Braves pirates score10/12/2023 Mantilla was then sacrificed to second by Eddie Mathews. Mantilla hit a ground ball to third base, Hoak fielded the ball cleanly but threw wide to first, pulling Nelson off the base and ending the perfect game when Mantilla was safe. All the players except Hank Aaron took the stolen signals.įélix Mantilla, who entered the game in the 11th after Del Rice had pinch-hit for Johnny O'Brien, was the Braves' first hitter in the 13th inning. In 1989 it was revealed that during the game the Milwaukee bullpen tracked Haddix's intended pitches and signaled the batters what pitch was to come. The Pirates also recorded hits in the 11th, 12th and 13th innings, but left a runner on base in each of the latter two innings. In the 10th inning, with the Pirates still scoreless, slugging pinch hitter Dick Stuart flied out to center fielder Andy Pafko on a ball that came within a few feet of being a two-run home run.However, Bob Skinner grounded back to Burdette to end the threat. In the top of the ninth inning, Bill Virdon, after reaching base on a one-out hit, advanced to third on Rocky Nelson's single.In the third inning, a baserunning blunder by Roman Mejias - unaccountably trying to go from first to third on an infield single by Haddix - turned into an out at third, and negated an inning in which the Pirates hit three singles.Several times, the Pirates came close to scoring the winning run for Haddix: A baserunning mistake caused Adcock's home run to be ruled a one-run double by National League President Warren Giles, some time later.īraves starter Lew Burdette, despite giving up eight hits through nine innings, was pitching a shutout of his own. Haddix lost the no-hitter, and the game along with it, when Joe Adcock hit what appeared to be a walk-off three-run home run. Haddix' perfect game bid was broken up in the bottom of the 13th inning, when a throwing error by Pirate third baseman Don Hoak allowed Félix Mantilla to reach base. The game was played at Milwaukee County Stadium. On May 26, 1959, Harvey Haddix of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched a perfect game for 12 innings against the Milwaukee Braves, but lost the no-hitter and the game in the 13th inning.
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