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Philadelphia Phillies @ Pittsburgh Pirates

1955-05-28 · Day game · Forbes Field · 11 innings · Att: 3082 · 3:32

Philadelphia Phillies defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 8–4. Philadelphia Phillies put up 4 in the 1st. Bob Miller earned the win and Jack Meyer picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
PHI	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	14
PIT	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	11

W: Bob Miller L: Roy Face SV: Jack Meyer

Umpires — HP: Augie Donatelli · 1B: Hal Dixon · 2B: Jocko Conlan · 3B: Stan Landes · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	5	2	2	1	1	0
Glen Gorbous	5	2	1	1	1	0
Marv Blaylock	6	1	1	2	0	0
Del Ennis	6	1	2	1	0	1
Willie Jones	5	0	2	0	1	0
Andy Seminick	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Morgan	4	1	2	1	1	0
Roy Smalley	3	1	0	0	2	0
Curt Simmons	3	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Lopata	5	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Miller	1	0	1	0	0	0
Earl Torgeson	1	0	1	1	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom Saffell	5	3	3	0	1	1
Gene Freese	5	1	1	1	1	1
Roman Mejias	6	0	3	0	0	0
Frank Thomas	5	0	1	0	1	1
Jack Shepard	4	0	1	2	1	0
George Freese	6	0	1	0	0	0
Dick Groat	5	0	0	0	0	0
Preston Ward	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ben Wade	2	0	0	0	1	2
Dale Long	0	0	0	0	1	0
Roy Face	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	6.0	7	4	5
Bob Miller	4.0	4	2	1
Jack Meyer	1.0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Vern Law	0.0	3	1	0
Ben Wade	8.0	4	2	1
Roy Face	2.2	7	3	1
Ron Kline	0.1	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Richie Ashburn: S9
Glen Gorbous: W.1-2
Marv Blaylock: D9.2-H;1-H
Del Ennis: D7.2-H
Willie Jones: 13.2-3
Andy Seminick: K/C
Bobby Morgan: D9.3-H
Roy Smalley: 43

Bot 1

Tom Saffell: S5
Gene Freese: K/C
Roman Mejias: S7.1-2
Frank Thomas: E5.2-3;1-2
Jack Shepard: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
George Freese: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Curt Simmons: S7
Richie Ashburn: W.1-2
Glen Gorbous: 2/FL
Marv Blaylock: 31.2-3;1-2
Del Ennis: 13

Bot 2

Dick Groat: 9/L
Preston Ward: 8
Ben Wade: K

Top 3

Willie Jones: 53
Stan Lopata: 1/P
Bobby Morgan: W
Roy Smalley: 5/L

Bot 3

Tom Saffell: D9
Gene Freese: T8.2-H;B-H(E8)
Roman Mejias: 43
Frank Thomas: W
Jack Shepard: 7/L
George Freese: 64(1)/FO

Top 4

Curt Simmons: 43
Richie Ashburn: 9
Glen Gorbous: 8

Bot 4

Dick Groat: 7
Preston Ward: 3/G
Ben Wade: W
Tom Saffell: K

Top 5

Marv Blaylock: 43
Del Ennis: 4/L
Willie Jones: 8

Bot 5

Gene Freese: 63
Roman Mejias: S4
Frank Thomas: D7.1-3
Jack Shepard: W
George Freese: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Stan Lopata: S7
Bobby Morgan: 7
Roy Smalley: 2
Curt Simmons: 6

Bot 6

Dick Groat: 8/L
Preston Ward: K
Ben Wade: K/C

Top 7

Richie Ashburn: 63
Glen Gorbous: 5
Marv Blaylock: 9

Bot 7

Tom Saffell: S9
Gene Freese: W.1-2
Roman Mejias: S5/BG.2-3;1-2
Frank Thomas: K/C
Jack Shepard: S3/BG.3-H;2-3;1-2
George Freese: 5/FL
Dick Groat: 5

Top 8

Del Ennis: 63
Willie Jones: S7
Stan Lopata: 5/FL
Bobby Morgan: 8

Bot 8

Preston Ward: S9
Dale Long: 14/SH.1-2
Tom Saffell: IW
Gene Freese: 43.2-3;1-2
Roman Mejias: 63

Top 9

Roy Smalley: W
Bob Miller: S5.1-2
Richie Ashburn: 35(2)/FO.1-2
Glen Gorbous: 9(B)6(2)/FDP

Bot 9

Frank Thomas: 13
Jack Shepard: 13
George Freese: S7
Dick Groat: 9/L

Top 10

Marv Blaylock: 13
Del Ennis: K/C
Willie Jones: S9
Stan Lopata: 1/L

Bot 10

Roy Face: 53
Dale Long: W
Tom Saffell: 56(1)/FO
Gene Freese: E6/TH.1-3
Roman Mejias: 86(1)/FO/AP

Top 11

Bobby Morgan: D9
Roy Smalley: W
Earl Torgeson: S9.2-H;1-3;BX2(93)
Richie Ashburn: T9.3-H
Glen Gorbous: S7.3-H
Marv Blaylock: 7
Del Ennis: S8.1-3(E8)
Willie Jones: WP.3-H;1-2
Willie Jones: W
Stan Lopata: 64(1)/FO

Bot 11

Frank Thomas: 6
Jack Shepard: 9
George Freese: 3

Notes & reviews

Andy Seminick ejected by HP umpire Augie Donatelli
Roman Mejias hit what was thought to be a game-winning single to CF but Gene Freese forgot to touch 2B before celebrating; Freese out on appeal, costing Mejias a hit

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