BOXSCORE: 1955 New York-AL Yankees At 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates 7/27/1955
Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Pirates AB R H RBI AVG
R.Ashburn CF 4 2 2 0 .317 M.Minoso LF 4 0 1 1 .246
E.Yost 3B 4 0 2 0 .188 R.Schoendienst 2B 4 0 1 0 .221
E-H.Thompson PH,3B 1 1 1 2 .220 I-B.Kennedy PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .238
H.Aaron RF 4 1 2 2 .281 W.Mays CF 5 0 1 0 .274
B.Nieman LF 4 0 1 0 .257 Y.Berra C 3 2 0 0 .238
F-G.Woodling LF 0 0 0 0 .295 W.Post RF 4 2 2 2 .254
A.Rosen 1B 3 0 1 0 .183 M.Vernon 1B 4 1 2 2 .317
H.Chiti C 4 0 0 0 .211 H.Lopez 3B,2B 3 0 1 0 .257
G-S.White C 1 0 1 0 .379 B.Klaus SS 3 1 1 0 .351
D.Zimmer 2B 3 0 0 0 .209 B-C.Carrasquel SS 1 0 0 0 .250
C-B.Goodman PH,2B 2 0 0 0 .280 H.Score P 1 0 1 0 .171
W.Miranda SS 5 0 2 0 .254 A-B.Hofman PH 1 0 0 0 .403
J.Wilson P 3 0 0 0 .060 D.Donovan P 0 0 0 0 .222
D-S.Burgess PH 1 1 0 0 .298 H-B.Skowron PH 1 0 0 0 .330
D.Hall P 0 0 0 0 .286 E.Kinder P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Meyer P 0 0 0 0 .091
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Totals 39 5 12 4 Totals 35 6 10 5
A-Pinch Hit For Score In 6th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Klaus In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Zimmer In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Yost In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Nieman In 8th Inning
G-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Chiti In 8th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Donovan In 8th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Schoendienst In 8th Inning
Yankees......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 - 5 12 1
Pirates......... 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 - 6 10 2
Yankees (42-48) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
J.Wilson 7 8 3 3 2 3 1 116 3.87 A1 D4
D.Hall 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 15 3.24 D5 D7
J.Meyer LOSS(5-6) BS(7th) 1 1/3 1 2 2 2 2 1 27 5.36 D8
Totals 8 1/3 10 6 5 5 5 2
Pirates (44-34) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
H.Score 6 5 1 0 5 11 0 118 2.88 A1 D1
D.Donovan BS(2nd) 2 6 4 4 0 1 1 49 3.96 D2 E4
E.Kinder WIN(2-1) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16 3.26 E5
Totals 9 12 5 4 5 13 1
ATTENDANCE- 29,481 DATE- Tuesday, July 27th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:25
LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:12 Pirates:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 0 Pirates: 0
ERRORS- H.Aaron, W.Mays, H.Score
DOUBLES- R.Ashburn(24th), S.White(3rd)
HOME RUNS- H.Aaron(15th), W.Post(12th), M.Vernon(12th)
RBIs- H.Thompson-2(40th), H.Aaron-2(72nd), M.Minoso(22nd), W.Post-2(43rd),
M.Vernon-2(41st)
STOLEN BASES- M.Minoso(9th)
SACRIFICE HITS- H.Score
WALKS- R.Ashburn, H.Aaron, B.Nieman, A.Rosen-2, M.Minoso, Y.Berra-2, W.Post,
H.Lopez
STRIKE OUTS- E.Yost, H.Aaron-2, B.Nieman, H.Chiti-3, D.Zimmer-2, W.Miranda-2,
J.Wilson-2, M.Minoso, R.Schoendienst, W.Mays, C.Carrasquel,
B.Skowron
WILD PITCHES- J.Wilson
2-out RBI- H.Thompson-2, H.Aaron
RLISP 2-out- H.Chiti-2, E.Yost, D.Zimmer-3, W.Mays, Y.Berra, B.Hofman, B.Nieman,
B.Kennedy-2, W.Miranda
TEAM RISP- Yankees: 3 for 14 Pirates: 2 for 10
Wally Post cracked a homer and had 2 RBI and Herb Score struck out 11 batters
at Forbes Field as the Pittsburgh Pirates won in dramatic fashion coming back
to beat the New York-AL Yankees by the count of 6 to 5.
Pittsburgh won the game with a rally in the bottom of the 9th inning scoring 2
runs. After an out was recorded, Yogi Berra started the rally when he drew a
walk. Post next to the plate and he smashed a two-run homer making
Pittsburgh the winners and sending the 29,481 fans home happy. Pittsburgh
managed 10 hits in their victory.
Ellis Kinder(2-1) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1 inning. Jack
Meyer(5-6) took the loss in relief. 'What a game!,' Kinder said afterward.
'When we won it I almost couldn't believe it!'
SCORESHEET: 1955 New York-AL Yankees at 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates
R.Ashbur-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:Si>12 C1:F/9 D1:G/43 E1:Do>13
E.Yost-A1 A2:Si>12 B2:F/7 *5*:Si *7*:K E2:Si>3#
H.Thomps-E2 2#
H.Aaron-A1 A3:K *3*:W>b1 C3:K D3:HR>b# E3:Si+E/8
>2#
B.Nieman-A1 A4:K B4:F/8 C4:W>12 b D4:Si E4:G/63
G.Woodli-E5 1
A.Rosen-A1 A5:Si+E/1 B5:W>12 b C5:W>23 1 D5:Force/ *9*:G/23
>2# 13 1 2 b1 54>1o b1
H.Chiti-A1 A6:K B6:K C6:K D6:P/6 E6:Do
S.White-E5
D.Zimmer-A1 *2*:K B7:K C7:G/63 *8*:L/4 E7:P/2
B.Goodma-D7
W.Mirand-A1 A8:Si *4*:G/53 *6*:K D8:Si E8:K
J.Wilson-A1 A9:K B9:F/7 C9:K D9:Force/
S.Burges-D9 36>1o b1
D.Hall-E5+
M.Minoso-A1 A1:K B1:Si>3# C1:L/6 *7*:G/53 E1:W>12 b
1
R.Schoen-A1 A2:G/63 B2:SB>12 C2:K D2:Si E2:G/63
B.Kenned-E2 G/43>23
W.Mays-A1 A3:G/53 B3:G/63 C3:Si>12 D3:K *9*:G/43
Y.Berra-A1 *2*:G/43 *4*:W>b1 C4:F/8 D4:P/3 E4:W>b1
W.Post-A1 A5:G/53 B5:F/8>12 *6*:W>b1 *8*:Si E5:HR>1#
b#
M.Vernon-A1 A6:Si B6:HR>2# C6:P/4 D6:E/9>1#
b# b3
H.Lopez-A1 A7:G/43 B7:G/63 C7:Si>13 D7:W>b1
B.Klaus-A1 *3*:Si B8:G/43 C8:P/4 D8:K
C.Carras-D1
H.Score-A1 A9:WP>12 *5*:Si C9:F/8 D9:K
B.Hofman-C9 Sac/24>23
D.Donova-D1+