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Pittsburgh Pirates @ St. Louis Cardinals

1955-09-11 · Day game · Sportsman's Park III · Att: 7877 · 2:28

St. Louis Cardinals defeated Pittsburgh Pirates 6–5. St. Louis Cardinals put up 2 in the 3rd. Larry Jackson earned the win. Ken Boyer went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	5	12
SLN	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	2		6	9

W: Larry Jackson L: Dick Littlefield SV: (none)

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

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eddie O'Brien	4	1	3	2	1	1
Gene Freese	5	1	3	0	0	0
Jerry Lynch	4	0	0	1	0	1
Dale Long	5	0	1	1	0	1
Toby Atwell	4	1	1	0	1	0
Frank Thomas	5	0	1	0	0	1
Johnny O'Brien	3	1	2	1	1	0
Dick Groat	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dick Littlefield	3	0	0	0	0	3

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Solly Hemus	2	0	0	0	3	0
Ken Boyer	4	1	2	3	0	0
Stan Musial	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Repulski	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bill Virdon	3	1	1	1	1	1
Nelson Burbrink	3	0	1	0	1	0
Wally Moon	3	0	0	0	0	2
Alex Grammas	4	2	3	1	0	0
Ben Flowers	2	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Elliott	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Sarni	1	1	1	1	0	0
Larry Jackson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Pittsburgh Pirates — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Littlefield	8.0	9	5	6

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ben Flowers	7.0	11	3	3
Larry Jackson	2.0	1	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Eddie O'Brien: W
Gene Freese: S.1-2
Jerry Lynch: 31.2-3;1-2
Dale Long: 53
Toby Atwell: 43

Bot 1

Solly Hemus: W
Ken Boyer: PO1(13)
Ken Boyer: 43
Stan Musial: 43

Top 2

Frank Thomas: K
Johnny O'Brien: S
Dick Groat: 43.1-2
Dick Littlefield: K

Bot 2

Rip Repulski: 53
Bill Virdon: HR/9
Nelson Burbrink: 9
Wally Moon: K

Top 3

Eddie O'Brien: S8
Gene Freese: E1/TH2.1-3
Jerry Lynch: 7/SF.3-H
Dale Long: T.1-H(UR)
Toby Atwell: 3/G
Frank Thomas: 53

Bot 3

Alex Grammas: S8
Ben Flowers: 8
Solly Hemus: 7
Ken Boyer: HR/9.1-H
Stan Musial: 9

Top 4

Johnny O'Brien: W
Dick Groat: 53.1-2
Dick Littlefield: K
Eddie O'Brien: S8.2-H
Gene Freese: S.1-2
Jerry Lynch: 63

Bot 4

Rip Repulski: 63
Bill Virdon: K
Nelson Burbrink: W
Wally Moon: K

Top 5

Dale Long: 53
Toby Atwell: S
Frank Thomas: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Alex Grammas: 8
Ben Flowers: K
Solly Hemus: W
Ken Boyer: 64(1)/FO

Top 6

Johnny O'Brien: 43
Dick Groat: S7
Dick Littlefield: 54/SH.1-2
Eddie O'Brien: S8.2-H
Gene Freese: 54(1)/FO

Bot 6

Stan Musial: 7
Rip Repulski: D8
Bill Virdon: W
Nelson Burbrink: 53.2-3;1-2
Wally Moon: 53

Top 7

Jerry Lynch: 43
Dale Long: 6
Toby Atwell: W
Frank Thomas: S7.1-2
Johnny O'Brien: S8.2-H;1-2
Dick Groat: 43

Bot 7

Alex Grammas: D8
Harry Elliott: K
Solly Hemus: W
Ken Boyer: S7.2-H;1-2
Stan Musial: 53.2-3;1-2
Rip Repulski: K

Top 8

Dick Littlefield: K
Eddie O'Brien: K
Gene Freese: D
Jerry Lynch: K

Bot 8

Bill Virdon: 43
Nelson Burbrink: D8
Bill Sarni: D9.2-H
Alex Grammas: S7.2-H
Larry Jackson: 13.1-2
Solly Hemus: 3/P

Top 9

Dale Long: K
Toby Atwell: 7
Frank Thomas: 53