1955 Strat replay

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BOXSCORE: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1955 New York Giants           9/20/1955

 

  Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Giants             AB  R  H RBI AVG

  R.Mejias LF         4  0  0  0 .202     B.Gardner SS        5  2  2  1 .213  

C-J.Lynch PH          1  0  0  0 .271     D.Mueller RF        5  1  2  0 .290  

D-E.O'Brien CF        0  0  0  0 .275     W.Mays CF           5  1  2  1 .328  

  G.Freese 3B         5  3  4  3 .230     H.Thompson 3B       3  1  1  0 .257  

  R.Clemente RF       4  2  1  0 .253     W.Lockman LF        5  0  1  3 .295  

  F.Thomas CF,LF      3  1  1  0 .256     G.Harris 1B         5  1  1  1 .229  

  J.Shepard C         3  1  0  2 .263     W.Terwilliger 2B    4  0  2  0 .273  

  D.Long 1B           4  0  1  2 .323     R.Katt C            4  1  2  1 .180  

E-P.Ward 1B           0  0  0  0 .225     P.Burnside P        3  0  1  0 .333  

  D.Cole 2B           3  0  0  0 .197     H.Wilhelm P         0  0  0  0 .000  

  D.Groat SS          4  1  1  0 .255   B-B.Hofman PH         1  0  0  0 .284  

  M.Surkont P         1  0  0  0 .156     M.Grissom P         0  0  0  0 .000  

A-J.O'Brien PH        1  0  0  0 .267                                          

  L.Donoso P          0  0  0  0 .091                                          

  D.Littlefield P     0  0  0  0 .158                                          

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

         Totals      33  8  8  7                 Totals      40  7 14  7

 

A-Pinch Hit For Surkont In 6th Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 8th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Mejias In 9th Inning

D-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Lynch In 9th Inning

E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Long In 9th Inning

 

Pirates......... 1 0 0  0 0 0  4 2 1  -  8  8  1

Giants.......... 0 0 1  0 4 0  1 1 0  -  7 14  1

 

Pirates (52-97)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

M.Surkont                 5       9   5   5   1   3   1   5.16

L.Donoso                  2       3   2   2   0   1   2   4.94

D.Littlefiel WIN(3-11)    2       2   0   0   1   1   0   5.96

Totals                    9      14   7   7   2   5   3

 

Giants (66-83)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA

P.Burnside                6       3   4   4   1   1   1   6.00

H.Wilhelm BS(3rd)         2       3   3   2   1   0   1   3.87

M.Grissom LOSS(0-8)       1       2   1   1   0   0   0   3.74

Totals                    9       8   8   7   2   1   2

 

ATTENDANCE- 2,917 DATE- Tuesday, September 20th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad

UMPIRES- Lee Ballanfant, Al Barlick, Bill Jackowski, Stan Landes

T- 2:50

LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 4  Giants: 8

DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1  Giants: 0

ERRORS- D.Groat, H.Thompson

DOUBLES- G.Freese(14th), D.Long(16th), D.Mueller(20th), W.Mays(18th),

         W.Lockman(20th), R.Katt(11th), P.Burnside

HOME RUNS- G.Freese-2(11th), B.Gardner(6th), G.Harris(10th), R.Katt(5th)

SACRIFICE HITS- L.Donoso, D.Littlefield

SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Shepard

WALKS- R.Clemente, F.Thomas, H.Thompson-2

HIT BY PITCH- D.Cole

STRIKE OUTS- M.Surkont, B.Gardner-2, W.Mays, G.Harris, P.Burnside

WILD PITCHES- D.Littlefield

WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Willie Mays robbed Roman Mejias of an extra base hit.

          Bot 8th: Jack Shepard blocked the plate, saving a run!

 

Gene Freese ripped 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated

the New York Giants 8 to 7 at Polo Grounds.

 

The game was decided in the 9th inning.  Dick Groat banged out a single.  Dick

Littlefield was next and he laid down a sacrifice bunt.  After another out,

Freese stepped up to the plate and he doubled scoring the run.  It was roller

coaster of a game as the lead change hands 5 times.  

 

The winning pitcher was Littlefield(3-11) who allowed no runs in 2 innings.

Marv Grissom(0-8) was the losing pitcher in relief.  'It's almost like the

ball was trying to hit my bat,' Freese said. 'Whenever I would swing, the

ball found the sweet spot.'

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