Friday, September 21, 2007
Billy Bruton hit a walkoff triple in the 10th as Milwaukee sweeps the doubleheader from Pittsburgh 4-3.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1955 Milwaukee Braves 8/7/1955
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
E.O'Brien CF 4 1 1 2 .272 B.Bruton CF 5 1 2 2 .277
G.Freese 3B 3 0 1 1 .229 J.Logan SS 3 0 1 1 .279
J.Lynch RF 4 0 0 0 .260 E.Mathews 3B 3 1 1 1 .270
A-R.Clemente RF 1 0 0 0 .253 H.Aaron 2B 3 0 0 0 .333
P.Ward 1B 4 0 1 0 .243 G.Crowe 1B 4 0 1 0 .226
T.Atwell C 3 0 0 0 .191 B.Thomson LF 3 0 0 0 .275
B-D.Cole PH 1 0 0 0 .197 A.Pafko RF 4 0 1 0 .264
C-J.Shepard C 0 0 0 0 .291 D.Crandall C 4 1 2 0 .258
F.Thomas LF 5 1 1 0 .242 B.Buhl P 2 0 0 0 .100
J.O'Brien 2B 5 0 0 0 .248 D-D.O'Connell PH 1 1 1 0 .199
D.Groat SS 4 1 2 0 .256
R.Face P 2 0 0 0 .000
M.Surkont P 0 0 0 0 .077
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Totals 36 3 6 3 Totals 32 4 9 4
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Lynch In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Atwell In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Cole In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Buhl In 10th Inning
Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 1
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 - 4 9 3
Pirates (37-78) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Face 8 7 3 3 2 3 1 3.45
M.Surkont LOSS(4-11) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 4.83
Totals 9 9 4 4 2 4 1
Braves (70-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Buhl WIN(13-5) 10 6 3 2 6 2 0 3.72
Totals 10 6 3 2 6 2 0
ATTENDANCE- 40,126 DATE- Sunday, August 7th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Dusty Boggess, Tom Gorman, Bill Engeln, Babe Pinelli
T- 2:10
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:11 Braves: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1 Braves: 0
ERRORS- D.Groat, J.Logan, B.Thomson, D.Crandall
DOUBLES- B.Bruton(21st)
TRIPLES- B.Bruton(8th)
HOME RUNS- E.Mathews(28th)
STOLEN BASES- E.O'Brien(4th), B.Bruton(21st), D.Crandall(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Face-2, H.Aaron, B.Buhl
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Logan
WALKS- E.O'Brien, G.Freese-2, P.Ward, T.Atwell, D.Groat, E.Mathews, B.Thomson
STRIKE OUTS- F.Thomas-2, B.Bruton, J.Logan, G.Crowe, B.Thomson
GIDP- A.Pafko
Bob Buhl tossed a complete game as the strong Milwaukee Braves outscored the
hopeless Pittsburgh Pirates in 10 innings 4 to 3.
The score was tied at 3 after nine. Finally, Milwaukee pulled the game out in
the 10th inning. Danny O'Connell slapped a single. Bill Bruton next to the
plate and he tripled making Milwaukee the victors to the delight of the home
town faithful. Milwaukee managed 9 in their victory.
The winning pitcher was Buhl(13-5) who allowed 3 runs for the game. Max
Surkont(4-11) ended up with the loss in relief.