Pirates @ Braves
August 7, 1955

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 3 7 2
Braves 6 7 2
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 3 7 2
Braves 6 7 2

Dick Groat Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .262
OBP .333 .306
At Bats 3 309
Hits 1 81
• Singles 0 63
• Doubles 1 15
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 27

Ernie Johnson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 2
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County Stadium - August 7, 1955
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Out
Ernie Johnson
Del Rice
George Crowe
Hank Aaron
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Bobby Thomson
Bill Bruton
Andy Pafko
Dick Groat
Jerry Lynch
Toby Atwell
Frank Thomas

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 7 2 5
Milwaukee Braves 6 7 2 3
Winning Pitcher Chet Nichols
Losing Pitcher Vern Law
Save Ernie Johnson
Game Winning RBI George Crowe
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 8 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Johnny O'Brien. Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe juggles the ball. That's an error on Crowe. Thomas moves to third. Atwell moves to second.
Top 9 Long hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Aaron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Atwell takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Top 9 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Laurin Pepper now pitching. Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Crowe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Aaron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donoso fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Lino Donoso now pitching. Logan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Freese hits a popup towards the mound. Johnson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Preston Ward pinch hits for Max Surkont. Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aaron scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Surkont covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 That's a pickoff.
Bottom 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long juggles the ball. That's an error on Long.
Bottom 7 Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Toby Atwell now catching. Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Toby Atwell pinch hits for Jack Shepard. Atwell strikes out.
Top 6 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Thomas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. There goes Clemente trying to get to home. Thomson throws the ball in to Rice who tags Clemente, who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 6 Clemente hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Clemente reaches second base with a double. Freese scores.
Top 6 Freese hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Freese reaches third base with a triple. Groat scores. O'Brien scores.
Top 6 O'Brien hits a fly ball towards center. Bruton settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Bruton. Groat moves to third. O'Brien moves to second.
Top 6 Surkont hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Groat hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Groat reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mathews hits a popup towards first. Long reaches out to catch the ball, and throws to second to catch Logan attempting to get to second, for the double play.
Bottom 5 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aaron fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Shepard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nichols hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long juggles the ball. That's an error on Long.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Freese hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Surkont hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Logan. The throw from Shepard to Groat and they have Logan trapped. The throw over to Long, who applies the tag for the out.
Bottom 2 Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 2 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Bruton hits a popup in front of the plate. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Aaron fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Shepard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Max Surkont now pitching. Nichols hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rice hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Crowe scores. Pafko moves to second.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Crowe moves to third.
Bottom 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. O'Brien settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mathews tags and scores. Aaron tags and moves to third.
Bottom 1 Crowe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Logan scores. Mathews moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 1 Aaron is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of O'Brien. Mathews reaches second base with a double. Logan moves to third.
Bottom 1 Logan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Clemente hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Aaron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.