Thursday, December 20, 2007
Jerry Lynch had 2 hits and 2 RBI as the Pirates hand the Giants their 8th straight loss 5-4.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 New York Giants At 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates 8/20/1955
Giants AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
B.Gardner SS 5 1 1 0 .195 E.O'Brien CF 4 0 2 1 .299
W.Lockman 1B 4 0 1 0 .294 D.Cole 3B,SS 4 2 2 0 .199
W.Mays CF 4 3 3 2 .323 J.Lynch LF 3 0 2 2 .271
D.Rhodes LF 4 0 0 0 .222 R.Kline P 0 0 0 0 .176
D.Mueller RF 4 0 2 2 .292 P.Ward 1B 3 0 1 0 .243
H.Thompson 3B 2 0 1 0 .271 R.Clemente RF 4 0 1 0 .254
B-S.Gordon PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .269 J.O'Brien 2B 4 0 1 0 .264
W.Terwilliger 2B 3 0 0 0 .278 D.Groat SS 3 2 2 0 .261
F-B.Taylor PH 1 0 0 0 .241 C-T.Saffell PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .182
R.Katt C 3 0 0 0 .187 H.Peterson C 4 0 1 0 .164
H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .000 E-G.Freese 3B 0 0 0 0 .222
G-G.Harris PH 1 0 0 0 .235 D.Hall P 3 1 1 2 .292
R.Gomez P 2 0 0 0 .350 L.Donoso P 0 0 0 0 .059
A-B.Hofman C 2 0 1 0 .325 D-J.Shepard PH,C 1 0 0 0 .285
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Totals 36 4 9 4 Totals 34 5 13 5
A-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Gomez In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Thompson In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Groat In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Donoso In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Peterson In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Terwilliger In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 9th Inning
Giants.......... 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 4 9 0
Pirates......... 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 5 13 0
Giants (54-67) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
R.Gomez LOSS(6-9) 5 2/3 12 5 5 1 4 1 4.73
H.Wilhelm 2 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.33
Totals 8 13 5 5 1 4 1
Pirates (43-80) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Hall WIN(5-2) 7 8 4 4 1 6 1 3.44
L.Donoso HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.15
R.Kline SAVE(2nd) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5.19
Totals 9 9 4 4 1 8 1
ATTENDANCE- 12,012 DATE- Saturday, August 20th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- Giants: 6 Pirates: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Giants: 0 Pirates: 0
DOUBLES- W.Mays-2(17th), D.Mueller(16th), D.Cole(7th), D.Groat(22nd),
H.Peterson(3rd)
TRIPLES- D.Cole(2nd)
HOME RUNS- W.Mays(35th), D.Hall(1st)
STOLEN BASES- E.O'Brien(6th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Lynch
WALKS- H.Thompson, P.Ward
STRIKE OUTS- D.Rhodes-3, H.Thompson, W.Terwilliger-2, B.Taylor, R.Gomez, P.Ward,
H.Peterson, D.Hall-2
WILD PITCHES- H.Wilhelm
One run was the difference at Forbes Field as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated
the floundering New York Giants 5 to 4.
Dick Hall(5-2) earned his pay with a solid performance for Pittsburgh. He
allowed 8 hits and 1 walk in 7 innings. New York had a chance to come back
in the 9th but they came up short.
Ron Kline was credited with his 2nd save. Ruben Gomez(6-9) was the loser. He
gave up 12 hits and 1 walk in 5 and 2/3 innings.
