Los Angeles Dodgers (6) Pittsburgh Pirates (5)

| 1959

Date of Game: Friday, August 21, 1959
Stadium: Forbes Field

Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)	Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)
Record: 68-55	Record: 58-60
PREV vs CIN NEXT vs PIT	PREV vs PIT NEXT vs LAN
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Attendance: 24,678 Time of Game: 2:46

Game Notes:
None listed
Best at-bats

Charlie Neal 2B in 7th inning (26.78)

Duke Snider 1B in 7th inning (19.64)

Wally Moon 1B in 7th inning (13.49)
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GAME INFORMATION

Boxscore

Play by Play

Team Name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles Dodgers	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	6	13	1
Pittsburgh Pirates	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	11	2

Los Angeles Dodgers Batting Stats

Los Angeles Dodgers	Pos	Age	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg	S-G#	C-G#	S-HR	S-RBI	S-SB
Jim Gilliam	3b	30.308	5	0	1	0	0	0	.315	101	994	2	23	17
Charlie Neal	2b	28.203	5	2	2	1	0	0	.289	109	439	14	61	13
Wally Moon	lf	29.140	4	0	2	1	1	0	.295	103	748	10	55	10
Norm Larker	1b	28.237	5	0	1	0	0	0	.275	71	170	6	32	0
Chuck Essegian	rf	28.012	4	0	1	0	1	0	.220	24	63	1	7	0
Ron Fairly	cf	21.040	3	1	1	1	0	0	.259	87	102	4	22	0
Carl Furillo	ph	37.166	1	0	0	1	0	0	.356	30	1287	0	9	0
Don Demeter	cf	24.057	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	102	148	15	57	2
Johnny Roseboro	c	26.100	4	1	1	0	1	1	.252	82	231	6	25	6
Don Zimmer	ss	28.216	1	0	0	0	1	1	.176	78	418	3	25	3
Gil Hodges	ph	35.139	1	0	1	0	0	0	.287	83	1436	16	55	2
Maury Wills	pr-ss	26.323	1	1	0	0	1	0	.220	46	46	0	2	2
Johnny Podres	p	26.325	2	0	1	0	0	1	.250	20	192	0	1	0
Duke Snider	ph	32.336	1	1	1	1	0	0	.327	89	1381	19	69	0
Stan Williams	p	22.341	1	0	1	0	0	0	.206	25	47	0	3	0
Chuck Churn	p	29.201	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2	13	0	0	0
Sandy Koufax	p	23.235	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	23	114	0	0	0
Totals:			38	6	13	5	5	3	.342	1075	7829

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
Bob Skinner	lf	27.323	3	2	1	0	2	1	.272	101	543	12	47	9
Dick Groat	ss	28.290	5	0	2	1	0	0	.277	108	648	5	44	0
Roberto Clemente	rf	25.003	3	0	1	0	0	0	.309	66	510	3	31	1
Dick Stuart	1b	26.287	3	2	2	1	1	0	.311	84	148	18	56	1
Smoky Burgess	c	32.176	4	0	1	1	0	0	.308	80	838	6	42	0
Don Hoak	3b	31.198	3	0	1	1	0	1	.286	111	659	8	56	8
Dick Schofield	2b	24.226	3	0	1	1	1	0	.233	59	276	1	6	1
Roman Mejias	cf	29.012	2	0	1	0	1	0	.241	74	255	5	21	1
Ted Kluszewski	ph	34.345	1	0	0	0	0	0	.268	56	1119	2	15	0
Bill Virdon	cf	28.073	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	108	619	5	29	6
Ron Kline	p	27.165	3	0	0	0	0	2	.157	27	171	0	5	0
Fred Green	p	25.341	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	10	10	0	0	0
Roy Face	p	31.183	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	46	262	0	0	0
Rocky Nelson	ph	34.276	1	1	1	0	0	0	.283	68	296	3	23	0
Totals:			31	5	11	5	5	4	.355	998	6354

Game Stats

2B: Norm Larker (11), Charlie Neal (20), Rocky Nelson (9), Dick Stuart (11)
3B: Wally Moon (7)
HR: Ron Fairly (4)
RBIs: Smoky Burgess (42), Ron Fairly (22), Carl Furillo (9), Dick Groat (44), Don Hoak (56), Wally Moon (55), Charlie Neal (61), Dick Schofield (6), Duke Snider (69), Dick Stuart (56)
CS: Wally Moon (3)
SH: Roberto Clemente 2 (3), Ron Fairly (5), Don Hoak (4)
SF: Smoky Burgess (3), Dick Stuart (7)
GDP: Dick Groat (13), Charlie Neal (16), Dick Stuart (11)

Los Angeles Dodgers Pitching Stats

Los Angeles Dodgers	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Johnny Podres (W 8-7)	26.325	6	7	3	2	3	4	0	4.43	1.41	89	55	34	22	181
Stan Williams	22.341	2	3	2	2	2	0	0	3.97	1.48	40	25	15	26	53
Chuck Churn	29.201	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.75	10	8	2	2	13
Sandy Koufax (Sv 2)	23.235	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	1.43	2	1	1	24	126
Pitching Totals:		9	11	5	4	5	4	0			141	89	52	74	373

Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching Stats

Pittsburgh Pirates	Age	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	Pit	Str	Bal	S-G#	C-G#
Ron Kline (L 8-11)	27.165	6.2	8	5	5	2	2	1	4.35	1.40	90	54	36	25	178
Fred Green	25.341	1.2	5	1	1	2	1	0	2.50	1.06	37	18	19	10	10
Roy Face	31.183	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.52	1.20	9	3	6	45	260
Pitching Totals:		9	13	6	6	5	3	1			136	75	61	80	448

Other Game Information

Wild Pitches: Johnny Podres; Stan Williams; Fred Green;
Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Johnny Podres 89-55-34; Stan Williams 40-25-15; Chuck Churn 10-8-2; Sandy Koufax 2-1-1; Ron Kline 90-54-36; Fred Green 37-18-19; Roy Face 9-3-6;
Batters Faced: Johnny Podres 27; Stan Williams 10; Chuck Churn 3; Sandy Koufax 1; Ron Kline 29; Fred Green 12; Roy Face 3;
Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 24,678
Umpires: Home: Hal Dixon 1B Vinnie Smith 2B Frank Dascoli 3B Frank Secory

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