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 Brooklyn Dodgers 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 1, Brooklyn Dodgers 3

Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Saffell lf 5 0 0 0
Cole 2b 5 0 1 0
Lynch rf 4 1 2 0
Thomas cf 3 0 0 0
Long 1b 2 0 0 0
Atwell c 1 0 0 0
  O'Brien ph 0 0 0 0
  Peterson c 0 0 0 0
Groat ss 3 0 1 1
Freese 3b 4 0 1 0
Surkont p 2 0 0 0
  Clemente ph 0 0 0 0
  Face p 0 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 30 1 6 1
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Amoros lf 4 1 1 0
Reese ss 3 0 1 0
  Gilliam 2b 0 0 0 0
Snider cf 3 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 1 0 1 0
  Hoak 3b 3 1 1 0
Hodges 1b 4 1 1 3
Furillo rf 3 0 1 0
Zimmer 2b,ss 3 0 1 0
Walker c 3 0 1 0
Loes p 2 0 0 0
  Newcombe ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 8 3
Pittsburgh 000 001 000160
Brooklyn 000 003 00x380
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Surkont  L(7-8) 6.0 7 3 3 1 2
  Face   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
8.0
8
3
3
1
5
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Loes  W(8-2) 7.0 4 1 1 4 6
  Labine  SV(2) 2.0 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
6
7

  E–None.  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Cole-Groat-Long, Brooklyn 1. Zimmer-Reese-Hodges.  2B–Pittsburgh Lynch (7,off Loes); Ward (2,off Labine)..  HR–Brooklyn Hodges (12,6th inning off Surkont 2 on 2 out).  SH–Groat (8,off Loes); Thomas (2,off Loes).; Reese (6,off Surkont).  HBP–Atwell (1,by Loes).  Team LOB–11.  Team–5.  SB–Loes (1,2nd base off Surkont/Atwell); Hoak (2,2nd base off Face/Peterson).  U-HP–Tom Gorman, 1B–Dusty Boggess, 2B–Bill Engeln, 3B–Babe Pinelli.  T–2:16.  A–15,000.
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