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Pittsburgh Pirates @ Philadelphia Phillies

1955-04-24 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 8224 · 2:14

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 3–0. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 7th. Jack Meyer earned the win and Robin Roberts picked up the save.

Line score

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

W: Jack Meyer L: Nellie King SV: Robin Roberts

Umpires — HP: Stan Landes · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Bill Jackowski · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Roberto Clemente	4	1	0	3
Dick Groat	3	0	1	0
Felipe Montemayor	3	0	1	1
Roman Mejias	3	0	1	0
George Freese	2	1	1	0
Dale Long	4	1	0	0
Jack Shepard	3	1	0	0
Curt Roberts	3	0	0	0
Nellie King	2	0	0	0
Dick Cole	1	1	0	0
Toby Atwell	1	0	0	0
Preston Ward	1	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Morgan	3	0	0	0	1	1
Earl Torgeson	3	0	1	0	1	1
Granny Hamner	4	0	0	0	0	1
Smoky Burgess	3	0	0	0	0	0
Del Ennis	4	1	2	0	0	0
Willie Jones	2	0	0	0	1	0
Bob Bowman	3	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Palys	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jack Meyer	3	0	1	1	0	1
Richie Ashburn	1	0	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nellie King	7.1	4	3	4
Roy Face	0.2	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jack Meyer	8.0	3	4	4
Robin Roberts	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Roberto Clemente: K
Dick Groat: 43
Felipe Montemayor: K

Bot 1

Bobby Morgan: W
Earl Torgeson: 6
Granny Hamner: 63.1-2
Smoky Burgess: 43

Top 2

Roman Mejias: 21
George Freese: D
Dale Long: 43.2-3
Jack Shepard: 8

Bot 2

Del Ennis: D
Willie Jones: W
Bob Bowman: 5(2)/FO.1-2
Stan Palys: 43.2-3;1-2
Jack Meyer: 63

Top 3

Curt Roberts: 2/FL
Nellie King: 13
Roberto Clemente: S
Dick Groat: 9

Bot 3

Bobby Morgan: K
Earl Torgeson: K/C
Granny Hamner: 6

Top 4

Felipe Montemayor: 4
Roman Mejias: W
George Freese: 8
Dale Long: 9

Bot 4

Smoky Burgess: 3/G
Del Ennis: 6
Willie Jones: 7

Top 5

Jack Shepard: S
Curt Roberts: 6
Nellie King: 34/SH.1-2
Roberto Clemente: K

Bot 5

Bob Bowman: 8
Stan Palys: 6
Jack Meyer: K

Top 6

Dick Groat: 43
Felipe Montemayor: W
Roman Mejias: SB2#
Roman Mejias: 4
George Freese: W
Dale Long: 7

Bot 6

Bobby Morgan: 7
Earl Torgeson: D
Granny Hamner: 9
Smoky Burgess: 8

Top 7

Jack Shepard: 63
Curt Roberts: 6
Nellie King: 53

Bot 7

Del Ennis: S
Willie Jones: E3/SH.1-2#
Bob Bowman: 1
Stan Palys: 64(1)/FO.2-H(E4)(NR)#
Jack Meyer: T.1-H(UR)
Bobby Morgan: 6

Top 8

Roberto Clemente: K/C
Dick Groat: W
Felipe Montemayor: 9
Roman Mejias: 6

Bot 8

Earl Torgeson: W
Granny Hamner: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)#
Granny Hamner: K/C
Richie Ashburn: S.3-H
Del Ennis: 7
Willie Jones: 53

Top 9

Dick Cole: S
Dale Long: S.1-2#
Toby Atwell: 6
Preston Ward: 5/FL
Frank Thomas: 4

Notes & reviews

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Earl Torgeson made a bad throw to 1B but Smoky Burgess backed up the play and got Roman Mejias coming back to the bag after turning toward 2B; 40-minute rain delay with 3-2 count on Gene Freese
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