Chicago Cubs vs Pittsburgh Pirates
July 24, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 24, 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 5, Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Chicago Cubs ab   r   h rbi
Bolger cf 5 0 0 0
Baker 2b 4 1 1 0
Speake rf 4 1 2 0
Banks ss 4 0 0 0
Sauer lf 4 1 1 1
Miksis 3b 4 1 1 0
Fondy 1b 3 1 1 2
Chiti c 4 0 1 2
Rush p 1 0 1 0
  Hillman p 0 0 0 0
  Baumholtz ph 1 0 0 0
  Tremel p 1 0 1 0
  Merriman ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 9 5
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien E. cf 3 1 1 0
  Saffell ph,cf 1 0 1 0
Freese 3b 5 2 2 0
Lynch rf 4 2 3 0
  Clemente rf 1 0 0 0
Long 1b 4 2 2 3
Atwell c 5 2 2 0
Thomas lf 4 2 3 2
O'Brien J. 2b 5 1 3 4
Groat ss 4 0 1 1
Hall p 3 0 1 1
Totals 39 12 19 11
Chicago 000 302 000–592
Pittsburgh 026 202 00x–12190
  Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB SO
Rush  L(6-7) 2.1 9 8 8 0 1
  Hillman   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Tremel   5.0 9 4 4 2 0
Totals
8.0
19
12
12
2
1
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Simmons  W(7-5) 6.0 9 4 4 1 2
  Meyer   3.0 2 1 1 2 3
Totals
9.0
20
10
10
4
16
  E–Baker (18), Miksis (3).  DP–Chicago 2. Miksis-Baker-Fondy, Miksis-Fondy.  2B–Pittsburgh Gene Freese (11); Long (16); Thomas (14)..  3B–Pittsburgh Lynch (4).  HR–Chicago Fondy (9,6th inning off Hall 1 on).  Team LOB–5.  SH–Saffell (3).  SF–Thomas (3).  Team–7.  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Lee Ballanfant, 3B–Al Barlick.
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