Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 6, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 6, 1955 at Forbes 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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Brooklyn Dodgers 10, Pittsburgh Pirates 5

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Hoak 3b 4 2 2 1
Reese ss 3 0 2 2
Snider cf 4 0 0 1
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 1
Amoros lf 4 2 2 1
Shuba rf 2 1 0 0
  Borkowski rf 1 1 0 0
Zimmer 2b 4 2 3 1
Howell c 4 1 3 2
Erskine p 3 1 0 1
  Roebuck p 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 10 12 10
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente rf 5 1 1 0
Cole 2b 4 1 1 0
Lynch lf 4 1 3 2
Thomas cf 4 1 1 1
Long 1b 4 1 2 2
Atwell c 4 0 0 0
Freese 3b 4 0 1 0
Groat ss 4 0 1 0
Face p 2 0 0 0
  Ward ph 0 0 0 0
  Saffell pr 0 0 0 0
  Surkont p 0 0 0 0
  Donoso p 0 0 0 0
  Shepard ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 10 5
Brooklyn 030 001 12310120
Pittsburgh 100 003 0105101
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  W(9-4) 7.0 9 5 5 1 1
  Roebuck  SV(7) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
1
2
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Face  L(0-2) 7.0 8 5 5 5 5
  Surkont   0.1 2 2 2 2 0
  Donoso   1.2 2 3 3 3 0
Totals
9.0
12
10
10
10
5

  E–Thomas (1).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Zimmer-Hodges, Pittsburgh 1. Gene Freese-Cole-Long.  PB–Atwell (2).  2B–Brooklyn Zimmer 2 (4,off Face,off Surkont); Howell (4,off Face); Reese (18,off Donoso)., Pittsburgh Lynch (8,off Erskine); Cole (8,off Erskine)..  HR–Brooklyn Amoros (8,6th inning off Face 0 on 0 out), Pittsburgh Lynch (5,6th inning off Erskine 0 on 2 out); Thomas (11,6th inning off Erskine 0 on 2 out); Long (9,6th inning off Erskine 0 on 2 out)..  SH–Reese (7,off Face); Zimmer (1,off Donoso)..  SF–Erskine (2,off Face); Snider (5,off Donoso)..  IBB–Snider (10,by Face).  Team LOB–11.  Team–5.  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Al Barlick.
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