BOXSCORE: 1955 Cincinnati Reds At 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates 5/19/1955
Reds AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
N.Fox 2B 5 2 4 1 .286 D.Mueller LF 5 2 3 0 .366
P.Reese SS 3 0 0 0 .306 J.Harshman P 0 0 0 0 .000
T.Kluszewski 1B 4 1 1 0 .291 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 1 1 1 .236
L.Doby CF 2 2 0 0 .345 W.Mays CF 4 1 2 1 .266
B.Virdon RF,LF 4 1 2 5 .344 Y.Berra C 5 2 2 2 .254
G-E.Valo PH 1 0 0 0 .256 W.Post RF 5 2 3 3 .308
J.Rivera LF,RF 3 0 0 0 .274 M.Vernon 1B 5 1 2 1 .394
D-B.Morgan PH 1 0 0 0 .212 B.Kennedy 3B 4 1 0 0 .293
E-H.Bauer RF 0 0 0 0 .232 B.Klaus SS 3 0 1 1 .323
D.Crandall C 3 0 0 0 .224 C-C.Diering LF 1 0 0 0 .091
G.McDougald 3B 4 0 1 0 .265 B.Turley P 3 0 1 0 .167
B.Porterfield P 0 0 0 0 .250 B-C.Carrasquel PH,SS 2 1 1 1 .412
A-E.Slaughter PH 1 0 0 0 .170
W.Schmidt P 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Nuxhall P 1 0 0 0 .192
R.Crone P 0 0 0 0 .667
F-J.Phillips PH 1 1 1 0 .286
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Totals 34 7 9 6 Totals 41 11 16 10
A-Pinch Hit For Porterfield In 2nd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Turley In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Klaus In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Rivera In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Morgan In 8th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Crone In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Virdon In 9th Inning
Reds............ 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 7 9 3
Pirates......... 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 - 11 16 1
Reds (23-24) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Porterfiel 1 7 5 4 0 0 0 36 4.81 A1 B2
W.Schmidt LOSS(5-2) 2 1/3 1 2 2 2 1 0 31 2.64 B3 C3
J.Nuxhall BS(1st) 3 1/3 6 3 1 0 1 1 49 4.58 C4 E2
R.Crone 1 1/3 2 1 1 1 1 1 25 4.82 E3
Totals 8 16 11 8 3 3 2
Pirates (20-11) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Turley WIN(4-2) 7 6 6 5 4 7 0 119 3.46 A1 D4
J.Harshman 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 38 3.51 D5
Totals 9 9 7 6 5 9 0
ATTENDANCE- 19,698 DATE- Wednesday, May 19th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 3:01
LEFT ON BASE- Reds: 7 Pirates:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Reds: 0 Pirates: 0
ERRORS- P.Reese, B.Virdon, G.McDougald, B.Turley
DOUBLES- B.Virdon-2(9th), J.Phillips(3rd), Y.Berra(5th)
TRIPLES- W.Mays(2nd), W.Post(1st)
HOME RUNS- Y.Berra(7th), W.Post(7th)
RBIs- N.Fox(7th), B.Virdon-5(25th), R.Schoendienst(9th), W.Mays(16th),
Y.Berra-2(19th), W.Post-3(20th), M.Vernon(24th), B.Klaus(4th),
C.Carrasquel(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Reese-2, W.Mays
WALKS- T.Kluszewski, L.Doby-3, D.Crandall, R.Schoendienst, B.Kennedy, B.Klaus
STRIKE OUTS- T.Kluszewski, B.Virdon, J.Rivera, B.Morgan, D.Crandall,
G.McDougald-2, W.Schmidt, J.Nuxhall, W.Post, B.Klaus, C.Diering
2-out RBI- B.Virdon-5, B.Klaus, W.Post-3, C.Carrasquel, R.Schoendienst
RLISP 2-out- G.McDougald, R.Schoendienst-2, W.Post, L.Doby, W.Mays,
C.Carrasquel, E.Valo-2
TEAM RISP- Reds: 3 for 9 Pirates: 9 for 20
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Red Schoendienst robbed Larry Doby of a base hit.
Right fielder Wally Post went yard and had 3 RBI as the Pittsburgh Pirates
defeated the Cincinnati Reds by a score of 11 to 7 at Forbes Field.
Post had a big day at the plate. He banged out a single in the 1st inning,
launched a three-run homer in the 4th inning and tripled in the 8th inning.
Pittsburgh had 16 hits for the afternoon while Cincinnati had 9.
The victory was credited to Bob Turley(4-2) who went 7 innings, allowing 6
runs. Willard Schmidt(5-2) was the loser in relief. He surrendered 1 hit and
2 walks in 2 and 1/3 innings.
Pittsburgh now has a record of a league leading 20-11. With the loss, the
Cincinnati ballclub's record is 23-24.
SCORESHEET: 1955 Cincinnati Reds at 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates
N.Fox-A1 A1:Si B1:Si C1:G/43 *7*:Si E1:Si>2#
P.Reese-A1 A2:Sac/34 B2:G/43>1 C2:F/8 D2:Sac/54 E2:F/9
>12 2 >12
T.Klusze-A1 A3:F/8 B3:W>b1 *5*:K D3:F/9 E3:Si>12
L.Doby-A1 A4:W>b1 B4:W>23 1 C4:F/8 D4:G/43 E4:W>23 1
2 b1 2 b1
B.Virdon-A1 A5:Do>2# B5:Do>3# C5:F/8 *8*:K E5:F/8
E.Valo-E5 1# 2# 1#
J.Rivera-A1 A6:E/1>3# *3*:K *6*:FO/2 D6:K
B.Morgan-D6
H.Bauer-D8
D.Cranda-A1 A7:W>12 b B7:F/7 C7:K D7:L/6
1
G.McDoug-A1 A8:K B8:K C8:Si *9*:G/43
B.Porter-A1 *2*:G/43 *4*:K C9:K D9:Do
E.Slaugh-A9
W.Schmid-B6+
D.Muelle-A1 A1:Si B1:E/5>3# *4*:Si D1:L/4 E1:Si>12
J.Harshm-E4 23 12
R.Schoen-A1 A2:G/43>1 B2:G/31 C2:W>12 b *6*:G/43 E2:Si>2#
2 1 12
W.Mays-A1 A3:Tr>2# *2*:F/7 C3:Sac/54 D3:Si+E/6 E3:F/7
>23 12
Y.Berra-A1 A4:Do>3# B4:FO/2 C4:G/13 D4:F/8 *8*:HR>b#
W.Post-A1 A5:Si>23 B5:K C5:HR>3# D5:G/43 E5:Tr
2# b#
M.Vernon-A1 A6:Si>3# *3*:F/7 C6:Si *7*:G/13 E6:F/9
13
B.Kenned-A1 A7:L/5 B7:L/5 C7:L/5 D7:E/7>b2 E7:W>b1
B.Klaus-A1 A8:Si>3# B8:W>b1 *5*:K D8:G/43>2 E8:K
C.Dierin-E4 12 3
B.Turley-A1 A9:Si>23 B9:G/53 C9:FO/5 D9:Si>3# E9:FO/2
C.Carras-D9 12