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Pirates 4 @ Dodgers 8
Ebbets Field
May 30, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 30, 1955 at Ebbets Field. The home team Dodgers beat the visiting Pirates with a score of 8 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 30, 1955 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 4 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 8 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 8
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Winning Pitcher—Russ Meyer  
Losing Pitcher—Bob Purkey  
Save—Ed Roebuck  
Game Winning RBI—Carl Furillo 

Game Info

DateMay 30, 1955 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Purkey  
Home Starting PitcherRuss Meyer  
BallparkEbbets Field 
CityBrooklyn 
StateNY 
Attendance 
Time of Game2 hours 48 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Hal Dixon
1B: Augie Donatelli
2B: (none)
3B: Jocko Conlan

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Gene Freese  Second Baseman 
Jerry Lynch  Left Fielder 
Frank Thomas  Center Fielder 
Preston Ward  First Baseman 
George Freese  Third Baseman 
Jack Shepard  Catcher 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Bob Purkey  Pitcher 
Fred Haney  Manager 

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Gilliam  Second Baseman 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Roy Campanella  Catcher 
Sandy Amoros  Left Fielder 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Carl Furillo  Right Fielder 
Jackie Robinson  Third Baseman 
Russ Meyer  Pitcher 
Walter Alston  Manager 

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Pirates 4 @ Dodgers 8
Ebbets Field
May 30, 1955

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         Game of 5/30/1955, game 1 -- Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (D)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI
Clemente R, rf        5  0  1  0   Gilliam J, 2b         5  3  2  0   
Freese G, 2b          3  0  0  0   Reese P, ss           4  0  2  2   
Lynch J, lf           4  1  2  0   Snider D, cf          3  1  0  0   
Thomas F, cf          4  1  2  0   Campanella R, c       5  1  1  3   
Ward P, 1b            4  0  1  1   Amoros S, lf          3  1  2  0   
Freese G, 3b          4  0  0  1   Hodges G, 1b          3  0  1  0   
Shepard J, c          2  0  0  0   Furillo C, rf         3  1  1  1   
Peterson H, c         2  0  0  0   Robinson J, 3b        2  1  1  1   
Groat D, ss           3  1  1  0   Hoak D, 3b            1  0  0  0   
Purkey B, p           0  0  0  0   Meyer R, p            4  0  0  0   
Saffell T, ph         1  0  1  0   Roebuck E, p          0  0  0  0   
Pepper L, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Wade B, p             1  0  0  0                                      
Long D, ph            1  1  1  2                                      
Law V, p              0  0  0  0                                      
Montemayor F, ph      1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  4  9  4                        33  8 10  7

Pittsburgh       000 000 220 --  4
Brooklyn         040 103 00x --  8

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Purkey B (L)          2.0  4  4  2  1  0
Pepper L              0.1  1  0  0  2  0
Wade B                3.2  4  4  4  3  2
Law V                 2.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Meyer R (W)           7.1  9  4  4  2  3
Roebuck E (S)         1.2  0  0  0  0  1

E -- Freese G, Groat D, Campanella R
DP -- Brooklyn 1
LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, Brooklyn 8
2B -- Amoros S 2, Furillo C, Lynch J, Groat D, Reese P
3B -- Gilliam J
HR -- Campanella R, Long D
CS -- Reese P
SF -- Reese P
WP -- Meyer R
T -- 2:48
A -- 0

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