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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1955-09-05 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · 10 innings · 2:59

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated New York Giants 8–5. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 3 in the 10th. Bob Friend earned the win and Dick Hall picked up the save. Gene Freese went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	8	14
NY1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	5	8

W: Bob Friend L: Marv Grissom SV: Dick Hall

Umpires — HP: Frank Dascoli · 1B: Lon Warneke · 2B: Frank Secory · 3B: Larry Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie O'Brien	5	0	1	1	0	0
Gene Freese	4	2	3	2	0	0
Jerry Lynch	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dale Long	5	1	1	0	0	0
Toby Atwell	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	2	2	2	0	0
Johnny O'Brien	5	1	2	1	0	0
Dick Groat	4	0	3	2	1	0
Vern Law	3	0	0	0	0	2
Dick Littlefield	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Cole	0	0	0	0	1	0
Roberto Clemente	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Shepard	1	1	1	0	0	0
Bob Friend	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Gardner	5	1	1	0	0	1
Don Mueller	4	1	1	0	1	0
Willie Mays	5	2	2	3	0	0
Hank Thompson	2	1	0	0	3	0
Gail Harris	5	0	1	0	0	0
Whitey Lockman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wayne Terwilliger	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ray Katt	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Hearn	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Hofman	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Taylor	0	0	0	0	1	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Law	6.2	5	1	1
Dick Littlefield	2.0	3	1	1
Bob Friend	0.2	0	2	0
Dick Hall	0.2	0	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Hearn	6.1	8	0	2
Hoyt Wilhelm	1.2	2	0	0
Marv Grissom	1.0	1	2	0
Windy McCall	0.2	3	0	0
Paul Giel	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie O'Brien: 8
Gene Freese: HR
Jerry Lynch: 31
Dale Long: S8.B-2(E8)#
Toby Atwell: 3/G

Bot 1

Billy Gardner: K/C
Don Mueller: 7
Willie Mays: 8

Top 2

Frank Thomas: 53
Johnny O'Brien: 53
Dick Groat: 8

Bot 2

Hank Thompson: W
Gail Harris: 46(1)3/GDP
Whitey Lockman: 8

Top 3

Vern Law: K
Eddie O'Brien: 7
Gene Freese: HR
Jerry Lynch: 31

Bot 3

Wayne Terwilliger: 53
Ray Katt: 9
Jim Hearn: 53

Top 4

Dale Long: 7
Toby Atwell: 43
Frank Thomas: 13

Bot 4

Billy Gardner: 53
Don Mueller: 3/L
Willie Mays: 53

Top 5

Johnny O'Brien: S
Dick Groat: S.1-2#
Vern Law: K
Eddie O'Brien: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Hank Thompson: 3
Gail Harris: 43
Whitey Lockman: 8

Top 6

Gene Freese: S
Jerry Lynch: 46(1)/FO
Dale Long: 36(1)1(B)/GDP

Bot 6

Wayne Terwilliger: 53
Ray Katt: 63
Jim Hearn: 63

Top 7

Toby Atwell: S
Frank Thomas: 53/SH.1-2#
Johnny O'Brien: D.2-H
Dick Groat: S.2-3
Vern Law: 4
Eddie O'Brien: S.3-H;1-2#
Gene Freese: 8

Bot 7

Billy Gardner: S
Don Mueller: S.1-2#
Willie Mays: HR.2-H;1-H
Hank Thompson: 13
Gail Harris: 43
Whitey Lockman: S
Wayne Terwilliger: S.1-2#
Bobby Hofman: 5

Top 8

Jerry Lynch: 13
Dale Long: 8
Toby Atwell: 2/FL

Bot 8

Sid Gordon: K/C
Billy Gardner: 8
Don Mueller: 7

Top 9

Frank Thomas: HR
Johnny O'Brien: 63
Dick Groat: W
Dick Littlefield: 36(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH)
Eddie O'Brien: 5/FL

Bot 9

Willie Mays: S5.B-2(E5/TH)#
Hank Thompson: W
Gail Harris: S.2-3;1-2
Whitey Lockman: 6(1)3(B)/GDP.3-H(NR);2-3
Wayne Terwilliger: S.3-H
Bobby Hofman: 54(1)/FO

Top 10

Dick Cole: W
Roberto Clemente: 9
Dale Long: 16(1)/FO
Jack Shepard: S.1-2#
Frank Thomas: S.2-H;1-2
Johnny O'Brien: E6.2-3;1-2
Dick Groat: S.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-2#
Bob Friend: 6

Bot 10

Bill Taylor: W
Billy Gardner: 8
Don Mueller: W.1-2
Willie Mays: 6
Hank Thompson: W.2-3;1-2
Gail Harris: 43

Notes & reviews

Marv Grissom took so long coming in from the bullpen that Pirates manager Fred Haney pretended to take a nap in the 3B coach's box; 3B umpire Larry Goetz made him stop

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