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Pirates
@ Reds
Crosley Field
May 18, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 18, 1955 at Crosley Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 18, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Pittsburgh Pirates
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| Home Team |
Cincinnati Reds
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 18, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Home Team | Cincinnati Reds |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dick Littlefield |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rudy Minarcin |
| Ballpark | Crosley Field |
| City | Cincinnati |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 2,079 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 7 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lon Warneke 1B: Frank Secory 2B: Larry Goetz 3B: Frank Dascoli |
Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tom Saffell | Center Fielder |
| Dick Groat | Shortstop |
| Roberto Clemente | Right Fielder |
| Dale Long | First Baseman |
| Frank Thomas | Left Fielder |
| George Freese | Third Baseman |
| Jack Shepard | Catcher |
| Gene Freese | Second Baseman |
| Dick Littlefield | Pitcher |
| Fred Haney | Manager |
Cincinnati Reds Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Johnny Temple | Second Baseman |
| Ray Jablonski | Left Fielder |
| Gus Bell | Center Fielder |
| Ted Kluszewski | First Baseman |
| Wally Post | Right Fielder |
| Smoky Burgess | Catcher |
| Chuck Harmon | Third Baseman |
| Roy McMillan | Shortstop |
| Rudy Minarcin | Pitcher |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Pirates
@ Reds
Crosley Field
May 18, 1955
Top 1
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Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saffell vs. Minarcin
Saffell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Minarcin covering, for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Minarcin
Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Jablonski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Minarcin
Clemente hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Littlefield
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Littlefield
Jablonski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Littlefield
The ball gets by Shepard for a passed ball. Jablonski moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Littlefield
Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Saffell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kluszewski vs. Littlefield
Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Post vs. Littlefield
Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese juggles the ball. That's an error on Freese. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Burgess vs. Littlefield
Burgess strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Minarcin
Long hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Minarcin
Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Long moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Freese vs. Minarcin
Freese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shepard vs. Minarcin
Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out. Long moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Freese vs. Minarcin
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. McMillan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Littlefield
Harmon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Littlefield
There goes Harmon. The throw from Shepard and he is out, Groat applying the tag. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Littlefield
McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Saffell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minarcin vs. Littlefield
Minarcin hits a fly ball into center field. Saffell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Littlefield vs. Minarcin
Littlefield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saffell vs. Minarcin
Saffell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Groat vs. Minarcin
Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Saffell moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Clemente vs. Minarcin
Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 0 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Long vs. Minarcin
Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Saffell scores. Groat moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomas vs. Minarcin
Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Littlefield
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jablonski vs. Littlefield
Jablonski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bell vs. Littlefield
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Temple moves to third. Jablonski moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kluszewski vs. Littlefield
Kluszewski is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Post vs. Littlefield
Post hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Saffell. Post reaches second base with a double. Temple scores. Jablonski scores. Kluszewski moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Burgess vs. Friend
Bob Friend now pitching.
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kluszewski scores. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harmon vs. Friend
Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Minarcin
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minarcin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Minarcin
Shepard hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Minarcin
Freese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minarcin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McMillan vs. Friend
McMillan hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minarcin vs. Friend
Minarcin is called out on strikes. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Friend
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Friend vs. Minarcin
Friend strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saffell vs. Minarcin
Saffell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Minarcin
Groat hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Friend
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Friend
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jablonski moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kluszewski vs. Friend
Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jablonski moves to third. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Post vs. Friend
Post hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Burgess vs. Friend
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 6
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Minarcin
Clemente strikes out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Minarcin
Long hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Burgess settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Burgess. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Long vs. Minarcin
Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Long for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Minarcin
Thomas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Friend
Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese juggles the ball. That's an error on Freese. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Friend
McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minarcin vs. Friend
Minarcin is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 7
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Minarcin
Freese hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Shepard vs. Minarcin
Shepard hits a popup towards the mound. Minarcin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freese vs. Minarcin
Freese hits a popup, foul, towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Temple vs. Friend
Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese juggles the ball. That's an error on Freese. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jablonski vs. Friend
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Friend
Bell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Bell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kluszewski vs. Friend
Kluszewski is walked intentionally. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Post vs. Friend
Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Montemayor vs. Minarcin
Bob Borkowski now playing left field. Felipe Montemayor pinch hits for Bob Friend.
Montemayor hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Saffell vs. Minarcin
Saffell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Minarcin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groat vs. Minarcin
Groat hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burgess vs. Law
Vern Law now pitching.
Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burgess for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harmon vs. Law
Harmon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McMillan vs. Law
McMillan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. McMillan reaches second base with a double. Harmon moves to third. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Minarcin vs. Law
Minarcin hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese fields it and throws to home to get Harmon. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Temple vs. Law
Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Clemente vs. Minarcin
Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Long vs. Minarcin
Long hits a fly ball into left field. Borkowski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Minarcin
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freese vs. Minarcin
Freese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clemente moves to second. View Play -
Pirates, 1 - Reds, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Shepard vs. Minarcin
Shepard hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/18/1955 -- Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (D)
Pittsburgh AB R H RBI Cincinnati AB R H RBI
Saffell T, cf 3 1 0 0 Temple J, 2b 5 1 1 0
Groat D, ss 4 0 1 0 Jablonski R, lf 4 2 3 0
Clemente R, rf 4 0 1 0 Borkowski B, lf 0 0 0 0
Long D, 1b 4 0 2 1 Bell G, cf 4 0 2 0
Thomas F, lf 4 0 1 0 Kluszewski T, 1b 2 2 2 2
Freese G, 3b 4 0 1 0 Post W, rf 4 0 1 2
Shepard J, c 4 0 0 0 Burgess S, c 4 0 0 1
Freese G, 2b 3 0 0 0 Harmon C, 3b 3 0 1 0
Littlefield D, p 1 0 0 0 McMillan R, ss 4 0 1 0
Friend B, p 1 0 0 0 Minarcin R, p 4 0 0 0
Montemayor F, ph 1 0 0 0
Law V, p 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 1 6 1 34 5 11 5
Pittsburgh 001 000 000 -- 1
Cincinnati 203 000 00x -- 5
Pittsburgh IP H R ER BB SO
Littlefield D (L) 2.1 5 5 5 2 1
Friend B 4.2 4 0 0 1 2
Law V 1.0 2 0 0 0 0
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO
Minarcin R (W) 9.0 6 1 1 1 3
E -- Freese G 3, Burgess S
DP -- Pittsburgh 3
LOB -- Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 8
2B -- Post W, Bell G, McMillan R
HR -- Kluszewski T
CS -- Harmon C
PB -- Shepard J
T -- 2:07
A -- 2079
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