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September 1, 1955

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 6 8 2
Pirates 6 10 4
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Cardinals 6 8 2
Pirates 7 11 4

Gene Freese Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .238
OBP .750 .294
At Bats 4 298
Hits 3 71
• Singles 3 47
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 1 24

Mel Wright Season Stats

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1 1 1
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Forbes Field - September 1, 1955
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Single
Mel Wright
Bill Sarni
Wally Moon
Red Schoendienst
Ken Boyer
Alex Grammas
Pete Whisenant
Bill Virdon
Stan Musial
Gene Freese
Jerry Lynch

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 6 8 2 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 7 11 4 6
Winning Pitcher Roy Face
Losing Pitcher Mel Wright
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gene Freese
Attendance 2,878
Time of Game 2 hours 18 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Freese hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Lynch scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Tom Saffell pinch hits for Roy Face. Saffell bunts towards first. Moon scoops it up and throws to first, with Schoendienst covering, for the out. Lynch moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lynch hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Virdon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 O'Brien hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ward hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Grammas hits a fly ball into center field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jerry Lynch now playing right field. Roman Mejias now playing center field. Roy Face now pitching. Wright hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops it up and throws to first, with Face covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 7 Mel Wright now pitching. Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 7 Mejias hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lynch scores. Freese moves to second.
Bottom 7 Freese bunts towards the mound. Gettel picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Gettel. Groat scores. Lynch moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dale Long pinch hits for Eddie O'Brien. Long hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Vern Law. Lynch hits a line drive into right field. Musial picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Musial. Groat moves to third.
Bottom 7 Alex Grammas now playing shortstop. Ken Boyer now playing third base. Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Virdon scores. Whisenant moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. Virdon moves to third.
Top 7 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Virdon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mejias. Virdon reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ward strikes out.
Bottom 6 Shepard hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hemus hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gettel hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of O'Brien. Gettel reaches second base with a double. Sarni scores. Boyer scores.
Top 6 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to home. Shepard drops the ball. Boyer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 There goes Sarni. The throw from Shepard and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 6 Sarni takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Whisenant hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mejias hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Moon hits a line drive towards first. Ward catches it and steps on first to double up Musial.
Top 5 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. O'Brien settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes O'Brien. The throw from Sarni and he is out, Schoendienst applying the tag.
Bottom 4 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Law hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out.
Top 4 Hemus hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of O'Brien. Hemus reaches second base with a double. Gettel moves to third.
Top 4 Gettel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sarni hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 O'Brien hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ward takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mejias moves to third.
Bottom 3 Al Gettel now pitching. Thomas hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mejias hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Mejias reaches second base with a double. Law scores. O'Brien scores. Freese goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Law moves to third. O'Brien moves to second.
Bottom 3 O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Law hits a line drive off the glove of Arroyo. The ball bounces into foul territory, and onto the outfield grass. Law reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. O'Brien settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ward strikes out.
Top 2 Schoendienst hits a popup, foul, towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hemus hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Mejias. Hemus reaches second base with a double. Sarni scores.
Top 2 Arroyo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sarni hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Thomas who is chasing the ball. Sarni reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Shepard hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Freese scores. Mejias moves to third.
Bottom 1 Mejias hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Mejias reaches second base with a double. Freese moves to third.
Bottom 1 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Groat fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Musial scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial moves to third.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien fields it and throws to second for the out. Hemus scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Law. Hemus moves to third.
Top 1 Hemus takes first base on ball four.