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Pittsburgh Pirates @ New York Giants

1955-09-05 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 10352 · 2:12

New York Giants defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–3. New York Giants put up 2 in the 4th. Don Liddle earned the win. Willie Mays went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	9
NY1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	2		6	11

W: Don Liddle L: Roy Face SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie O'Brien	5	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Cole	4	0	1	0	1	1
Roberto Clemente	4	1	0	0	1	0
Frank Thomas	4	1	2	1	0	1
Jack Shepard	3	1	2	1	1	0
Dale Long	2	0	0	1	1	0
Johnny O'Brien	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Groat	4	0	1	0	0	0
Roy Face	1	0	0	0	0	0
Lino Donoso	1	0	1	0	0	0
Roman Mejias	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Hall	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Gardner	3	2	1	2	1	0
Don Mueller	4	1	1	0	0	0
Willie Mays	4	1	3	2	0	0
Hank Thompson	3	1	1	0	1	1
Gail Harris	4	0	0	0	0	1
Whitey Lockman	4	0	2	0	0	0
Wayne Terwilliger	4	0	2	1	0	0
Ray Katt	4	1	1	0	0	0
Don Liddle	3	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Roy Face	4.2	6	2	2
Lino Donoso	3.1	5	0	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Liddle	9.0	9	4	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie O'Brien: 7
Dick Cole: 43
Roberto Clemente: W
Frank Thomas: S.1-2#
Jack Shepard: W.2-3;1-2
Dale Long: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Johnny O'Brien: 3/G

Bot 1

Billy Gardner: 8
Don Mueller: 63
Willie Mays: 13

Top 2

Dick Groat: 63
Roy Face: 4/L
Eddie O'Brien: K

Bot 2

Hank Thompson: K
Gail Harris: K
Whitey Lockman: 7

Top 3

Dick Cole: W
Roberto Clemente: 64(1)3/GDP
Frank Thomas: K/C

Bot 3

Wayne Terwilliger: 53
Ray Katt: 63
Don Liddle: 8

Top 4

Jack Shepard: 8
Dale Long: 6
Johnny O'Brien: 8

Bot 4

Billy Gardner: W
Don Mueller: E4.1-2#
Willie Mays: D.2-H(UR);1-3#
Hank Thompson: W
Gail Harris: 46(1)3/GDP.3-H(NR)(UR);2-3
Whitey Lockman: 8

Top 5

Dick Groat: S
Roy Face: 14/SH.1-2
Eddie O'Brien: 53.2-2#
Dick Cole: K

Bot 5

Wayne Terwilliger: S
Ray Katt: S.1-2
Don Liddle: 56(2)3/GDP/BG.1-2
Billy Gardner: HR.2-H
Don Mueller: S
Willie Mays: S.1-2#
Hank Thompson: 3/G

Top 6

Roberto Clemente: 9
Frank Thomas: 53
Jack Shepard: S
Dale Long: 7

Bot 6

Gail Harris: 3/G
Whitey Lockman: S
Wayne Terwilliger: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Johnny O'Brien: 63
Dick Groat: 13
Lino Donoso: S
Eddie O'Brien: 7

Bot 7

Ray Katt: 8
Don Liddle: K/C
Billy Gardner: 7

Top 8

Dick Cole: 4
Roberto Clemente: 9
Frank Thomas: HR
Jack Shepard: HR
Roman Mejias: S
Johnny O'Brien: 13

Bot 8

Don Mueller: 6/L
Willie Mays: HR
Hank Thompson: S
Gail Harris: 8
Whitey Lockman: S.1-2#
Wayne Terwilliger: S.2-H;1-2#
Ray Katt: 7

Top 9

Dick Groat: 8
Dick Hall: S
Eddie O'Brien: 64(1)/FO
Dick Cole: S.1-2#
Roberto Clemente: PB.2-3;1-2
Roberto Clemente: 13