Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Ernie Banks homered as the Cubs edged the Pirates 3-2.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1955 Chicago Cubs 8/1/1955
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
E.O'Brien CF 4 0 1 0 .284 D.Fondy 1B 4 0 1 0 .289
G.Freese 3B 4 1 1 0 .228 G.Baker 2B 4 0 0 0 .280
R.Clemente RF 4 0 1 0 .250 F.Baumholtz LF 4 0 2 0 .333
F.Thomas LF 4 1 1 1 .244 E.Banks SS 4 1 2 1 .317
J.Shepard C 4 0 2 1 .273 J.King RF 4 0 0 0 .226
D.Long 1B 3 0 1 0 .340 R.Jackson 3B 3 2 1 0 .291
A-D.Cole PH 1 0 0 0 .199 E.Miksis CF 1 0 0 0 .238
J.O'Brien 2B 4 0 0 0 .263 H.Chiti C 3 0 0 0 .207
D.Groat SS 4 0 1 0 .251 P.Minner P 3 0 2 2 .200
D.Hall P 4 0 1 0 .333
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Totals 36 2 9 2 Totals 30 3 8 3
A-Pinch Hit For Long In 9th Inning
Pirates......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 2
Cubs............ 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
Pirates (35-72) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Hall LOSS(1-2) 8 8 3 3 1 2 1 5.57
Totals 8 8 3 3 1 2 1
Cubs (55-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
P.Minner WIN(8-7) 9 9 2 2 0 3 0 3.50
Totals 9 9 2 2 0 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 11,152 DATE- Monday, August 1st 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Augie Donatelli, Hal Dixon, Jocko Conlan, Arthur Gore
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 7 Cubs: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1 Cubs: 0
ERRORS- G.Freese, D.Long
DOUBLES- E.O'Brien(2nd), G.Freese(7th), J.Shepard(9th), D.Long(14th)
HOME RUNS- E.Banks(28th)
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Miksis-3
WALKS- R.Jackson
STRIKE OUTS- R.Clemente, D.Long-2, G.Baker, J.King
GIDP- E.Banks
WEB GEMS- Bot 2nd: Eddie O'Brien robbed Dee Fondy of an extra base hit.
Paul Minner tossed a complete game at Wrigley Field where the Chicago Cubs
beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3 to 2.
Minner(8-7) earned his pay with a solid performance for Chicago. He
surrendered 9 hits and no walks in 9 innings. Neither team managed to score
after the 4th inning.
The loss was charged to Dick Hall(1-2). With this win, Chicago has a 55-52
record. They have been 6-4 lately. Pittsburgh has a record of 35-72, worst
in the league after the loss.