Brooklyn Dodgers vs Pittsburgh Pirates
September 24, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 24, 1955 at Forbes Field. The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 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 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam lf 3 0 0 0
  Amoros lf 0 0 0 0
Reese ss 2 1 0 0
Snider cf 4 0 2 2
Campanella c 4 0 0 0
Furillo rf 4 1 2 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 4 0 1 0
Zimmer 2b 3 0 1 1
Erskine p 1 0 0 0
  Shuba ph 1 1 0 0
  Newcombe p 1 0 0 0
  Bessent p 0 0 0 0
  Moryn ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
O'Brien E. cf 4 0 0 0
Freese 3b 3 2 1 1
Lynch c 4 1 1 0
Long 1b 3 1 1 3
Powers rf 3 0 0 0
Thomas lf 3 0 1 0
O'Brien J. 2b 3 0 1 0
Groat ss 3 0 0 0
Hall p 3 0 0 0
Totals 29 4 5 4
Brooklyn 000 021 000–370
Pittsburgh 300 000 01x–452
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine   4.0 4 3 3 1 1
  Newcombe   2.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Bessent  L(8-1) 2.0 1 1 1 0 3
Totals
8.0
5
4
4
1
5
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Hall  W(6-6) 9.0 7 3 3 3 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
3
2
  E–Gene Freese (22), Thomas (5).  DP–Pittsburgh 1. Groat-J. O'Brien-Long.  2B–Brooklyn Snider (34,off Hall).  HR–Pittsburgh Long (16,1st inning off Erskine 2 on 1 out); Gene Freese (14,8th inning off Bessent 0 on 2 out).  SF–Zimmer (4,off Hall).  Team LOB–6.  Team–2.  U-HP–Bill Jackowski, 1B–Stan Landes, 2B–Artie Gore, 3B–Hal Dixon.
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