New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 4, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1954 at Forbes Field. The New York Giants defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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New York Giants 9, Pittsburgh Pirates 2
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lockman 1b 4 1 0 1
  Hofman 1b 0 0 0 0
Dark ss 5 3 3 1
  Gardner ss 0 0 0 0
Rhodes lf 3 1 2 3
Thompson 3b 3 0 0 1
Mueller rf 5 0 2 1
Mays cf 5 2 3 0
Williams 2b 4 1 2 1
Westrum c 4 0 0 0
Liddle p 4 1 2 1
  McCall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 14 9
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Allie ss 3 0 0 0
Roberts 2b 4 1 0 0
Ward 1b 4 1 1 0
Thomas cf 3 0 1 1
Gordon rf 2 0 0 0
Shepard c 3 0 1 0
Cole 3b 4 0 0 0
Hall lf 3 0 0 0
Surkont p 1 0 0 0
  Purkey p 0 0 0 0
  Janowicz ph 0 0 0 0
  Pepper p 1 0 0 0
  Marquez ph 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 3 1
New York 012 402 000–9141
Pittsburgh 000 000 020–230
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Liddle  W(3-2) 8.2 3 2 1 10 2
  McCall  SV(1) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
3
2
1
10
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Surkont  L(6-10) 3.2 8 7 7 1 0
  Purkey   1.1 3 0 0 1 0
  Pepper   4.0 3 2 2 2 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
9
4
0
  E–Mueller (5).  DP–New York 2. Dark-Williams-Lockman, Dark-Lockman, Pittsburgh 1. Roberts-Allie-Ward.  PB–Shepard (2).  2B–New York Mueller (15); Mays (14)..  3B–New York Dark (5).  HR–New York Rhodes (2,3rd inning off Surkont 1 on).  SH–Rhodes (1).  SF–Thompson (1).  HBP–Westrum (2).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  U-HP–Larry Goetz, 1B–Frank Dascoli, 2B–Lon Warneke, 3B–Frank Secory.  T–2:21.  A–3,488.
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