Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
June 8, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 8, 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 2

Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Miksis cf 3 0 0 0
Baker 2b 2 0 0 0
Speake lf 4 0 0 0
Jackson 3b 3 0 1 0
King rf 4 1 2 0
Banks ss 4 0 2 0
Fondy 1b 4 0 1 0
Chiti c 4 0 2 1
Rush p 3 0 0 0
  Baumholtz ph 1 0 0 0
  Davis p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente rf 4 0 1 0
Freese G. 2b 4 0 1 0
Lynch lf 4 0 0 0
Thomas cf 4 0 1 0
Long 1b 4 2 2 1
Freese G. 3b 3 0 1 1
Groat ss 3 0 0 0
Atwell c 2 0 0 0
Kline p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Chicago 000 100 000180
Pittsburgh 010 000 001261
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush   8.0 5 1 1 1 9
  Davis  L(3-2) 0.1 1 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.1
6
2
2
1
9
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  W(3-8) 9.0 8 1 1 4 7
  Grissom   1.2 1 2 0 2 2
  McCall  W(2-1) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
12.0
15
5
2
9
11

  E–Atwell (1), Atwell (1).  DP–Chicago 2. Gene Freese-Groat-Long, Groat-Gene Freese-Long, Pittsburgh 2. Gene Freese-Groat-Long, Groat-Gene Freese-Long.  2B–Chicago Jackson (4); Chiti (5)., Pittsburgh Thomas (6); Long (9).  HR–Pittsburgh Long (4,9th inning off Davis 0 on).  Team LOB–8.  Team–5.  SB–Baker (5); Banks (4).  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Jocko Conlan, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Artie Gore.
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