Pirates @ Reds
May 17, 1955

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Pirates 2 7 0
Reds 8 9 0
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Pirates 2 7 0
Reds 8 10 0

Smoky Burgess Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .284
OBP .500 .338
At Bats 4 67
Hits 2 19
• Singles 1 12
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 1 7

Nellie King Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Crosley Field - May 17, 1955
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Triple
Nellie King
Jack Shepard
Preston Ward
Gene Freese
George Freese
Dick Groat
Sid Gordon
Frank Thomas
Roberto Clemente
Smoky Burgess
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Burgess hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente who is chasing the ball. Burgess reaches third base with a triple.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Gordon hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomas hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nuxhall hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
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.