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Giants
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
August 8, 1957
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants, played on August 8, 1957 at Ebbets Field.
Game Summary
| Date | August 8, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Giants
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| Home Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 8, 1957 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Thu |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Giants |
| Home Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ruben Gomez |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Sal Maglie |
| Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
| City | Brooklyn |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 18,753 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 20 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Dascoli 1B: Frank Secory 2B: Stan Landes 3B: Bill Baker |
New York Giants Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Danny O'Connell | Second Baseman |
| Don Mueller | Right Fielder |
| Willie Mays | Center Fielder |
| Ray Jablonski | Third Baseman |
| Hank Sauer | Left Fielder |
| Daryl Spencer | Shortstop |
| Gail Harris | First Baseman |
| Valmy Thomas | Catcher |
| Ruben Gomez | Pitcher |
| Bill Rigney | Manager |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
| Pee Wee Reese | Third Baseman |
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Charlie Neal | Shortstop |
| Gino Cimoli | Center Fielder |
| Bob Kennedy | Left Fielder |
| Sal Maglie | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Giants
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
August 8, 1957
Top 1
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Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Maglie
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Neal misplays the ball. That's an error on Neal. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Maglie
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. O'Connell moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1-3
Mays vs. Maglie
Mays takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Jablonski vs. Maglie
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reese fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. O'Connell scores. Mays moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 1 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sauer vs. Maglie
Sauer hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Mays scores. Jablonski moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 2 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Spencer vs. Maglie
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reese fields it and throws to first for the out. Jablonski scores. Sauer moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 3 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Harris vs. Maglie
Harris hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Cimoli. Harris reaches second base with a double. Sauer scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Maglie
Thomas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Gomez vs. Bessent
Don Bessent now pitching.
Gomez hits a line drive into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Gomez
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell misplays the ball. That's an error on O'Connell. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Gomez
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Gomez
Furillo strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Gomez
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Bessent
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mueller vs. Bessent
Mueller hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. O'Connell moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 4 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mays vs. Bessent
Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. O'Connell tags and scores. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Jablonski vs. Bessent
The ball gets by Campanella for a passed ball. Mueller moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: -2-
Jablonski vs. Bessent
Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 5 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sauer vs. Bessent
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Neal fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mueller scores. Jablonski moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Spencer vs. Bessent
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bessent fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Jablonski moves to third. Sauer moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 6 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Harris vs. Bessent
Harris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jablonski scores. Sauer moves to third. Spencer moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 7 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Thomas vs. Craig
Roger Craig now pitching.
Thomas hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Sauer scores. Spencer scores. Harris moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Gomez vs. Craig
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Neal fields it and throws to second for the out. Harris moves to third. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1-3
O'Connell vs. Craig
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Craig fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Gomez
Campanella hits a popup towards first. Harris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Gomez
Neal hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Gomez
Cimoli strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Craig
Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Craig covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Craig
Mays strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Craig
Jablonski hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Gomez
Kennedy hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Craig vs. Gomez
Craig strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Gomez
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Spencer. Gilliam moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Gomez
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Furillo vs. Gomez
Furillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gilliam scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Gomez
Hodges hits a line drive towards short. Spencer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Giants, 9 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Craig
Sauer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Craig
Spencer hits a line drive off the glove of Reese, and into shallow left field. Spencer reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Harris vs. Craig
Harris hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 10 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Thomas vs. Craig
Thomas hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Cimoli. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Spencer scores. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Gomez vs. Craig
Gomez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
O'Connell vs. Craig
O'Connell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Giants, 11 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Gomez
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Gomez
Neal hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Cimoli vs. Gomez
Cimoli takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Gomez
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Giants, 11 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mueller vs. Craig
Rube Walker now catching.
Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 11 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Craig
Mays hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Craig
Jablonski strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Craig
Sauer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Spencer vs. Craig
Spencer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Craig vs. Gomez
Bobby Thomson now playing right field.
Craig strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Gomez
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops it up and throws to first, with Gomez covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Gomez
Reese strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Craig
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Craig covering, for the out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Craig
Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Cimoli settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gomez vs. Craig
Gomez strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Gomez
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Gomez
Hodges hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Walker vs. Gomez
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Craig
O'Connell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Craig
Thomson strikes out. There goes O'Connell. The throw from Walker to second, and O'Connell is out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Mays vs. Craig
Mays strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Gomez
Neal hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Gomez
Cimoli hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Gomez
Kennedy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Valo vs. Gomez
Elmer Valo pinch hits for Roger Craig.
Valo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Jablonski vs. Roebuck
Ed Roebuck now pitching.
Jablonski strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Sauer vs. Roebuck
Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roebuck fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Roebuck
Spencer strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Gomez
Eddie Bressoud now playing third base.
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Gomez
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Gomez
Furillo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Furillo reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Hodges vs. Gomez
Hodges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Harris vs. Roebuck
Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam misplays the ball. That's an error on Gilliam. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Thomas vs. Roebuck
Thomas strikes out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gomez vs. Roebuck
Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
O'Connell vs. Roebuck
O'Connell takes first base on ball four. Gomez moves to second. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Roebuck
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roebuck fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Walker vs. Gomez
Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Neal vs. Gomez
Neal takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Cimoli vs. Gomez
Cimoli hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Cimoli reaches second base with a double. Neal goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kennedy vs. Gomez
Kennedy hits a fly ball into right field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Giants, 12 - Dodgers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: -2-
Roseboro vs. Gomez
John Roseboro pinch hits for Ed Roebuck.
Roseboro hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/8/1957 -- New York at Brooklyn (N)
New York AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI
O'Connell D, 2b 4 2 1 0 Gilliam J, 2b 4 1 1 0
Mueller D, rf 4 1 2 0 Reese P, 3b 4 0 0 0
Thomson B, rf 2 0 0 0 Furillo C, rf 4 0 2 1
Mays W, cf 3 2 1 2 Hodges G, 1b 4 0 1 0
Jablonski R, 3b 5 2 1 1 Campanella R, c 2 0 0 0
Bressoud E, 3b 0 0 0 0 Walker R, c 2 0 0 0
Sauer H, lf 4 3 3 3 Neal C, ss 3 1 1 0
Spencer D, ss 5 2 2 1 Cimoli G, cf 3 0 1 1
Harris G, 1b 5 0 2 2 Kennedy B, lf 3 1 1 1
Thomas V, c 4 0 2 3 Maglie S, p 0 0 0 0
Gomez R, p 5 0 0 0 Bessent D, p 0 0 0 0
Craig R, p 2 0 0 0
Valo E, ph 1 0 0 0
Roebuck E, p 0 0 0 0
Roseboro J, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
41 12 14 12 33 3 7 3
New York 450 210 000 -- 12
Brooklyn 002 000 001 -- 3
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez R (W) 9.0 7 3 2 3 5
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Maglie S (L) 0.2 3 4 1 2 0
Bessent D 0.2 6 5 5 0 0
Craig R 5.2 5 3 3 2 6
Roebuck E 2.0 0 0 0 1 3
E -- Neal C, O'Connell D, Spencer D, Gilliam J
DP -- New York 3, Brooklyn 1
LOB -- New York 8, Brooklyn 6
2B -- Harris G, Spencer D, Thomas V, Furillo C, Cimoli G
HR -- Kennedy B, Sauer H, Mays W
CS -- O'Connell D
SF -- Mays W
PB -- Campanella R
T -- 2:20
A -- 18753
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