Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 7, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 7, 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 4, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Hoak 3b 4 0 0 0
Reese ss 4 0 1 0
Snider cf 4 1 2 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 1 1
Amoros lf 2 1 0 0
Zimmer 2b 4 0 0 0
Gilliam rf 3 2 2 2
  Borkowski rf 0 0 0 0
Howell c 4 0 2 1
Loes p 4 0 1 0
Totals 33 4 9 4
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Clemente rf 4 0 0 0
Cole 3b 4 0 1 0
Lynch lf 4 0 0 0
Thomas cf 4 1 0 0
Ward 1b 3 1 1 1
Atwell c 4 1 2 1
O'Brien 2b 4 0 4 0
  Saffell pr 0 0 0 0
Groat ss 4 0 0 0
Kline p 2 0 1 0
  Long ph 1 0 0 0
  Friend p 0 0 0 0
  Shepard ph 1 0 1 1
  Mejias pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 10 3
Brooklyn 110 200 000491
Pittsburgh 010 000 0023101
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Loes  W(9-2) 9.0 10 3 1 1 7
Totals
9.0
10
3
1
1
7
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Kline  L(6-11) 7.0 9 4 4 3 3
  Friend   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
3
4

  E–Howell (1), J. O'Brien (2).  DP–Brooklyn 2. Zimmer-Reese-Hodges, Zimmer-Reese-Hodges, Pittsburgh 3. Ward-Groat, Cole-Ward, Groat-J. O'Brien-Ward.  PB–Howell (1).  2B–Brooklyn Snider (19,off Kline), Pittsburgh J. O'Brien (2,off Loes).  3B–Brooklyn Gilliam (6,off Kline).  HR–Brooklyn Gilliam (6,2nd inning off Kline 0 on 0 out), Pittsburgh Ward (3,2nd inning off Loes 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Ward (2,off Loes).  Team–7.  SB–Amoros (6,2nd base off Kline/Atwell).  CS–Snider (5,2nd base by Kline/Atwell).  U-HP–Lee Ballanfant, 1B–Al Barlick, 2B–Bill Jackowski, 3B–Stan Landes.  T–2:07.  A–4,533.
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