BOXSCORE: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates At 1955 Chicago-NL Cubs 8/12/1955
Pirates AB R H RBI AVG Cubs AB R H RBI AVG
M.Minoso LF 7 1 0 0 .265 B.Avila 2B 7 1 1 3 .271
C.Carrasquel SS 7 1 1 0 .233 F.Fain 1B 6 3 3 0 .258
W.Mays CF 5 2 1 1 .275 E.Mathews 3B 5 2 1 2 .281
Y.Berra C 6 2 2 2 .236 D.Snider CF 6 0 2 3 .317
W.Post RF 7 0 3 0 .275 V.Wertz LF 3 0 0 0 .241
B.Skowron 1B 6 1 4 0 .337 D-C.Abrams LF 2 0 1 0 .250
D.Donovan P 1 0 0 0 .154 C.Furillo RF 5 0 1 0 .269
H.Lopez 3B 7 0 1 1 .276 E.Banks SS 6 1 2 0 .282
R.Schoendienst 2B 7 0 3 0 .243 B.Sarni C 2 0 0 0 .204
B.Pierce P 2 0 0 0 .180 B-P.Rizzuto PH 1 0 0 0 .231
A-B.Klaus PH 1 0 0 0 .327 E-S.Lopata C 2 0 0 0 .309
J.Harshman P 0 0 0 0 .053 B.Wight P 2 0 0 0 .000
J.Konstanty P 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Howell P 0 0 0 0 .400
F-M.Vernon 1B 0 0 0 0 .294 C-E.Robinson PH 0 1 0 0 .196
B.Miller P 1 0 0 0 .083
G-J.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .293
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Totals 56 7 15 4 Totals 49 8 11 8
A-Pinch Hit For Pierce In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sarni In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Howell In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Wertz In 10th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Rizzuto In 10th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Konstanty In 11th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Miller In 14th Inning
Pirates......... 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 7 15 0
Cubs............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 - 8 11 2
Pirates (69-55) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Pierce 7 4 2 2 2 6 1 103 2.38 A1 C8
J.Harshman HOLD(7th) 1 2 2 2 1 3 0 22 4.67 C9 D5
J.Konstanty BS(9th) 2 3 3 3 3 0 1 48 3.12 D6 E8
D.Donovan LOSS(4-3) 3 2/3 2 1 1 2 1 0 55 3.62 E9
Totals 13 2/3 11 8 8 8 10 2
Cubs (78-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Wight 8 9 5 3 3 7 1 139 4.50 A1 E1
D.Howell 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 22 3.99 E2 E7
B.Miller WIN(2-8) 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 66 2.83 E8
Totals 14 15 7 5 4 9 2
ATTENDANCE- 20,478 DATE- Thursday, August 12th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:36
LEFT ON BASE- Pirates:13 Cubs: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pirates: 2 Cubs: 1
ERRORS- B.Avila, E.Mathews
DOUBLES- B.Skowron(10th), D.Snider-2(33rd)
HOME RUNS- W.Mays(23rd), Y.Berra(20th), B.Avila(2nd), E.Mathews(27th)
RBIs- W.Mays(67th), Y.Berra-2(68th), H.Lopez(51st), B.Avila-3(36th),
E.Mathews-2(73rd), D.Snider-3(125th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Pierce, J.Konstanty, B.Wight
WALKS- W.Mays-2, Y.Berra, M.Vernon, F.Fain, E.Mathews-2, D.Snider, V.Wertz,
C.Furillo, B.Sarni, E.Robinson
STRIKE OUTS- M.Minoso-2, C.Carrasquel, W.Post-2, D.Donovan, B.Pierce-2, B.Klaus,
B.Avila-2, E.Mathews-2, D.Snider-2, V.Wertz, E.Banks, S.Lopata,
B.Wight
GIDP- H.Lopez, C.Abrams, E.Banks
WILD PITCHES- B.Wight
PASSED BALLS- B.Sarni
2-out RBI- W.Mays, D.Snider-3, B.Avila-3
RLISP 2-out- B.Pierce, B.Avila-2, B.Skowron, M.Minoso-2, W.Post, V.Wertz,
H.Lopez, C.Carrasquel, S.Lopata
TEAM RISP- Pirates: 2 for 13 Cubs: 3 for 7
WEB GEMS- Top 9th: Dixie Howell robbed Willie Mays of a base hit.
Duke Snider hit 2 doubles and had 3 RBI as the Chicago-NL Cubs defeated the
Pittsburgh Pirates in 14 innings by the score of 8 to 7 at Wrigely
Field.
Both teams were tied at 7 runs apiece after nine innings. Finally, Chicago-NL
prevailed in the 14th inning. After two outs Ferris Fain singled. Eddie
Mathews next to the plate and he drew a walk. Snider then doubled resulting
in a mighty exciting win for Chicago-NL and the 20,478 home town fans in
attendance. Pittsburgh had 15 hits in the game while Chicago-NL had 11, but
Chicago-NL had the more timely hits.
The win was credited to Bob Miller(2-8) who went 5 innings allowing no runs.
Dick Donovan(4-3) was the losing pitcher in relief.
SCORESHEET: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1955 Chicago-NL Cubs
M.Minoso-A1 A1:F/8 *3*:K C1:F/9 D1:E/5 E1:WP>3# F1:G/53
12 K
C.Carras-A1 A2:G/63 B2:F/7 *5*:P/6 D2:G/43>1 *9*:Si F2:G/43
2
W.Mays-A1 A3:F/8 B3:HR>b# C3:IW>b1 D3:W>b1 E3:G/13>1 *11*:F/7
2
Y.Berra-A1 *2*:Si B4:W>b1 C4:F/8 D4:E/4>2# E4:HR>2# F4:L/4
13 b2 b#
W.Post-A1 A5:F/8 B5:Si>12 C5:K D5:PB>3# E5:P/2 F5:Si
23 K
B.Skowro-A1 A6:Si>13 B6:G/63 *6*:Si *8*:Si E6:Do F6:G/63
D.Donova-F7
H.Lopez-A1 A7:Si>3# *4*:G/63 C7:G-DP/6 D7:P/2 E7:G/63 *12*:G/63
12 43>1o
R.Schoen-A1 A8:F/8 B8:Si C8:G/63 D8:Si>13 *10*:Si F8:G/63
B.Pierce-A1 A9:K B9:Sac/54 *7*:K D9:K E9:Sac/34 F9:W>b1
B.Klaus-D9 >12 >12
J.Harshm-E2+
B.Avila-A1 A1:G/63 B1:K C1:G/43 D1:K E1:HR>2# F1:F/8
1# b#
F.Fain-A1 A2:Si *3*:F/8 *6*:G/31 D2:Si E2:W>b1 F2:L/3
E.Mathew-A1 A3:HR>1# B3:K C3:K D3:W>12 b E3:G/31 *12*:F/9
b# 1
D.Snider-A1 A4:K B4:F/8 C4:K D4:Do>2# *10*:F/9 F4:W>b1
1#
V.Wertz-A1 A5:G/23 *4*:F/8 *7*:W>b1 D5:K E5:Si F5:G-DP/4
C.Abrams-E4 63>1o
C.Furill-A1 *2*:F/7 B6:Si C6:F/8 *9*:F/7 E6:W>12 b *13*:G/53
1
E.Banks-A1 A7:Si B7:G-DP/6 C7:K D7:Si E7:F/7 F7:G/63
43>1o
B.Sarni-A1 A8:W>12 b *5*:F/9 C8:F/7 D8:G/63>1 E8:F/8 F8:K
P.Rizzut-D8 1 2
S.Lopata-E4
B.Wight-A1 A9:Sac/34 B9:L/4 *8*:K D9:W>b1 *11*:L/5 *14*:G/63
D.Howell-D6 >23 12
E.Robins-D9+
SCORESHEET: 1955 Pittsburgh Pirates at 1955 Chicago-NL Cubs
M.Minoso-A1 G1:G/43
C.Carras-A1 *13*:K
W.Mays-A1 G3:G/53
Y.Berra-A1 G4:G/43
W.Post-A1 *14*:Si
B.Skowro-A1 G6:K
D.Donova-F7
H.Lopez-A1 G7:Force/
46>1o b1
R.Schoen-A1 G8:F/7
B.Pierce-A1
B.Klaus-D9
J.Harshm-E2+
B.Avila-A1 G1:F/8
F.Fain-A1 G2:Si
E.Mathew-A1 G3:W>12 b
1
D.Snider-A1 G4:Do>2#
13
V.Wertz-A1
C.Abrams-E4
C.Furill-A1
E.Banks-A1
B.Sarni-A1
P.Rizzut-D8
S.Lopata-E4
B.Wight-A1
D.Howell-D6
E.Robins-D9+