Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
May 31, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 31, 1955 at Ebbets Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 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 6, Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente rf 5 0 1 0
Cole 2b 5 0 1 1
Lynch lf 4 2 3 1
  Saffell cf 0 0 0 0
Thomas cf,lf 5 1 1 0
Long 1b 4 1 2 0
Freese 3b 4 1 3 2
Shepard c 4 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 1 2 2
Friend p 3 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 0 1 0
Reese ss 4 0 0 0
Snider cf 5 1 2 0
Campanella c 4 1 1 2
Amoros lf 4 1 1 1
Hodges 1b 3 0 3 0
Furillo rf 4 0 0 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 1 0
  Walker ph 1 0 0 0
  Zimmer 3b 0 0 0 0
Labine p 2 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Black p 0 0 0 0
  Kellert ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Pittsburgh 001 002 2016131
Brooklyn 000 300 000391
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Friend  W(3-1) 9.0 9 3 3 3 9
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
9
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Labine   5.1 9 3 3 0 4
  Roebuck  L(2-2) 1.2 3 2 2 2 1
  Black   2.0 1 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
13
6
6
2
6

  E–Friend (1), Amoros (4).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Friend-Groat-Long, Brooklyn 1. Reese-Gilliam-Hodges.  2B–Pittsburgh Groat (9,off Roebuck), Brooklyn Snider (9,off Friend).  HR–Pittsburgh Lynch (2,9th inning off Black 0 on 1 out), Brooklyn Campanella (13,4th inning off Friend 1 on 1 out); Amoros (6,4th inning off Friend 0 on 1 out).  SH–Friend (1,off Labine).  Team LOB–8.  Team–9.  U–Hal Dixon, Augie Donatelli.
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