Pirates @ Giants
August 1, 1959

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Bottom 8 R H E
Pirates 5 5 0
Giants 9 14 2
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Pirates 5 5 0
Giants 9 14 2

Willie Kirkland Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .280
OBP .250 .349
At Bats 4 311
Hits 1 87
• Singles 1 54
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 17
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 1 46

Don Gross Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 1
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Seals Stadium - August 1, 1959
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Out
Don Gross
Danny Kravitz
Dick Stuart
Bill Mazeroski
Don Hoak
Dick Groat
Bob Skinner
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Willie Kirkland
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Kirkland hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Don Gross now pitching. McCovey hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Davenport fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Stu Miller now pitching. Jim Davenport now playing third base. Danny O'Connell now playing second base. Daryl Spencer now playing shortstop. RockNelson hits a popup towards first. McCovey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Davenport pinch runs for Dusty Rhodes. Brandt hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Davenport scores.
Bottom 7 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Bud Byerly. Rhodes hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Rhodes reaches second base with a double. Cepeda scores. Kirkland scores. Wagner goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Wagner is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Leon Wagner pinch hits for Eddie Bressoud. There's a wild pitch. Cepeda moves to third. Kirkland moves to second.
Bottom 7 Landrith hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Roy Face now pitching. Kirkland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCovey scores. Cepeda moves to second.
Bottom 7 Cepeda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McCovey moves to second.
Bottom 7 McCovey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kravitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bud Byerly now pitching. Mazeroski takes first base on ball four. Hoak moves to second.
Top 7 Hoak hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Groat scores. Virdon moves to third.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Skinner scores. Groat moves to third. Virdon moves to second.
Top 7 Virdon takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Stuart hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clemente bunts towards first. McCovey scoops it up and throws to first, with Spencer covering, for the out. Skinner moves to third. Groat moves to second.
Top 7 Groat is hit by the pitch. Skinner moves to second.
Top 7 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Mays 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 6 Brandt hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Kravitz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Daniels is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Kravitz hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bressoud hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Landrith hits a line drive towards first. Stuart catches it and steps on first to double up Spencer.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Stuart hits a ball on the ground towards second. Spencer scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Clemente takes first base on ball four. Skinner moves to second.
Top 5 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Kirkland 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 4 There goes Cepeda. The throw from Kravitz and he is safe. Cepeda steals second.
Bottom 4 Cepeda takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 McCovey strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bennie Daniels now pitching. Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Daniels fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Ted Kluszewski pinch hits for Bob Porterfield. Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kravitz strikes out.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cepeda juggles the ball. That's an error on Cepeda. Stuart scores. Virdon moves to second.
Top 4 Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Kirkland settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Stuart moves to third.
Top 4 Stuart takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Brandt hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bressoud takes first base on ball four. Spencer moves to third. Landrith moves to second.
Bottom 3 Landrith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 3 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cepeda scores.
Bottom 3 Kirkland hits a ball on the ground towards first. Stuart scoops it up and throws to first, with Porterfield covering, for the out. Cepeda moves to third.
Bottom 3 Bob Porterfield now pitching. There goes Cepeda. The throw from Kravitz and he is safe. Cepeda steals second.
Bottom 3 Cepeda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McCovey scores.
Bottom 3 McCovey hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. McCovey reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cepeda juggles the ball. That's an error on Cepeda. Mazeroski moves to third. Skinner moves to second.
Top 3 Skinner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 3 Witt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kravitz hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mazeroski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brandt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Jones bunts towards the mound. Witt fields it and throws to first for the out. Spencer scores. Bressoud moves to third.
Bottom 2 Bressoud hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spencer moves to third. Bressoud moves to second.
Bottom 2 Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Hoak is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Virdon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stuart strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kirkland strikes out. Kravitz drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kirkland out.
Bottom 1 There goes Cepeda. The throw from Kravitz and he is safe. Cepeda steals second.
Bottom 1 Cepeda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McCovey scores.
Bottom 1 McCovey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. McCovey reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Witt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.