Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 27, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1955 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Chicago Cubs 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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Chicago Cubs 1, Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Merriman cf 4 0 0 0
Baker 2b 4 0 0 0
Baumholtz rf 4 0 2 0
Sauer lf 4 0 0 0
  Lary pr 0 1 0 0
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Fondy 1b 3 0 0 0
Miksis 3b 3 0 2 1
Chiti c 2 0 0 0
Minner p 1 0 0 0
  Andre p 0 0 0 0
  Tappe ph 1 0 0 0
  Cohen p 0 0 0 0
  Speake ph 1 0 0 0
  Amor p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente cf 5 0 2 2
Groat ss 5 1 3 0
Montemayor rf 5 0 1 0
Thomas lf 4 0 1 1
Freese G. 3b 4 0 2 0
Shepard c 4 1 1 0
Long 1b 3 0 0 0
Freese G. 2b 3 2 2 0
Purkey p 3 0 1 1
Totals 36 4 13 4
Chicago 000 000 001–141
Pittsburgh 110 100 01x–4130
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Minner  L(2-1) 3.2 9 3 3 1 1
  Andre   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Cohen   3.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Amor   1.0 3 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
4
4
2
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Purkey  W(1-1) 9.0 4 1 1 4 6
  Corwin   4.1 6 3 3 1 1
  Wilhelm   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
  McCall   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
16.1
16
10
10
8
9
  E–Merriman (2).  2B–Chicago Baumholtz (3), Pittsburgh Thomas (1); Shepard (1); Gene Freese (2).  Team LOB–7.  SH–Purkey (2).  Team–11.  U-HP–Frank Secory, 1B–Larry Goetz, 2B–Frank Dascoli, 3B–Lon Warneke.
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