .750 .326
At Bats 3 502
Hits 2 126
• Singles 1 93
• Doubles 1 24
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 1 55
RBI’s 2 40

Tom Acker Season Stats

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1 2 2
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Forbes Field - September 20, 1959
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Out
Tom Acker
Ed Bailey
Frank Thomas
Johnny Temple
Cliff Cook
Eddie Kasko
Jerry Lynch
Vada Pinson
Gus Bell
Bill Virdon
Don Hoak
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out.

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Bottom 8 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Tom Acker now pitching. Cliff Cook now playing third base. Burgess hits a line drive into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bell hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pinson hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Jim Bailey. Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Law covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas juggles the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Groat moves to third.
Bottom 7 Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Skinner hits a popup towards first. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Law hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kasko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bailey hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hoak strikes out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Law covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Burgess hits a fly ball into right field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Stuart strikes out.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skinner scores. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skinner moves to second.
Bottom 5 Skinner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virdon scores.
Bottom 5 Law hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to third.
Bottom 5 Jim Bailey now pitching. Virdon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pinson. Virdon reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Pinson strikes out.
Top 5 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Buddy Gilbert pinch hits for Jay Hook. Gilbert strikes out.
Top 5 Kasko hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Kasko reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Mazeroski strikes out. There goes Hoak. The throw from Bailey to second, and Hoak is out.
Bottom 4 Hoak takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops it up and throws to first, with Hook covering, for the out.
Top 4 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bailey takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Thomas hits a line drive into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lynch hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jay Hook now pitching. Stuart hits a line drive towards short. Kasko reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groat moves to third.
Bottom 3 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skinner scores.
Bottom 3 Skinner hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bell. Skinner reaches second base with a double. Virdon goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Law hits a popup towards short. Kasko settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Virdon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Pinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Pinson hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thomas scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burgess for the out. Clemente moves to third.
Bottom 2 Stuart hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Bailey fields it and throws to first for the out. Clemente moves to second.
Bottom 2 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skinner scores. Groat scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones juggles the ball. That's an error on Jones. Skinner moves to third. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 2 Claude Osteen now pitching. Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 John Powers pinch hits for Willard Schmidt. Powers strikes out.
Top 2 Kasko hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jones scores.
Top 2 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bailey for the out.
Top 2 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Willard Schmidt now pitching. Law hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kasko fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burgess scores. Hoak scores. Mazeroski moves to third.
Bottom 1 Mazeroski takes first base on ball four. Burgess moves to third. Hoak moves to second.
Bottom 1 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groat scores. Stuart scores. Burgess moves to second.
Bottom 1 Burgess takes first base on ball four. Groat moves to third. Stuart moves to second.
Bottom 1 Stuart hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 1 Clemente strikes out.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Skinner strikes out.
Top 1 Lynch hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Pinson hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Temple strikes out.