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Pirates
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
July 3, 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 3, 1955 at Ebbets Field.
Game Summary
Date | July 3, 1955 |
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Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Home Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 3, 1955 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Home Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Max Surkont |
Home Starting Pitcher | Billy Loes |
Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
City | Brooklyn |
State | NY |
Attendance | 15,000 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Tom Gorman 1B: Dusty Boggess 2B: Bill Engeln 3B: Babe Pinelli |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tom Saffell | Left Fielder |
Dick Cole | Second Baseman |
Jerry Lynch | Right Fielder |
Frank Thomas | Center Fielder |
Dale Long | First Baseman |
Toby Atwell | Catcher |
Dick Groat | Shortstop |
Gene Freese | Third Baseman |
Max Surkont | Pitcher |
Fred Haney | Manager |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Sandy Amoros | Left Fielder |
Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
Jackie Robinson | Third Baseman |
Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
Don Zimmer | Second Baseman |
Rube Walker | Catcher |
Billy Loes | Pitcher |
Walter Alston | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Pirates
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
July 3, 1955
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Saffell vs. Loes
Saffell hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Cole vs. Loes
Cole hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Loes
Lynch hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Loes
Thomas hits a popup towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Surkont
Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Surkont covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Surkont
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Surkont
Snider hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Long vs. Loes
Long strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Atwell vs. Loes
Atwell is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Loes
Groat bunts towards the mound. Loes fields it and throws to first for the out. Atwell moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Freese vs. Loes
Freese strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Surkont
Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Surkont
Hodges hits a fly ball into right field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Surkont
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Surkont
Zimmer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Surkont vs. Loes
Don Hoak now playing third base.
Surkont strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Saffell vs. Loes
Saffell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Cole vs. Loes
Cole hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Surkont
Walker hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Loes vs. Surkont
Loes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Surkont
Amoros hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Surkont
There goes Loes. The throw from Atwell and he is safe. Loes steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Surkont
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Loes moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Snider vs. Surkont
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Loes
Lynch hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Lynch reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Loes
Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Long vs. Loes
Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Long for the out. Lynch moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: --3
Atwell vs. Loes
Atwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Groat vs. Loes
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Surkont
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Surkont
Hodges strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Surkont
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Loes
Freese bunts towards third. Hoak fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Surkont vs. Loes
Surkont bunts, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Saffell vs. Loes
Saffell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Saffell for the out. Freese moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Cole vs. Loes
Cole hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Surkont
Zimmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Surkont
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Loes vs. Surkont
Loes hits a fly ball into right field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lynch vs. Loes
Lynch takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Loes
Thomas bunts towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. Lynch moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Long vs. Loes
Long takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Atwell vs. Loes
Atwell strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Groat vs. Loes
Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Lynch scores. Long moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Freese vs. Loes
Freese strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Surkont
Amoros hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Surkont
Reese bunts towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Cole covering, for the out. Amoros moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Surkont
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Hoak vs. Surkont
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to second for the out. Amoros moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1-3
Hodges vs. Surkont
Hodges hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Surkont
Furillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Zimmer vs. Surkont
There's a wild pitch. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Zimmer vs. Surkont
Zimmer strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Loes
Roberto Clemente pinch hits for Max Surkont.
Clemente takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Saffell vs. Loes
Saffell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Cole vs. Loes
Cole strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Lynch vs. Loes
Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Face
Roy Face now pitching.
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walker for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Newcombe vs. Face
Don Newcombe pinch hits for Billy Loes.
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Newcombe for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Face
Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Amoros for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Labine
Clem Labine now pitching.
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Long vs. Labine
Long takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Atwell vs. Labine
There's a wild pitch. Long moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Atwell vs. Labine
Atwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Groat vs. Labine
Eddie O'Brien pinch runs for Toby Atwell.
Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Zimmer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Face
Hardy Peterson now catching.
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Face
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Face
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Face
There goes Hoak. The throw from Peterson and he is safe. Hoak steals second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Hodges vs. Face
Hodges strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Labine
Jim Gilliam now playing second base. Don Zimmer now playing shortstop.
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Labine fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Labine
Preston Ward pinch hits for Roy Face.
Ward hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Snider. Ward reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Saffell vs. Labine
Saffell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Labine fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Cole vs. Labine
Cole hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ward moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1-3
Lynch vs. Labine
Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lynch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/3/1955, game 2 -- Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (D) Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI Saffell T, lf 5 0 0 0 Amoros S, lf 4 1 1 0 Cole D, 2b 5 0 1 0 Reese P, ss 3 0 1 0 Lynch J, rf 4 1 2 0 Gilliam J, 2b 0 0 0 0 Thomas F, cf 3 0 0 0 Snider D, cf 3 0 0 0 Long D, 1b 2 0 0 0 Robinson J, 3b 1 0 1 0 Atwell T, c 1 0 0 0 Hoak D, 3b 3 1 1 0 O'Brien E, pr 0 0 0 0 Hodges G, 1b 4 1 1 3 Peterson H, c 0 0 0 0 Furillo C, rf 3 0 1 0 Groat D, ss 3 0 1 1 Zimmer D, 2b-ss 3 0 1 0 Freese G, 3b 4 0 1 0 Walker R, c 3 0 1 0 Surkont M, p 2 0 0 0 Loes B, p 2 0 0 0 Clemente R, ph 0 0 0 0 Newcombe D, ph 1 0 0 0 Face R, p 0 0 0 0 Labine C, p 0 0 0 0 Ward P, ph 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 1 6 1 30 3 8 3 Pittsburgh 000 001 000 -- 1 Brooklyn 000 003 00x -- 3 Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO Surkont M (L) 6.0 7 3 3 1 2 Face R 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO Loes B (W) 7.0 4 1 1 4 6 Labine C (S) 2.0 2 0 0 2 1 DP -- Pittsburgh 1, Brooklyn 1 LOB -- Pittsburgh 11, Brooklyn 5 2B -- Lynch J, Ward P HR -- Hodges G SB -- Loes B, Hoak D SH -- Groat D, Thomas F, Reese P HBP -- by Loes B (Atwell T) WP -- Surkont M, Labine C T -- 2:16 A -- 15000
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