Monday, May 19, 2008
Vern Law went 7 strong innings as Pittsburgh downed New York 5 to 2 in the 1st game of a doubleheader.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1955 New York Giants 9/20/1955
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
E.O'Brien CF 3 0 1 1 .275 B.Gardner SS 4 1 2 2 .206
G.Freese 3B 4 0 1 0 .223 D.Mueller RF 4 0 0 0 .289
R.Clemente RF 3 1 0 0 .253 W.Mays CF 4 0 0 0 .327
F.Thomas LF 3 1 0 0 .256 H.Thompson 3B 4 0 0 0 .256
J.Shepard C 4 0 1 1 .266 W.Lockman LF 4 0 1 0 .296
D.Long 1B 4 1 1 1 .324 G.Harris 1B 4 0 0 0 .230
D-T.Atwell PH 0 0 0 0 .181 W.Terwilliger 2B 3 1 3 0 .269
E-P.Ward 1B 0 0 0 0 .225 R.Katt C 3 0 0 0 .176
J.O'Brien 2B 4 2 2 0 .268 J.Antonelli P 0 0 0 0 .185
D.Groat SS 4 0 1 2 .255 A-S.Gordon PH 1 0 0 0 .271
V.Law P 2 0 1 0 .282 W.McCall P 1 0 0 0 .095
C-J.Lynch PH 1 0 0 0 .272 B-B.Taylor PH 1 0 0 0 .250
F.Waters P 0 0 0 0 ---- P.Giel P 0 0 0 0 .071
R.Face P 0 0 0 0 .038
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Totals 32 5 8 5 Totals 33 2 6 2
A-Pinch Hit For Antonelli In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McCall In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Law In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Long In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Atwell In 9th Inning
Pirates......... 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 2
Giants.......... 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 2
Pirates (51-97) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
V.Law WIN(12-14) 7 6 2 2 0 5 1 3.88
F.Waters HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
R.Face SAVE(4th) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.75
Totals 9 6 2 2 0 5 1
Giants (66-82) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Antonelli LOSS(13-14) 3 7 5 5 4 3 0 3.90
W.McCall 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 4.26
P.Giel 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 1.47
Totals 9 8 5 5 9 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 4,536 DATE- Tuesday, September 20th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 2:09
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:11 Giants: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Giants: 1
ERRORS- F.Thomas, D.Long, G.Harris, W.Terwilliger
DOUBLES- J.O'Brien(13th), W.Terwilliger(15th)
HOME RUNS- B.Gardner(5th)
CAUGHT STEALING- J.Shepard
SACRIFICE HITS- E.O'Brien, G.Freese
WALKS- E.O'Brien, R.Clemente-2, F.Thomas-2, J.Shepard, T.Atwell, J.O'Brien,
V.Law
STRIKE OUTS- R.Clemente, F.Thomas, D.Long, J.O'Brien, D.Groat, B.Gardner,
W.Mays, R.Katt-2, W.McCall
GIDP- J.Shepard, D.Mueller, G.Harris
Second baseman Johnny O'Brien had 2 base hits as the Pittsburgh Pirates
outscored the New York Giants 5 to 2.
Vern Law(12-14) pitched well for Pittsburgh in their victory. He was reached
for 6 hits and no walks in 7 innings. The pitchers took over after the 3rd
inning as neither team was able to score again.
Law got help from Roy Face who earned his 4th save. Johnny Antonelli(13-14)
ended up with the loss. He allowed 7 hits and 4 walks in 3 innings.