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Pirates 7 @ Dodgers 6
Ebbets Field
July 2, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on July 2, 1955 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateJuly 2, 1955 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 7 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 7
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 6 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherRon Kline  
Losing PitcherClem Labine  
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Game Winning RBIJohnny O'Brien 

Game Info

DateJuly 2, 1955 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Friend  
Home Starting PitcherCarl Erskine  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance6,158 
Time of Game3 hours 5 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Engeln
1B: Babe Pinelli
2B: Tom Gorman
3B: Dusty Boggess

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Tom Saffell  Left Fielder 
Dick Cole  Third Baseman 
Jerry Lynch  Right Fielder 
Frank Thomas  Center Fielder 
Dale Long  First Baseman 
Toby Atwell  Catcher 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Johnny O'Brien  Second Baseman 
Bob Friend  Pitcher 
Fred Haney  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Don Hoak  Third Baseman 
Sandy Amoros  Left Fielder 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Jackie Robinson  Second Baseman 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Carl Furillo  Right Fielder 
Dixie Howell  Catcher 
Don Zimmer  Shortstop 
Carl Erskine  Pitcher 
Walter Alston  Manager 

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Pirates 7 @ Dodgers 6
Ebbets Field
July 2, 1955

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/2/1955 -- Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Saffell T, lf         2  2  0  0   Hoak D, 3b            4  2  2  1   
Cole D, 3b            5  0  1  1   Shuba G, ph           1  0  0  0   
Lynch J, rf           2  1  2  1   Amoros S, lf          4  1  1  0   
Thomas F, cf          5  1  2  4   Snider D, cf          4  1  2  3   
Long D, 1b            5  0  0  0   Robinson J, 2b        4  1  0  0   
Atwell T, c           4  0  1  0   Hodges G, 1b          2  0  0  1   
Peterson H, c         1  0  0  0   Furillo C, rf         5  1  1  0   
Groat D, ss           5  1  0  0   Howell D, c           5  0  2  0   
O'Brien J, 2b         5  0  1  1   Zimmer D, ss          4  0  2  1   
Friend B, p           0  0  0  0   Erskine C, p          3  0  0  0   
Littlefield D, p      0  1  0  0   Newcombe D, p         1  0  1  0   
Ward P, ph            1  0  0  0   Labine C, p           0  0  0  0   
Face R, p             0  0  0  0   Reese P, ph           1  0  0  0   
Freese G, ph          1  0  1  0                                      
Martin P, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Clemente R, ph        1  1  1  0                                      
Kline R, p            0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  7  9  7                        38  6 11  6

Pittsburgh       002 000 022 1 --  7
Brooklyn         410 100 000 0 --  6

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Friend B              0.2  3  4  4  2  0
Littlefield D         2.1  2  1  1  1  2
Face R                3.0  3  1  1  0  2
Martin P              2.0  2  0  0  3  3
Kline R (W)           2.0  1  0  0  1  0

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Erskine C*            7.0  5  3  3  5  5
Newcombe D            1.2  3  3  3  1  1
Labine C (L)          1.1  1  1  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Saffell T, Furillo C
DP -- Pittsburgh 2, Brooklyn 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 7, Brooklyn 10
2B -- Snider D, Hoak D, Freese G, Lynch J
HR -- Snider D, Hoak D, Thomas F
SB -- Robinson J 2
CS -- Hoak D
SF -- Hodges G, Lynch J
WP -- Martin P
T -- 3:05
A -- 6158

    

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