Pittsburgh Pirates 3 – 7 Chicago Cubs
14 September 1957 · CHI11
The three rarest things in this game
| Rarity | What | Who | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | Three-Homer Game · 3 | Ernie Banks | 1 in 321 games |
| 21 | final score 7–3 | 1 in 54 games | |
| 4 | 3 RBI | Dale Long | 1 in 37 player-games |
Line score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Chicago Cubs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | 7 | 0 |
Box score
Pittsburgh Pirates batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Smith | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bill Virdon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gene Baker | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bob Skinner | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2B |
| Frank Thomas | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2B |
| Gene Freese | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Mazeroski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hardy Peterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| John Powers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Whammy Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dee Fondy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Roberto Clemente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 32 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whammy Douglas | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Johnny O'Brien | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Purkey | 2.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Chicago Cubs batting
| Batter | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Speake | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Adams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ernie Banks | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 HR |
| Dale Long | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | HR |
| Walt Moryn | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2B |
| Eddie Haas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lee Walls | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Morgan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Fanning | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Hillman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jim Brosnan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 30 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
Chicago Cubs pitching
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hillman | 5.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Jim Brosnan | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Turk Lown | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |