1955 Strat replay

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BOXSCORE: 1955 Philadelphia Phillies At 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates     8/16/1955

 

  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG

  R.Ashburn CF        2  2  1  0 .330     E.O'Brien CF        5  1  2  0 .293  

  B.Morgan SS         3  1  1  1 .247     D.Cole 3B,SS        4  0  1  0 .201  

  G.Hamner 2B         4  0  1  1 .221     J.Lynch LF          4  0  3  1 .276  

  D.Ennis LF          4  0  1  1 .329     P.Ward 1B           4  1  0  0 .240  

  W.Jones 3B          3  0  0  0 .278     T.Atwell C          4  0  0  0 .187  

  E.Waitkus 1B        4  0  0  0 .393     R.Clemente RF       3  0  0  0 .257  

  J.Greengrass RF     4  1  2  1 .223     J.O'Brien 2B        4  0  1  0 .263  

  A.Seminick C        4  0  0  0 .205     D.Groat SS          3  0  0  0 .255  

  H.Wehmeier P        2  0  1  0 .484   B-R.Mejias PH         1  0  0  0 .194  

A-J.Meyer PH,P        2  0  0  0 .150   C-G.Freese 3B         0  0  0  0 .222  

                                          B.Friend P          2  0  0  0 .132  

                                        D-J.Shepard PH        1  0  0  0 .289  

                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      

         Totals      32  4  7  4                 Totals      35  2  7  1

 

A-Pinch Hit For Wehmeier In 7th Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Groat In 8th Inning

C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Mejias In 9th Inning

D-Pinch Hit For Friend In 9th Inning

 

Phillies........ 1 0 0  1 0 0  0 2 0  -  4  7  1

Pirates......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 1 0  -  2  7  1

 

Phillies (52-68)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

H.Wehmeier WIN(9-8)       6       4   1   1   3   1   0   4.74

J.Meyer SAVE(8th)         3       3   1   0   1   1   0   4.20

Totals                    9       7   2   1   4   2   0

 

Pirates (41-79)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

B.Friend LOSS(8-11)       9       7   4   4   1   4   1   3.97

Totals                    9       7   4   4   1   4   1

 

ATTENDANCE- 9,032 DATE- Tuesday, August 16th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good

UMPIRES- Hal Dixon, Jocko Conlan, Arthur Gore, Augie Donatelli

T- 2:32

LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 5  Pirates:11

DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 0  Pirates: 1

ERRORS- R.Ashburn, D.Groat

TRIPLES- B.Morgan(4th), J.Lynch(5th)

HOME RUNS- J.Greengrass(8th)

SACRIFICE HITS- R.Ashburn, B.Morgan, W.Jones

WALKS- R.Ashburn, J.Lynch, P.Ward, R.Clemente, B.Friend

HIT BY PITCH- D.Cole

STRIKE OUTS- B.Morgan-2, D.Ennis, J.Greengrass, J.Lynch, R.Clemente

WILD PITCHES- H.Wehmeier, J.Meyer

PASSED BALLS- A.Seminick

WEB GEMS- Bot 4th: Jim Greengrass robbed Johnny O'Brien of an extra base hit.

 

Jim Greengrass hit one over the fence at Forbes Field where the Philadelphia

Phillies beat the dreadful Pittsburgh Pirates 4 to 2.

 

Philadelphia wasted no time and took the lead in the first inning plating an

isolated run.  Pittsburgh made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable

to push the needed runs across.  

 

Herm Wehmeier(9-8) allowed 1 run in 6 innings, and picked up the victory. Jack

Meyer was credited with his 8th save.  Bob Friend(8-11) absorbed the loss.

He allowed 7 hits and 1 walk in 9 innings.  

 

With this win, Philadelphia has a 52-68 record.  They have been 6-4 lately.

Pittsburgh has a record of 41-79, worst in the league after the loss.

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