New York Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
August 19, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 19, 1955 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants 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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New York Giants 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 8

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Gardner ss 5 0 1 0
Lockman lf 5 0 0 0
Mays cf 4 1 2 1
Thompson 3b 3 0 0 0
Mueller rf 4 0 1 0
Harris 1b 4 0 0 0
Terwilliger 2b 4 1 3 0
Katt c 3 0 1 0
  Rhodes ph 1 0 0 0
  Hofman c 0 0 0 0
Antonelli p 2 1 2 2
  Giel p 0 0 0 0
  McCall p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 1 0 0 0
  Grissom p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien E. cf 3 1 2 2
Cole 3b 3 0 0 2
Lynch lf 5 0 0 0
Ward 1b 5 0 1 1
Clemente rf 5 2 3 1
O'Brien J. 2b 1 1 0 0
Groat ss 4 2 1 1
Peterson c 3 1 3 1
Law p 4 1 1 0
Totals 33 8 11 8
New York 002 100 0003100
Pittsburgh 001 302 02x8112
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Antonelli  L(10-15) 5.2 7 6 6 4 7
  Giel   0.0 0 0 0 1 0
  McCall   1.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Grissom   1.0 4 2 2 0 0
Totals
8.0
11
8
8
6
8
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Law  W(8-8) 9.0 10 3 3 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
2
1

  E–None.  DP–New York 1. Katt-Terwilliger.  2B–New York Terwilliger (9).  HR–New York Mays (38,3rd inning off Law 0 on); Antonelli (2,3rd inning off Law 0 on)..  SF–Antonelli (2).  Team LOB–9.  SB–Mays (15).  U-HP–Jocko Conlan, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Artie Gore, 3B–Augie Donatelli.
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