Pittsburgh Pirates vs Milwaukee Braves
May 11, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 11, 1955 at County Stadium. The Milwaukee Braves 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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Pittsburgh Pirates 3, Milwaukee Braves 8

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente rf 4 1 2 0
Groat ss 3 1 1 0
Montemayor cf 4 0 0 0
Thomas lf 4 1 2 2
Freese G. 3b 4 0 2 0
Shepard c 4 0 1 1
Freese G. 2b 3 0 0 0
Long 1b 4 0 0 0
Kline p 1 0 0 0
  Mejias ph 1 0 0 0
  Wade p 0 0 0 0
  Cole ph 1 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Milwaukee Braves ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 1 1 0
Logan ss 5 2 3 0
Mathews 3b 5 1 2 3
Aaron lf 3 2 0 0
Pafko rf 3 1 1 1
Adcock 1b 3 1 3 2
O'Connell 2b 4 0 0 1
Crandall c 2 0 0 0
Nichols p 4 0 1 0
Totals 34 8 11 7
Pittsburgh 000 002 010381
Milwaukee 013 000 40x8111
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L(2-3) 4.0 4 4 4 3 2
  Wade   2.0 3 0 0 1 0
  Face   2.0 4 4 3 2 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
7
6
2
  Milwaukee Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Nuxhall  L(3-2) 7.2 9 6 6 3 6
  Podbielan   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Freeman   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
9
9
5
8

  E–Gene Freese (5), Logan (5).  DP–Pittsburgh 2. Clemente-Shepard, Groat-Gene Freese-Long, Milwaukee 3. Nichols-Logan-Adcock, Nichols-Logan-Adcock, O'Connell-Logan-Adcock.  2B–Pittsburgh Clemente (6,off Nichols); Groat (3,off Nichols)., Milwaukee Adcock 2 (8,off Kline,off Face).  HR–Milwaukee Mathews (3,3rd inning off Kline 2 on 1 out).  Team LOB–5.  IBB–Crandall (2,by Wade).  Team–8.  U-HP–Al Barlick, 1B–Bill Jackowski, 2B–Stan Landes, 3B–Lee Ballanfant.  T–2:17.  A–12,444.
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