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Pirates 4 @ Cubs 5
Wrigley Field
August 3, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on August 3, 1955 at Wrigley Field. The home team Cubs beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 3, 1955 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 4 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 4
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 5 H: 14 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 5
Hits: 14
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherHarry Perkowski  
Losing PitcherVern Law  
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Game Winning RBIHarry Chiti 

Game Info

DateAugust 3, 1955 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamChicago Cubs 
Visiting Starting PitcherRon Kline  
Home Starting PitcherSam Jones  
BallparkWrigley Field 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance8,805 
Time of Game3 hours 17 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Augie Donatelli
1B: Jocko Conlan
2B: Hal Dixon
3B: Artie Gore

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

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

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dee Fondy  First Baseman 
Gene Baker  Second Baseman 
Frank Baumholtz  Left Fielder 
Ernie Banks  Shortstop 
Jim King  Right Fielder 
Randy Jackson  Third Baseman 
Eddie Miksis  Center Fielder 
Harry Chiti  Catcher 
Sam Jones  Pitcher 
Stan Hack  Manager 

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Pirates 4 @ Cubs 5
Wrigley Field
August 3, 1955

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         Game of 8/3/1955, game 2 -- Pittsburgh at Chicago (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Saffell T, cf         4  0  0  1   Fondy D, 1b           5  0  3  0   
Clemente R, ph-cf-rf  2  0  1  0   Baker G, 2b           5  1  1  0   
Freese G, 3b          5  1  1  0   Baumholtz F, lf       5  0  0  0   
Lynch J, rf           4  1  0  0   Banks E, ss           6  1  2  0   
Hall D, ph-cf         1  0  0  0   King J, rf            5  2  4  2   
Long D, 1b            3  1  2  1   Jackson R, 3b         2  1  1  1   
O'Brien E, pr         0  0  0  0   Miksis E, cf          5  0  1  0   
Law V, p              2  0  0  0   Chiti H, c            6  0  1  1   
Atwell T, c           2  0  1  0   Jones S, p            2  0  1  1   
Shepard J, ph-c       3  0  1  1   Perkowski H, p        3  0  0  0   
Thomas F, lf          6  0  1  0                                      
O'Brien J, 2b         5  0  2  1                                      
Groat D, ss           5  1  1  0                                      
Kline R, p            1  0  0  0                                      
Friend B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Ward P, ph-1b         2  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45  4 10  4                        44  5 14  5

Pittsburgh       010 000 300 000 --  4
Chicago          022 000 000 001 --  5
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kline R               2.1  7  4  4  2  0
Friend B              3.2  0  0  0  1  1
Law V (L)             5.2  7  1  1  4  1

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Jones S               6.2  6  4  4  4  4
Perkowski H (W)       5.1  4  0  0  1  1

DP -- Pittsburgh 2, Chicago 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 11, Chicago 13
2B -- Fondy D, King J 2, Atwell T, Groat D, O'Brien J
3B -- King J, Jackson R
SH -- Baumholtz F, Jackson R
HBP -- by Jones S (Freese G)
WP -- Law V
PB -- Shepard J
T -- 3:17
A -- 8805

    

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