Pittsburgh’s right fielder Roberto Clemente pounds Dodger pitching in the opener of a twin bill split, doing most of his damage against former Montreal Royals teammate Ed Roebuck. “Eddie was celebrating his 24th bithday,” reports Jack Hernon of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, “but Roberto Clemente apparently didn’t know about it. The Buc rookie belted him for two triples, scoring the tying run on the first one in the 4th and driving home the run Ron Kline needed in the 5th.”

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On July 3, 1955 Pittsburgh’s right fielder Roberto Clemente pounds Dodger pitching in the opener of a twin bill split, doing most of his damage against former Montreal Royals teammate Ed Roebuck. “Eddie was celebrating his 24th bithday,” reports Jack Hernon of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, “but Roberto Clemente apparently didn’t know about it. The Buc rookie belted him for two triples, scoring the tying run on the first one in the 4th and driving home the run Ron Kline needed in the 5th.”