Philadelphia Phillies vs Pittsburgh Pirates
May 29, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 29, 1955 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 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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Philadelphia Phillies 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 11

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 5 0 0 0
Gorbous rf 4 1 1 0
Torgeson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Blaylock 1b 0 0 0 0
Ennis lf 4 1 3 1
Jones 3b 4 1 1 3
Lopata c 3 1 0 0
Morgan 2b,ss 4 0 1 0
Smalley ss 2 0 0 0
  Greengrass ph 1 0 0 0
  Lowrey 2b 1 0 0 1
Cole p 1 0 0 0
  Kipper p 1 0 0 0
  Mrozinski p 0 0 0 0
  Roberts ph 0 1 0 0
  Kuzava p 0 0 0 0
  Seminick ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente rf 5 2 5 1
  Mejias pr,rf 1 0 1 2
Freese G. 2b 4 1 2 1
  O'Brien 2b 1 0 0 0
Lynch lf 4 1 1 1
  Saffell ph,cf 2 0 0 0
Thomas cf,lf 3 1 1 2
Ward 1b 4 1 1 0
Freese G. 3b 4 1 2 2
  Kline 3b 0 0 0 0
Shepard c 2 1 1 0
  Atwell c 1 1 1 0
Groat ss 5 1 4 2
Surkont p 5 0 1 0
Totals 42 11 21 11
Philadelphia 000 300 011572
Pittsburgh 310 013 03x11211
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Cole  L(0-2) 3.0 9 4 2 1 1
  Kipper   2.1 5 4 4 3 1
  Mrozinski   1.2 2 0 0 0 0
  Kuzava   1.0 5 3 3 0 0
Totals
8.0
21
11
9
4
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Surkont  W(4-5) 9.0 7 5 4 3 4
  King   7.0 8 1 1 1 2
  Law   2.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Antonelli   1.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McCall   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Liddle   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Giel   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
20.0
30
22
20
15
12

  E–Morgan (4), Cole (1), Surkont (2).  DP–Philadelphia 2. Morgan-Smalley-Torgeson, Cole-Lopata-Torgeson, Pittsburgh 1. Lynch-Groat-Ward.  2B–Philadelphia Morgan (8), Pittsburgh Clemente 3 (11); George Freese (7)..  3B–Philadelphia Torgeson (3).  HR–Philadelphia Jones (7,4th inning off Surkont 2 on), Pittsburgh Thomas (2,6th inning off Kipper 0 on).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Gene Freese (3).  SF–Thomas (1).  Team–13.  SB–Gene Freese (2).  U–Jocko Conlan, Hal Dixon, Augie Donatelli.
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