Pirates @ Cardinals
September 12, 1955

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Top 9 R H E
Pirates 7 11 1
Cardinals 3 6 0
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 9 12 1
Cardinals 3 6 0

Frank Thomas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .247
OBP .750 .305
At Bats 3 396
Hits 2 98
• Singles 2 66
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 1 33
RBI’s 0 51

Al Gettel Season Stats

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1 0 0
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Sportsman's Park - September 12, 1955
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Home Run
Al Gettel
Nelson Burbrink
Wally Moon
Red Schoendienst
Ken Boyer
Alex Grammas
Harry Elliott
Bill Virdon
Stan Musial
Frank Thomas
Roberto Clemente
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Clemente hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Freese scores.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Freese moves to third.
Top 9 Freese hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Donoso is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Elliott hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. O'Brien settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 O'Brien hits a popup towards short. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Long takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Shepard bunts towards first. Moon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Shepard for the out. Thomas moves to second.
Top 8 Al Gettel now pitching. Red Schoendienst now playing second base. Thomas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Pete Whisenant pinch hits for Mel Wright. Whisenant strikes out.
Bottom 7 Grammas hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Moon hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Freese strikes out.
Top 7 O'Brien strikes out.
Bottom 6 Burbrink 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 6 Virdon 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 6 Elliott 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 6 Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Donoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Groat bunts in front of the plate. Burbrink fields it and throws to first for the out. Long scores. O'Brien moves to second.
Top 6 Mel Wright now pitching. O'Brien hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Long moves to third.
Top 6 Long hits a ball on the ground into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Long reaches second base with a double. Thomas scores.
Top 6 Shepard bunts towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to second.
Top 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hemus 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 5 Haddix hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 5 Clemente hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 O'Brien strikes out. Burbrink drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws O'Brien out.
Bottom 4 Grammas hits a line drive into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moon takes first base on ball four. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Burbrink strikes out.
Bottom 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Elliott hits a line drive towards short. Groat reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Donoso strikes out.
Top 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 O'Brien strikes out.
Top 4 Long hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 There goes Thomas. The throw from Burbrink and he is safe. Thomas steals third.
Top 4 Shepard takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Top 4 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. O'Brien settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boyer 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 3 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hemus for the out.
Top 3 Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out. Donoso scores.
Top 3 O'Brien hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Donoso moves to third.
Top 3 Donoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Groat hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Elliott. Groat reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donoso fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Grammas hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Moon. The throw from Shepard and he is out, O'Brien applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Moon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Shepard trying to get to home. Musial throws the ball in to Burbrink who tags Shepard who's trying to score from second, for the out.
Top 2 Shepard hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Shepard reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Burbrink hits a line drive into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Virdon strikes out.
Bottom 1 Elliott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boyer scores. Musial moves to third.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien misplays the ball. That's an error on O'Brien. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hemus is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Elliott settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.