Pittsburgh Pirates vs Brooklyn Dodgers
July 3, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 3, 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 7, Brooklyn Dodgers 5

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente rf 5 1 2 1
Freese 3b 3 2 1 1
Mejias lf 4 1 0 0
Thomas cf 3 2 2 1
Long 1b 4 0 1 0
Groat ss 5 0 2 2
O'Brien 2b 5 0 0 0
Peterson c 4 1 1 1
Donoso p 1 0 0 0
  Cole ph 0 0 0 0
  Lynch ph 1 0 0 0
  Kline p 2 0 0 0
Totals 37 7 9 6
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Hoak 3b 4 1 2 0
Reese ss 3 1 0 0
Snider cf 4 1 2 1
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 2
Furillo rf 4 1 2 2
Howell c 4 0 0 0
Zimmer 2b 4 0 1 0
Borkowski lf 2 0 0 0
  Amoros ph,lf 2 0 0 0
Spooner p 1 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 1 0 0 0
  Robinson ph 1 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5
Pittsburgh 202 110 001790
Brooklyn 410 000 000582
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Donoso   2.0 6 5 5 1 1
  Kline  W(6-10) 7.0 2 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
8
5
5
1
4
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Spooner   2.2 2 4 3 6 3
  Roebuck  L(5-4) 4.1 5 2 2 0 1
  Hughes   2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
7
6
6
5

  E–Hoak (4), Reese (13).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Gene Freese-Long, Brooklyn 1. Reese-Zimmer-Hodges.  2B–Brooklyn Snider (17,off Donoso); Hodges (16,off Donoso); Hoak 2 (6,off Donoso,off Kline)..  3B–Pittsburgh Clemente 2 (6,off Roebuck 2).  HR–Pittsburgh Gene Freese (5,1st inning off Spooner 0 on 1 out); Thomas (10,9th inning off Hughes 0 on 0 out)., Brooklyn Furillo (12,1st inning off Donoso 1 on 1 out).  HBP–Gene Freese (3,by Roebuck).  Team LOB–10.  Team–3.  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Bill Engeln.
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