BOXSCORE: 1955 Washington Nationals At 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates       6/2/1955

  Nationals          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Pirates            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Smith RF          4  1  3  0 .285     C.Diering LF        4  0  1  1 .209  
  H.Kuenn SS          3  0  0  0 .279     B.Klaus SS          4  1  3  0 .359  
  R.Boone 3B          4  0  1  0 .233     J.Harshman P        0  0  0  0 .143  
  R.Campanella C      3  0  1  1 .302     W.Mays CF           4  1  1  2 .266  
  G.Bell CF           4  0  1  0 .293     Y.Berra C           4  0  1  0 .234  
  J.Adcock 1B         4  1  1  1 .292     W.Post RF           4  0  0  0 .266  
  R.Sievers LF        2  0  1  0 .189     B.Skowron 1B        3  1  1  0 .301  
  W.Terwilliger 2B    4  0  0  0 .261     H.Lopez 3B          3  1  2  0 .281  
  W.Spahn P           3  0  0  0 .250     R.Schoendienst 2B   4  1  1  1 .220  
                                          B.Pierce P          1  0  0  1 .200  
                                        A-A.Dark PH           1  0  0  0 .212  
                                        B-C.Carrasquel SS     0  0  0  0 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  2  8  2                 Totals      32  5 10  5

A-Pinch Hit For Pierce In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Dark In 7th Inning

Nationals....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 1 0  -  2  8  1
Pirates......... 0 3 0  0 2 0  0 0    -  5 10  0

Nationals (26-29)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
W.Spahn LOSS(6-6)         8      10   5   5   1   4   1 123   4.74  A1
Totals                    8      10   5   5   1   4   1

Pirates (36-23)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
B.Pierce WIN(8-1)         6       5   0   0   2   5   0  74   1.82  A1 C5
J.Harshman SAVE(3rd)      3       3   2   2   1   4   1  42   3.06  C6
Totals                    9       8   2   2   3   9   1

ATTENDANCE- 9,261 DATE- Wednesday, June 2nd 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 2:27
LEFT ON BASE- Nationals: 6  Pirates: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Nationals: 2  Pirates: 3
ERRORS- R.Boone
DOUBLES- R.Sievers(5th), Y.Berra(7th), R.Schoendienst(4th)
HOME RUNS- J.Adcock(6th), W.Mays(10th)
RBIs- R.Campanella(44th), J.Adcock(15th), C.Diering(4th), W.Mays-2(25th),
      R.Schoendienst(15th), B.Pierce
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Pierce
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Campanella
WALKS- H.Kuenn, R.Sievers-2, H.Lopez
HIT BY PITCH- B.Skowron
STRIKE OUTS- H.Kuenn, R.Boone-2, G.Bell, J.Adcock, W.Terwilliger-4, W.Mays,
             W.Post, R.Schoendienst, B.Pierce
GIDP- H.Kuenn, R.Boone, H.Lopez, R.Schoendienst
2-out RBI- C.Diering
RLISP 2-out- W.Terwilliger-2, W.Mays-2, B.Klaus
TEAM RISP- Nationals: 0 for 1  Pirates: 2 for 7

In a good matchup it was the Pittsburgh Pirates 5, the Washington Nationals 2
at Forbes Field.

Billy Pierce(8-1) pitched a solid game.  He went 6 innings allowing 5 hits and
2 walks.  Pittsburgh finished with 10 hits in the victory.  

Jack Harshman preserved the game for Pierce, recording his his 3rd save.
Warren Spahn(6-6) was charged with the loss.  He gave up 10 hits and 1 walk
in 8 innings.

SCORESHEET: 1955 Washington Nationals at 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates
A.Smith-A1   A1:Si      B1:Si      C1:G/63    *8*:Si
                                              
                                              
H.Kuenn-A1   A2:F/8     B2:G-DP/6  *6*:W>b1   D2:K
                        43>1o                 
                                              
R.Boone-A1   A3:G-DP/1  *4*:K      C3:K       D3:Si>13
             63>1o                            
                                              
R.Campan-A1  *2*:Si     B4:G/63    C4:F/9     D4:SF-DP/
                                              834>3# 1o
                                              
G.Bell-A1    A5:F/8     B5:Si      C5:K       *9*:F/8
                                              
                                              
J.Adcock-A1  A6:F/9     B6:P/6     *7*:HR>b#  D6:K
                                              
                                              
R.Siever-A1  A7:Do>13   *5*:W>b1   C7:F/9     D7:W>b1
                                              
                                              
W.Terwil-A1  A8:K       B8:K       C8:K       D8:K
                                              
                                              
W.Spahn-A1   *3*:G/31   B9:F/9     C9:G/43
                                   
                                   

C.Dierin-A1  A1:G/53    B1:Si>3#   C1:P/6     D1:L/5
                                              
                                              
B.Klaus-A1   A2:Si      B2:Si>13   *5*:Si     D2:G/31
J.Harshm-D3                                   
                                              
W.Mays-A1    A3:F/8     B3:F/9     C3:HR>1#   *7*:K
                                   b#         
                                              
Y.Berra-A1   A4:G/63    *3*:Do     C4:P/3     D4:P/6
                                              
                                              
W.Post-A1    *2*:G/3    B5:F/7     C5:F/7     D5:K
                                              
                                              
B.Skowro-A1  A6:Si      B6:HBP     C6:F/7     *8*:G/53
                                              
                                              
H.Lopez-A1   A7:W>12 b  B7:G-DP/6  *6*:Si     D7:Si
             1          43>1o                 
                                              
R.Schoen-A1  A8:Do>2#   *4*:K      C8:F/8     D8:G-DP/6
             13                               43>1o
                                              
B.Pierce-A1  A9:Sac/14  B9:K       C9:E/5>12
A.Dark-C9    >3# 23                
C.Carras-D3