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Pirates 3 @ Giants 2
Polo Grounds
May 6, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates, played on May 6, 1955 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Pirates with a score of 3 to 2.

Game Summary

DateMay 6, 1955 
Visiting Team
Pittsburgh Pirates
R: 3 H: 5 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 3
Hits: 5
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 2 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 7
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 7
Winning Pitcher—Ron Kline  
Losing Pitcher—Johnny Antonelli  
Save—Ben Wade  
Game Winning RBI—(none) 

Game Info

DateMay 6, 1955 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamPittsburgh Pirates 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherRon Kline  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Antonelli  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance10,330 
Time of Game2 hours 40 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Secory
1B: Larry Goetz
2B: (none)
3B: Frank Dascoli

Pittsburgh Pirates Lineup 

Name  Position 
Roberto Clemente  Right Fielder 
Dick Groat  Shortstop 
Felipe Montemayor  Center Fielder 
Jack Shepard  Catcher 
George Freese  Third Baseman 
Dale Long  First Baseman 
Roman Mejias  Left Fielder 
Gene Freese  Second Baseman 
Ron Kline  Pitcher 
Fred Haney  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Foster Castleman  Second Baseman 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Monte Irvin  Left Fielder 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Whitey Lockman  First Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Johnny Antonelli  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Pirates 3 @ Giants 2
Polo Grounds
May 6, 1955

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         Game of 5/6/1955 -- Pittsburgh at New York (N)

  Pittsburgh         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Clemente R, rf        4  1  1  1   Castleman F, 2b       3  0  0  0   
Groat D, ss           2  0  0  0   Amalfitano J, pr      0  0  0  0   
Montemayor F, cf-lf   4  0  1  1   Williams D, 2b        0  0  0  0   
Shepard J, c          5  0  0  0   Thompson H, 3b        4  0  0  0   
Freese G, 3b          4  0  1  0   Mueller D, rf         4  1  2  0   
Long D, 1b            4  0  1  0   Irvin M, lf           3  1  2  0   
Mejias R, lf          3  0  0  0   Mays W, cf            4  0  2  1   
Saffell T, cf         1  0  0  0   Dark A, ss            3  0  0  1   
Freese G, 2b          3  1  1  0   Lockman W, 1b         4  0  1  0   
Kline R, p            4  1  0  0   Westrum W, c          2  0  0  0   
Wade B, p             0  0  0  0   Taylor B, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Katt R, c             0  0  0  0   
                                   Hofman B, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Antonelli J, p        2  0  1  0   
                                   Wilhelm H, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Rhodes D, ph          0  0  0  0   
                                   Corwin A, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Gardner B, ph         1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  3  5  2                        32  2  8  2

Pittsburgh       000 000 300 --  3
New York         000 000 101 --  2

  Pittsburgh           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kline R (W)*          8.0  8  2  2  2  1
Wade B (S)            1.0  0  0  0  1  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Antonelli J (L)       6.2  4  3  1  2  7
Wilhelm H             1.1  1  0  0  0  0
Corwin A              1.0  0  0  0  1  2
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 9th

E -- Thompson H 2, Antonelli J
DP -- Pittsburgh 2
LOB -- Pittsburgh 10, New York 7
2B -- Freese G, Mays W
3B -- Clemente R
SH -- Castleman F, Groat D
HBP -- by Antonelli J (Groat D), by Antonelli J (Freese G)
PB -- Westrum W
T -- 2:40
A -- 10330

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