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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1955-05-26 · Day game · Forbes Field · Att: 2680 · 2:05

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–2. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 4 in the 9th. Don Newcombe earned the win. George Freese went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	13
PIT	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6

W: Don Newcombe L: Ron Kline SV: (none)

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

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Gilliam	4	1	1	0	1	1
Pee Wee Reese	5	0	0	0	0	0
Duke Snider	3	1	2	0	1	0
Roy Campanella	4	0	1	1	0	0
Sandy Amoros	4	1	1	0	0	0
Gil Hodges	3	0	2	0	0	0
Carl Furillo	4	1	3	1	0	0
Jackie Robinson	4	1	2	0	0	0
Don Newcombe	4	1	1	2	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom Saffell	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Groat	4	0	0	1	0	0
Felipe Montemayor	3	0	0	0	1	1
Preston Ward	4	0	1	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jack Shepard	4	0	0	0	0	2
George Freese	4	1	2	1	0	0
Gene Freese	4	1	1	0	0	0
Ron Kline	3	0	1	0	0	1

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Newcombe	9.0	6	2	5

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Kline	8.1	12	2	1
Roy Face	0.2	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Gilliam: S9/L
Pee Wee Reese: 54(1)3/GDP
Duke Snider: S9/G
Roy Campanella: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Tom Saffell: W
Dick Groat: 7
Felipe Montemayor: W.1-2
Preston Ward: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Roy Campanella: 43
Sandy Amoros: 43
Gil Hodges: S8/L
Carl Furillo: S9/F.1-2
Jackie Robinson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Frank Thomas: K
Jack Shepard: K
George Freese: HR/F78
Gene Freese: 63

Top 3

Don Newcombe: 7/L
Jim Gilliam: W
Pee Wee Reese: 3/FL
Duke Snider: SB2
Duke Snider: E9/L.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Roy Campanella: S8/L.2-H(UR)
Sandy Amoros: CS2(26)

Bot 3

Ron Kline: S5
Tom Saffell: 16(1)/FO
Dick Groat: 14(1)/FO
Felipe Montemayor: 43

Top 4

Sandy Amoros: 7
Gil Hodges: 8
Carl Furillo: S9/G
Jackie Robinson: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Preston Ward: 9/L
Frank Thomas: S5
Jack Shepard: K
George Freese: 53

Top 5

Don Newcombe: 63
Jim Gilliam: K
Pee Wee Reese: 4

Bot 5

Gene Freese: D7/F
Ron Kline: K
Tom Saffell: E4/G.2-3
Dick Groat: PB.1-2
Dick Groat: 63.3-H(UR);2-3
Felipe Montemayor: K

Top 6

Duke Snider: W
Roy Campanella: 64(1)3/GDP
Sandy Amoros: 31

Bot 6

Preston Ward: 3/G
Frank Thomas: 53
Jack Shepard: 53

Top 7

Gil Hodges: S8/G
Carl Furillo: 43.1-2
Jackie Robinson: S8/L.2XH(82)
Don Newcombe: 7

Bot 7

George Freese: 5
Gene Freese: 2/BP/FL
Ron Kline: 3/L

Top 8

Jim Gilliam: 31
Pee Wee Reese: 6/L
Duke Snider: S8/L
Roy Campanella: 7

Bot 8

Tom Saffell: 5/FL
Dick Groat: 163
Felipe Montemayor: 9

Top 9

Sandy Amoros: D9/F
Gil Hodges: 13/SH.2-3
Carl Furillo: S9/L.3-H
Jackie Robinson: S9/L.1-2
Don Newcombe: T8/L.2-H;1-H
Jim Gilliam: SBH
Jim Gilliam: 43
Pee Wee Reese: 7

Bot 9

Preston Ward: S5/BG
Frank Thomas: 7
Jack Shepard: 9
George Freese: S7/G.1-2
Gene Freese: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Dodgers Manager Walter Alston ejected by HP umpire Larry Goetz
pitchout on an attempted squeeze; the ball got away from catcher Jack Shepard

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