BOXSCORE: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1955 Washington Nationals 5/1/1955 Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Nationals AB R H RBI AVG B.Kennedy LF 5 0 0 0 .277 A.Smith RF 3 1 1 0 .286 B.Hofman 2B 4 0 1 0 .263 H.Kuenn SS 4 0 1 0 .284 B-R.Schoendienst 2B 1 0 0 0 .241 R.Boone 3B 4 2 1 0 .297 W.Mays CF 5 2 2 0 .274 R.Campanella C 4 1 2 1 .318 Y.Berra C 5 0 3 2 .262 G.Bell CF 5 0 1 2 .273 W.Post RF 5 0 1 0 .293 J.Adcock 1B 4 0 0 0 .290 M.Vernon 1B 4 0 0 0 .369 R.Sievers LF 2 0 0 0 .191 H.Lopez 3B 4 1 1 0 .276 W.Terwilliger 2B 2 0 0 0 .250 A.Dark SS 3 0 1 0 .205 D-J.King PH 1 0 1 1 .333 A-C.Carrasquel SS 1 0 0 0 .389 E-F.Hatfield 2B 0 0 0 0 .333 H.Score P 2 0 1 1 .071 D.Newcombe P 4 0 0 0 .333 C-B.Skowron PH 1 0 1 0 .250 C.Erskine P 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Konstanty P 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 40 3 11 3 Totals 33 4 7 4 A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Dark In 7th Inning B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Hofman In 8th Inning C-Pinch Hit For Score In 9th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Terwilliger In 9th Inning E-Subbed Defensively (2B) For King In 10th Inning Pirates......... 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 11 0 Nationals....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 - 4 7 1 Pirates (22-12) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET H.Score 8 4 1 1 4 8 0 108 3.06 A1 D3 J.Konstanty L(1-1)B(2nd) 1 2/3 3 3 3 2 0 0 39 1.80 D4 Totals 9 2/3 7 4 4 6 8 0 Nationals (19-23) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Newcombe 9 9 2 2 1 7 0 130 3.30 A1 E1 C.Erskine WIN(2-1) 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 15 6.19 E2 Totals 10 11 3 3 1 7 0 ATTENDANCE- 18,347 DATE- Saturday, May 1st 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average T- 2:29 LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 9 Nationals: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Nationals: 1 ERRORS- W.Terwilliger DOUBLES- W.Mays(4th), R.Boone(1st), G.Bell(3rd) TRIPLES- W.Mays(4th) RBIs- Y.Berra-2(21st), H.Score, R.Campanella(39th), G.Bell-2(23rd), J.King(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- H.Score WALKS- M.Vernon, H.Kuenn, R.Boone, R.Campanella, R.Sievers-2, W.Terwilliger HIT BY PITCH- A.Smith-2 STRIKE OUTS- B.Hofman, W.Mays, W.Post-2, M.Vernon, C.Carrasquel, H.Score, A.Smith, H.Kuenn, R.Boone, G.Bell, J.Adcock, W.Terwilliger, D.Newcombe-2 GIDP- W.Mays, R.Boone, J.Adcock WILD PITCHES- C.Erskine 2-out RBI- Y.Berra, R.Campanella, J.King, G.Bell-2 RLISP 2-out- B.Hofman, H.Score, M.Vernon-3, D.Newcombe-2 TEAM RISP- Pirates: 2 for 11 Nationals: 3 for 5 One run was the difference at Griffith Stadium as the Washington Nationals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in 10 innings 4 to 3. The score was tied at 2 after nine. Washington came out the victor in the 10th inning. Al Smith led off and got things going when he was hit by a pitch. After an out was recorded, Ray Boone stepped up to the plate and he drew a walk. One out later, Gus Bell then doubled giving Washington the win much to the delight of the home town crowd. Washington won despite being out-hit by Pittsburgh 11 hits to 7. Carl Erskine(2-1) was the winner allowing 1 run in 1 inning. Jim Konstanty(1-1) was tagged with the loss in relief. He allowed 3 runs and 3 hits in 1 and 2/3 innings. SCORESHEET: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1955 Washington Nationals B.Kenned-A1 A1:G/63 B1:G/63 *6*:F/8 D1:L/5 E1:Force/ 54>1o b1 B.Hofman-A1 A2:E/4 B2:F/7 C2:K *8*:Si *10*:G/31 R.Schoen-D7 W.Mays-A1 A3:G-DP/5 *4*:G/43 C3:Do D3:K E3:Tr 43>1o Y.Berra-A1 *2*:G/31 B4:G/13 C4:Si>2# D4:Si>12 E4:Si>3# W.Post-A1 A5:F/9 B5:K C5:Si>12 D5:K E5:WP>12 F/8 M.Vernon-A1 A6:G/43 *5*:W>b1 C6:F/9 D6:K E6:L/4 H.Lopez-A1 *3*:Si B7:G/43>1 *7*:G/23 *9*:F/9 2 A.Dark-A1 A8:Si>13 B8:P/4 C8:G/63 D8:K C.Carras-D2 H.Score-A1 A9:Sac/14 B9:K C9:Si D9:Si B.Skowro-D9 >3# 12 J.Konsta-E2 A.Smith-A1 A1:Si B1:HBP *6*:G/63 *8*:K *10*:HBP H.Kuenn-A1 A2:F/7 B2:K C2:W>b1 D2:Si E2:P/4 R.Boone-A1 A3:F/7 B3:K C3:Do>1o D3:G-DP/5 E3:W>12 b 43>1o 1 R.Campan-A1 A4:F/8 *4*:W>b1 C4:Si>3# *9*:Si E4:F/7 G.Bell-A1 *2*:K B5:Force/ C5:G/13 D5:F/9 E5:Do>2# 14>1o b1 1# J.Adcock-A1 A6:K B6:G-DP/5 *7*:L/4 D6:G/43>1 43>1o 2 R.Siever-A1 A7:W>b1 *5*:G/43 C7:P/6 D7:IW>b1 W.Terwil-A1 A8:G/53 B8:K C8:W>b1 D8:Si>2# J.King-D8 13 F.Hatfie-E1 D.Newcom-A1 *3*:K B9:K C9:G/43 D9:F/9 C.Erskin-E1