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Miley BB CD 1957 Pirates-Dodgers 4/21 (Game 1)
Called by Vin Scully Al Helfer and Jerry Doggett

The Pirates win the first game of a double-header as Purkey pitches 7 innings of one-hit ball in relief of Vernon Law.



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Pittsburgh Pirates 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 3 (1)

Game Played on Sunday, April 21, 1957 (D) at Ebbets Field

PIT N    0  1  3    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   6  9  0
BRO N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 2 3
BATTING
Pittsburgh Pirates           AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Clemente rf 5 0 3 0 0 0 5 0
Virdon cf 5 1 0 0 0 0 5 0
Skinner 1b 4 1 1 2 1 1 9 0
Thomas 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
P. Smith lf 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
Groat ss 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 4
Foiles c 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Mazeroski 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
Law p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Powers ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Purkey p 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
Face p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 6 9 6 1 4 27 11
FIELDING - 
DP: 1. Mazeroski-Groat-Skinner.
BATTING - 
2B: Groat (2,off Newcombe); Powers (1,off Newcombe); Clemente (1,off Koufax).
HR: Thomas (2,3rd inning off Newcombe 0 on 1 out); P. Smith (1,3rd inning off
Newcombe 0 on 1 out); Groat (1,3rd inning off Newcombe 0 on 1 out); Skinner
(1,7th inning off Koufax 1 on 0 out).
SH: Foiles (1,off Newcombe); Thomas (1,off Valdes); P. Smith (1,off Valdes).
HBP: Thomas (1,by Koufax).
Team LOB: 8.
Brooklyn Dodgers             AB   R   H RBI      BB  SO      PO   A
Gilliam 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 2
Cimoli lf 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
Snider cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
Furillo rf 4 1 1 3 0 0 3 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 8 1
Jackson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Campanella c 3 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
Zimmer ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Newcombe p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Valdes p 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Amoros ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Koufax p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Valo ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 3 2 3 4 6 27 10
FIELDING - 
E: Hodges (1), Zimmer (3), Koufax (1).
BATTING - 
HR: Furillo (2,9th inning off Face 2 on 2 out).
Team LOB: 2.
PITCHING
Pittsburgh Pirates           IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Law 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3
Purkey W(1-0) 7 1 2 2 4 3 0 25
Face SV(1) 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 4
Totals 9 2 3 3 4 6 1 32
Purkey faced 2 batters in the 9th inning
Brooklyn Dodgers             IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP
Newcombe L(0-1) 2.1 7 4 4 0 0 3 15
Valdes 3.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 13
Koufax 3 2 2 1 0 3 1 13
Totals 9 9 6 5 1 4 4 41
HBP: Koufax (1,Thomas).
Umpires: HP - Ken Burkhart, 1B - Dusty Boggess, 2B - Tom Gorman, 3B - Hal Dixon