Milwaukee Braves (4) Pittsburgh Pirates (3)

| 1959

Date of Game: Saturday, April 11, 1959
Stadium: Forbes Field

Milwaukee Braves (NL)	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
Record: 2-0	Record: 0-3
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Attendance: 11,800 Time of Game: 0:00

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Eddie Mathews HR in 3rd inning (19.79)

Roberto Clemente 1B in 9th inning (18.17)

Smoky Burgess 1B in 9th inning (12.1)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Milwaukee Braves	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	6	0
Pittsburgh Pirates	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	12	1

Milwaukee Braves Batting Stats

Milwaukee Braves	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Bill Bruton	cf	33.153	4	0	1	0	0	0	.444	2	684	0	2	0
Eddie Mathews	3b	27.181	3	1	1	1	1	0	.250	2	937	2	3	0
Hank Aaron	rf	25.065	4	1	2	2	0	0	.556	2	683	1	2	0
Wes Covington	lf	27.015	4	0	1	0	0	1	.222	2	250	0	0	0
Frank Torre	1b	27.103	4	0	0	0	0	0	.111	2	362	0	1	0
Del Crandall	c	29.037	4	1	1	1	0	0	.333	2	744	1	2	0
Johnny Logan	ss	32.019	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000	2	968	0	0	0
Felix Mantilla	2b	24.256	3	0	0	0	1	0	.143	2	187	0	0	1
Lew Burdette	p	32.140	2	1	0	0	1	1	.000	1	281	0	0	0
Totals:			32	4	6	4	3	3	.188	17	5096

Pittsburgh Pirates Batting Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Bill Virdon	cf	27.307	4	1	1	0	0	0	.083	3	514	0	0	0
Roberto Clemente	rf	24.236	5	0	2	0	0	1	.385	3	447	0	1	0
Bob Skinner	lf	27.191	5	0	1	0	0	0	.077	3	445	0	0	1
Dick Stuart	1b	26.155	2	1	1	1	1	0	.222	3	67	0	1	0
Don Hoak	3b	31.066	4	0	0	0	0	2	.167	3	551	0	0	0
Bill Mazeroski	2b	22.218	4	0	1	1	0	0	.273	3	346	0	1	0
Dick Groat	ss	28.158	4	0	1	0	0	0	.273	3	543	0	0	0
Hank Foiles	c	29.305	4	1	2	1	0	0	.400	3	341	1	1	0
Vern Law	p	29.030	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1	195	0	0	0
Bob Smith	p	28.069	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	2	63	0	0	0
Ted Kluszewski	ph	34.213	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2	1065	0	0	0
Dick Schofield	pr	24.094	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	3	220	0	0	0
Roy Face	p	31.051	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	217	0	0	0
Smoky Burgess	ph	32.044	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2	760	0	0	0
Roman Mejias	pr	28.245	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	182	0	0	0
Totals:			36	3	12	3	1	4	.333	36	5956

Game Stats

3B: Dick Stuart (1)
HR: Hank Aaron (1), Del Crandall (1), Hank Foiles (1), Eddie Mathews (2)
RBIs: Hank Aaron 2 (2), Del Crandall (2), Hank Foiles (1), Eddie Mathews (3), Bill Mazeroski (1), Dick Stuart (1)
SB: Bob Skinner (1)
SH: Bill Virdon (1)
SF: Dick Stuart (1)
GDP: Bill Bruton (1), Wes Covington (1)

Milwaukee Braves Pitching Stats

Milwaukee Braves	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Lew Burdette (W 1-0)	32.140	9	12	3	3	1	4	1	3.00	1.44	0	0	0	1	268
Pitching Totals:		9	12	3	3	1	4	1			0	0	0	1	268

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Vern Law (L 0-1)	29.030	4.1	6	4	4	2	2	3	9.00	2.00	0	0	0	1	199
Bob Smith	28.069	2.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.00	0.60	0	0	0	2	63
Roy Face	31.051	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	216
Pitching Totals:		9	6	4	4	3	3	3			0	0	0	4	478

Other Game Information

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Lew Burdette 0-0-0; Vern Law 0-0-0; Bob Smith 0-0-0; Roy Face 0-0-0;
Batters Faced: Lew Burdette 39; Vern Law 21; Bob Smith 7; Roy Face 7;
Time of Game: 0:00 Attendance: 11,800
Umpires: Home: Ken Burkhart 1B Tony Venzon 2B Jocko Conlan 3B Augie Donatelli

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