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