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I remember his playing days well. I was at a game in Pittsburgh between the Pirates and the Phillies in the 1950's. The game was tied at 4 in the bottom of the ninth. The Pirates had men on 1st and 3rd with two outs and the batter lined the ball into centerfield for what appeared to be a winning hit. Gene Freese, the Pirate on 1st failed to touch 2nd base. Ashburn noted this and ran in with the ball, stepped on 2nd for a force out, negating the run. After much umpire discussion and fan displeasure, the game went into extra innings and the Phillies won in the 10th 8-4. Heads up play by Ashburn, not so much by Freese.

 

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I remember his playing days well. I was at a game in Pittsburgh between the Pirates and the Phillies in the 1950's. The game was tied at 4 in the bottom of the ninth. The Pirates had men on 1st and 3rd with two outs and the batter lined the ball into centerfield for what appeared to be a winning hit. Gene Freese, the Pirate on 1st failed to touch 2nd base. Ashburn noted this and ran in with the ball, stepped on 2nd for a force out, negating the run. After much umpire discussion and fan displeasure, the game went into extra innings and the Phillies won in the 10th 8-4. Heads up play by Ashburn, not so much by Freese.

He was always a phan phavorite in my hometown.

 

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I remember his playing days well. I was at a game in Pittsburgh between the Pirates and the Phillies in the 1950's. The game was tied at 4 in the bottom of the ninth. The Pirates had men on 1st and 3rd with two outs and the batter lined the ball into centerfield for what appeared to be a winning hit. Gene Freese, the Pirate on 1st failed to touch 2nd base. Ashburn noted this and ran in with the ball, stepped on 2nd for a force out, negating the run. After much umpire discussion and fan displeasure, the game went into extra innings and the Phillies won in the 10th 8-4. Heads up play by Ashburn, not so much by Freese.

Just for the fun of it, I tried to find some information on the game cited above. I was wrong on the inning. The Phillies scored 4 runs in the 11th, not the 10th inning. The game was three days before my 13th birthday! I was one of the 3,082 who paid to watch it. I was in the right field grandstand, so I ponied up $1.50 of my hard earned paper route money.

Philadelphia Phillies (8) vs Pittsburgh Pirates (4)​ Box Score of Game Played on May 28, 1955​
Game played on Saturday, May 28, 1955 at Forbes Field
Philadelphia Phillies ab r h rbi Ashburn cf 5 2 2 1 Gorbous rf 5 2 1 1 Blaylock 1b 6 1 1 2 Ennis lf 6 1 2 1 Jones 3b 5 0 2 0 Seminick c 1 0 0 0 Lopata c 5 0 1 0 Morgan 2b 4 1 2 1 Smalley ss 3 1 0 0 Simmons p 3 0 1 0 Miller p 1 0 1 0 Torgeson ph 1 0 1 1 Meyer p 0 0 0 0 Totals 45 8 14 7	Pittsburgh Pirates ab r h rbi Saffell cf 5 3 3 0 Freese G. 2b 5 1 1 1 Mejias rf 6 0 3 0 Thomas lf 5 0 1 0 Shepard c 4 0 1 2 Freese G. 3b 6 0 1 0 Groat ss 5 0 0 0 Ward 1b 4 0 1 0 Montemayor pr 0 0 0 0 Face p 1 0 0 0 Kline p 0 0 0 0 Law p 0 0 0 0 Wade p 2 0 0 0 Long ph,1b 0 0 0 0 Totals 43 4 11 3
Philadelphia 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 – 8 14 3 Pittsburgh 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 – 4 11 0
Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO Simmons 6.0 7 4 3 4 4 Miller W (3-0) 4.0 4 0 0 2 1 Meyer SV (3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 11.0 11 4 3 6 5 Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO Law 0.0 3 4 4 1 0 Wade 8.0 4 0 0 2 1 Face L (0-1) 2.2 7 4 4 3 1 Kline 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 11.0 14 8 8 6 2 E–Ashburn (4), Jones (9), Smalley (1). DP–Philadelphia 1. Smalley-Morgan-Blaylock, Pittsburgh 1. Mejias-Groat. 2B–Philadelphia Blaylock (4,off Law); Ennis (6,off Law); Morgan 2 (7,off Wade,off Face)., Pittsburgh Saffell (1,off Simmons); Thomas (3,off Simmons). 3B–Philadelphia Ashburn (4,off Face), Pittsburgh Gene Freese (2,off Simmons). Team LOB–10. SH–Long (2,off Miller). SF–Shepard (1,off Simmons). IBB–Saffell (1,by Miller). Team–14. U-HP–Augie Donatelli, 1B–Hal Dixon, 2B–Jocko Conlan, 3B–Stan Landes. T–3:32. A–3,082.
Game played on Saturday, May 28, 1955 at Forbes Field
Box Score Research by Baseball Almanac

 

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