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May 17, 1955

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Bottom 7	R	H	E
Pirates	2	6	0
Reds	8	9	0

Bottom 7	R	H	E
Pirates	2	6	0
Reds	8	9	0

Joe Nuxhall Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.333	.222
OBP	.333	.263
At Bats	3	18
Hits	1	4
• Singles	0	2
• Doubles	1	1
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	1
Walks	0	0
RBI’s	3	4

Nellie King Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	2	0

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Crosley Field - May 17, 1955

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Out

Nellie King

Jack Shepard

Preston Ward

Gene Freese

George Freese

Dick Groat

Sid Gordon

Frank Thomas

Roberto Clemente

Joe Nuxhall

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 2 Outs

Nuxhall hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 7 Preston Ward now playing first base. Nellie King now pitching. McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Roman Mejias pinch hits for Roger Bowman. Mejias hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Dick Cole pinch hits for Dale Long. Cole hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Harmon is called out on strikes.

Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Kluszewski scores.

Bottom 6 Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thurman for the out. Kluszewski moves to third.

Bottom 6 Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out. Kluszewski moves to second.

Bottom 6 Kluszewski takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Shepard moves to third.

Top 6 Shepard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thurman. Shepard reaches second base with a double. Groat scores. Thomas scores.

Top 6 Gordon is called out on strikes.

Top 6 Thomas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thurman. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Groat moves to third.

Top 6 Clemente strikes out.

Top 6 Groat takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Bell strikes out.

Bottom 5 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Temple moves to third.

Bottom 5 There goes Temple. The throw from Shepard and he is safe. Temple steals second.

Bottom 5 Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McMillan scores.

Bottom 5 Nuxhall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McMillan moves to second.

Bottom 5 McMillan takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Harmon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bowman fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Bowman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 5 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Freese strikes out.

Bottom 4 Thurman hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Burgess scores. Post moves to second.

Bottom 4 Post takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Roger Bowman now pitching. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out.

Bottom 4 Burgess hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomas who is chasing the ball. Burgess reaches third base with a triple. Temple goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 4 Temple takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Shepard hits a line drive towards third. Harmon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Gordon hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bell. Gordon reaches second base with a double.

Top 4 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Nuxhall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 McMillan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thurman moves to second.

Bottom 3 Harmon hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Thurman takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 3 Post hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Top 3 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Freese hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Purkey strikes out.

Bottom 2 Bell hits a line drive towards short. Groat reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Purkey, and towards Groat, who fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Temple for the out.

Bottom 2 Nuxhall hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Thomas. Nuxhall reaches second base with a double. Thurman scores. Harmon scores. McMillan goes all the way around to score.

Bottom 2 McMillan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thurman moves to third. Harmon moves to second.

Bottom 2 Harmon takes first base on ball four. Thurman moves to second.

Bottom 2 Thurman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 2 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 2 Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shepard moves to second.

Top 2 Shepard takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Post strikes out.

Bottom 1 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Purkey fields it and throws to first for the out. Temple moves to third. Bell moves to second.

Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple moves to second.

Bottom 1 Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Temple takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harmon fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Clemente hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Groat hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thurman. Groat reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 Freese hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Nuxhall hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Pirates @ Reds
May 17, 1955