Pirates @ Giants
May 8, 1955

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 7 12 2
Giants 5 8 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 7 12 2
Giants 5 8 0

Al Dark Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .280
OBP .500 .352
At Bats 3 82
Hits 1 23
• Singles 0 18
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 1 9
RBI’s 1 9

Roy Face Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Polo Grounds - May 8, 1955
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Out
Roy Face
Jack Shepard
Preston Ward
Gene Freese
George Freese
Dick Groat
Roman Mejias
Tom Saffell
Roberto Clemente
Al Dark
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Dark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Saffell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Freese hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mejias hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Shepard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Hank Thompson now playing third base. Sal Maglie now pitching. Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Katt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Marv Grissom. Rhodes hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Roman Mejias now playing left field. Hank Thompson pinch hits for Billy Gardner. Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out.
Top 8 Saffell strikes out.
Top 8 Groat bunts towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Williams covering, for the out. Clemente moves to second.
Top 8 Clemente takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Face hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ray Katt now catching. Marv Grissom now pitching. Freese hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mays takes first base on ball four. Irvin moves to second.
Bottom 7 Roy Face now pitching. Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dark scores.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Saffell. Dark reaches second base with a double. Katt scores.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Saffell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tom Saffell now playing center field. Preston Ward now playing first base. Ray Katt pinch hits for Al Corwin. Katt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Saffell. Katt reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lynch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Groat scores. Saffell moves to second.
Top 7 Shepard is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Tom Saffell pinch runs for Dick Cole. Frank Thomas pinch hits for Dale Long. Al Corwin now pitching. Preston Ward pinch hits for Frank Thomas. Ward hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dick Cole pinch hits for Felipe Montemayor. Cole bunts towards the mound. McCall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Clemente scores. Groat moves to second.
Top 7 Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clemente moves to third.
Top 7 Mickey Grasso now catching. Clemente hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Clemente reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Foster Castleman pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Castleman strikes out.
Bottom 6 Gardner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Montemayor who is chasing the ball. Gardner reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Montemayor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Littlefield is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Freese is walked intentionally.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Freese moves to second.
Top 6 Freese is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 Lynch strikes out.
Top 6 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Montemayor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Long is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Montemayor takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Windy McCall now pitching. Clemente strikes out.
Bottom 4 Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Hofman strikes out.
Bottom 4 Westrum hits a popup, foul, towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gardner bunts towards the mound. Littlefield fields it and throws to first for the out. Lockman moves to third.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Littlefield fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Littlefield. Lockman moves to second.
Top 4 Littlefield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Freese takes first base on ball four. Freese moves to second.
Top 4 Freese hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lynch hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gardner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Long strikes out.
Top 4 Montemayor hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Montemayor reaches third base with a triple. Groat goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Irvin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mueller scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. Mueller moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Groat. Westrum scores. Williams moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Gomez bunts in front of the plate. Shepard fields it and throws to first for the out. Westrum moves to second.
Bottom 3 Westrum hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Littlefield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Littlefield for the out.
Top 3 Freese hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lockman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mays hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Freese strikes out. There goes Lynch. The throw from Westrum to Dark, and Lynch is out.
Top 2 Lynch hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Montemayor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Littlefield fields it and has Williams trapped. There's the throw to Freese who throws to Groat, who tags Williams for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Montemayor. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Montemayor hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Gomez covering, for the out.
Top 1 Groat hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Clemente hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.