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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1955-07-26 · Night game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 10261 · 98°F · 2:21

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated St. Louis Cardinals 3–1. Pittsburgh Pirates put up 2 in the 8th. Dick Littlefield earned the win. Gene Freese went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Dick Littlefield L: Luis Arroyo SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Dusty Boggess · 1B: Bill Engeln · 2B: Babe Pinelli · 3B: Tom Gorman · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie O'Brien	5	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Freese	4	1	3	1	0	0
Roberto Clemente	4	1	1	0	0	1
Frank Thomas	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jack Shepard	4	0	1	1	0	1
Dale Long	3	0	0	0	1	0
Johnny O'Brien	4	1	1	1	0	0
Dick Groat	3	0	0	0	1	0
Dick Littlefield	4	0	0	0	0	2

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ken Boyer	3	0	0	1	0	0
Red Schoendienst	4	0	0	0	0	0
Stan Musial	3	0	0	0	1	0
Rip Repulski	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Virdon	4	0	0	0	0	0
Wally Moon	4	0	2	0	0	1
Bill Sarni	3	1	1	0	0	0
Alex Grammas	2	0	2	0	0	0
Luis Arroyo	3	0	0	0	0	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Littlefield	9.0	6	1	3

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Luis Arroyo	9.0	7	3	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie O'Brien: 9
Gene Freese: S
Roberto Clemente: SB2
Roberto Clemente: K
Frank Thomas: 3

Bot 1

Ken Boyer: 7/F
Red Schoendienst: 6/F
Stan Musial: 6/F

Top 2

Jack Shepard: 13
Dale Long: 9/F
Johnny O'Brien: HR/F7LD
Dick Groat: 8/F

Bot 2

Rip Repulski: K
Bill Virdon: 31
Wally Moon: 4/L

Top 3

Dick Littlefield: K
Eddie O'Brien: S
Gene Freese: S.1-2
Roberto Clemente: 9
Frank Thomas: K

Bot 3

Bill Sarni: S8
Alex Grammas: D9/F9LS.1-3
Luis Arroyo: 8/F
Ken Boyer: 7/SF.3-H;2-3(E7)
Red Schoendienst: 8/F

Top 4

Jack Shepard: K
Dale Long: W
Johnny O'Brien: 7/F
Dick Groat: 8/F

Bot 4

Stan Musial: E4
Rip Repulski: 6/P
Bill Virdon: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Dick Littlefield: 63
Eddie O'Brien: 8/F
Gene Freese: 7/F

Bot 5

Wally Moon: S/BG
Bill Sarni: 54(1)3/GDP
Alex Grammas: D
Luis Arroyo: K

Top 6

Roberto Clemente: 8
Frank Thomas: 7/F78XDW
Jack Shepard: 6

Bot 6

Ken Boyer: 9/F
Red Schoendienst: 7/F
Stan Musial: W
Rip Repulski: D.1-3
Bill Virdon: 43

Top 7

Dale Long: 31
Johnny O'Brien: 9
Dick Groat: 8

Bot 7

Wally Moon: S
Bill Sarni: 23/BG/SH.1-2
Alex Grammas: HP
Luis Arroyo: 8/F
Ken Boyer: 5

Top 8

Dick Littlefield: 3
Eddie O'Brien: 3
Gene Freese: HR/L7D
Roberto Clemente: S8
Frank Thomas: W.1-2
Jack Shepard: S5/G5L.2-H;1-2
Dale Long: 6/P

Bot 8

Red Schoendienst: 8
Stan Musial: 7/F
Rip Repulski: 5/P

Top 9

Johnny O'Brien: 53
Dick Groat: W
Dick Littlefield: K
Eddie O'Brien: 2

Bot 9

Bill Virdon: 7/F
Wally Moon: K
Bill Sarni: 4

Notes & reviews

Stifling humidity
Moon: running catch against the fence, 400' away
Into LF bleachers, 400' away
Grounder hit 3B bag and caromed off Boyer's shoulder

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