Friday, March 21, 2008
Eddie Matthews solo homer in the 7th led Milwaukee to a 4-3 win over Pittsburgh.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1955 Milwaukee Braves 9/9/1955
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
E.O'Brien CF 5 0 3 1 .283 B.Bruton CF 4 0 1 0 .274
G.Freese 3B 3 0 0 0 .227 D.O'Connell 2B 4 1 2 0 .204
R.Clemente RF 3 1 1 0 .254 E.Mathews 3B 3 2 1 1 .273
F.Thomas LF 3 0 0 0 .257 H.Aaron RF,LF 4 1 1 2 .338
J.Shepard C 4 1 2 2 .272 J.Logan SS 3 0 1 0 .295
D.Long 1B 4 0 1 0 .330 G.Crowe 1B 3 0 2 1 .253
J.O'Brien 2B 4 0 1 0 .257 A-J.Adcock PH,1B 1 0 0 0 .263
D.Groat SS 3 1 1 0 .258 C.Tanner LF 4 0 2 0 .289
D.Hall P 3 0 0 0 .242 B-A.Pafko RF 0 0 0 0 .247
C-H.Peterson PH 1 0 0 0 .200 D.Crandall C 3 0 0 0 .258
W.Spahn P 3 0 0 0 .160
H.Robinson P 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 33 3 9 3 Totals 33 4 10 4
A-Pinch Hit For Crowe In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Tanner In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hall In 9th Inning
Pirates......... 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 9 0
Braves.......... 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 - 4 10 2
Pirates (48-92) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
D.Hall LOSS(6-5) 8 10 4 4 2 4 2 4.26
Totals 8 10 4 4 2 4 2
Braves (91-50) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Spahn WIN(19-7) 7 8 3 3 2 1 1 2.48
H.Robinson SAVE(2nd) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.82
Totals 9 9 3 3 2 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 43,000 DATE- Friday, September 9th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Babe Pinelli, Dusty Boggess, Tom Gorman, Bill Engeln
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 7 Braves: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 0 Braves: 2
ERRORS- E.Mathews, W.Spahn
DOUBLES- R.Clemente(22nd), C.Tanner(9th)
HOME RUNS- J.Shepard(2nd), E.Mathews(36th), H.Aaron(37th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Freese, D.Groat, E.Mathews
WALKS- R.Clemente, F.Thomas, J.Logan, D.Crandall
STRIKE OUTS- F.Thomas-2, B.Bruton, G.Crowe, J.Adcock, C.Tanner
GIDP- G.Freese, J.O'Brien
George Crowe had 2 base hits at County Stadium as the dominant Milwaukee
Braves beat the hapless Pittsburgh Pirates by the count of 4 to 3.
Milwaukee took the lead for good in the bottom of the 7th inning plating an
isolated run on 2 hits. Pittsburgh threatened in the 9th but Milwaukee was
able to put down the rally.
Warren Spahn(19-7) was the winner allowing 3 runs in 7 innings. Humberto
Robinson was credited with his 2nd save. Dick Hall(6-5) was tagged with the
loss. He surrendered 4 runs and 10 hits in 8 innings.