BOXSCORE: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1955 Chicago-NL Cubs 8/11/1955
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 4 0 1 0 .269 B.Avila 2B 2 1 1 0 .273
A.Dark SS 4 0 0 0 .246 F.Fain 1B 3 0 2 1 .250
W.Mays CF 4 1 2 1 .276 E.Mathews 3B 3 0 0 0 .282
W.Cooper C 4 0 1 0 .277 D.Snider CF 4 1 1 1 .316
W.Post RF 4 0 1 0 .273 V.Wertz LF 4 1 2 0 .250
B.Skowron 1B 4 0 0 0 .327 C.Furillo RF 3 0 0 0 .270
H.Lopez 3B 3 1 2 1 .278 E.Banks SS 4 1 2 2 .281
R.Schoendienst 2B 3 0 0 0 .239 B.Sarni C 4 0 0 0 .209
B.Friend P 2 0 0 0 .100 W.Ford P 2 1 0 0 .203
E.Kinder P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-C.Diering PH 0 0 0 0 .176
D.Donovan P 0 0 0 0 .167
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Totals 32 2 7 2 Totals 29 5 8 4
A-Pinch Hit For Kinder In 8th Inning
Pirates......... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1
Cubs............ 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 - 5 8 0
Pirates (69-54) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Friend LOSS(8-9) 6 5 3 2 3 4 2 104 3.31 A1 C7
E.Kinder 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 18 2.93 C8 D3
D.Donovan 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 19 3.67 D4
Totals 8 8 5 4 4 4 2
Cubs (77-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
W.Ford WIN(18-2) 9 7 2 2 1 5 2 121 3.66 A1
Totals 9 7 2 2 1 5 2
ATTENDANCE- 37,887 DATE- Wednesday, August 11th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates: 4 Cubs: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 1 Cubs: 2
ERRORS- A.Dark
DOUBLES- M.Minoso(17th), F.Fain(6th), E.Banks(15th)
HOME RUNS- W.Mays(22nd), H.Lopez(13th), D.Snider(42nd), E.Banks(37th)
RBIs- W.Mays(66th), H.Lopez(50th), F.Fain(15th), D.Snider(122nd),
E.Banks-2(109th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Avila, C.Furillo
WALKS- C.Diering, B.Avila, F.Fain, E.Mathews, W.Ford
STRIKE OUTS- A.Dark-2, W.Cooper, W.Post, B.Friend, B.Avila, E.Mathews, V.Wertz,
C.Furillo
GIDP- B.Skowron-2, C.Furillo
2-out RBI- F.Fain, E.Banks
RLISP 2-out- W.Cooper, V.Wertz, E.Mathews-2, B.Sarni
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 0 for 3 Cubs: 2 for 9
Ernie Banks hit a homerun and had 2 RBI and Whitey Ford allowed Ron Mead to
rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game at Wrigely Field where the
Chicago-NL Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates by the score of 5 to
2.
Ford(18-2) earned his pay with a solid performance for Chicago-NL. He went 9
innings surrendering 7 hits and 1 walk and surrendered 2 'round-trippers'.
Chicago-NL had 8 hits for the afternoon.
Bob Friend(8-9) suffered the loss. Chicago-NL now has a record of a league
leading 77-46. With the loss, the Pittsburgh ballclub's record is 69-54.
SCORESHEET: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1955 Chicago-NL Cubs
M.Minoso-A1 A1:Do B1:G/63 C1:P/6 D1:FO/6
A.Dark-A1 A2:FO/2 B2:K *6*:K D2:G/63
W.Mays-A1 A3:P/6 *4*:Si C3:G/63 *9*:HR>b#
W.Cooper-A1 A4:L/5 B4:P/6 C4:K D4:Si
W.Post-A1 *2*:Si B5:K *7*:L/5 D5:L/6
B.Skowro-A1 A6:G-DP/6 B6:G/63 C6:G/13 D6:G-DP/5
43>1o 43>1o
H.Lopez-A1 A7:Si *5*:HR>b# C7:P/6
R.Schoen-A1 A8:F/7 B8:G/63 *8*:G/53
B.Friend-A1 *3*:K B9:G/31 C9:W>b1
E.Kinder-C8
C.Dierin-C9+
B.Avila-A1 A1:Si B1:K C1:Sac/54 D1:W>b1
>12
F.Fain-A1 A2:W>12 b B2:G/43 C2:Si+E/6 D2:Do>1#
1 >2#
E.Mathew-A1 A3:K *4*:W>b1 C3:G/3 D3:F/8
D.Snider-A1 A4:Force/ B4:F/7 *6*:HR>b# *8*:G/63
36>23 1o
b1
V.Wertz-A1 A5:K B5:Si>12 C5:L/3 D5:Si
C.Furill-A1 *2*:K B6:G-DP/6 C6:G/63 D6:Sac/54
43>1o >12
E.Banks-A1 A7:P/2 *5*:HR>b# C7:F/8 D7:Do>2#
B.Sarni-A1 A8:G/13 B8:G/43 *7*:G/63 D8:L/5
W.Ford-A1 *3*:P/4 B9:W>b1 C9:L/4