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Dodgers 4 @ Giants 13
Polo Grounds
September 4, 1954

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on September 4, 1954 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Dodgers with a score of 13 to 4.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 4, 1954 
Visiting Team
Brooklyn Dodgers
R: 4 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 13 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 13
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherRuben Gomez  
Losing PitcherCarl Erskine  
SaveMarv Grissom  
Game Winning RBIRay Katt 

Game Info

DateSeptember 4, 1954 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamBrooklyn Dodgers 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherCarl Erskine  
Home Starting PitcherRuben Gomez  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance35,342 
Time of Game2 hours 44 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Lee Ballanfant
1B: Hal Dixon
2B: Bill Jackowski
3B: Al Barlick

Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Gilliam  Second Baseman 
Pee Wee Reese  Shortstop 
Duke Snider  Center Fielder 
Gil Hodges  First Baseman 
Sandy Amoros  Left Fielder 
Carl Furillo  Right Fielder 
Don Hoak  Third Baseman 
Rube Walker  Catcher 
Carl Erskine  Pitcher 
Walter Alston  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Whitey Lockman  First Baseman 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Dusty Rhodes  Left Fielder 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Davey Williams  Second Baseman 
Ray Katt  Catcher 
Ruben Gomez  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Dodgers 4 @ Giants 13
Polo Grounds
September 4, 1954

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         Game of 9/4/1954 -- Brooklyn at New York (D)

  Brooklyn           AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Gilliam J, 2b         5  1  1  2   Lockman W, 1b         4  2  2  0   
Reese P, ss           4  1  1  0   Dark A, ss            5  2  2  0   
Snider D, cf          4  0  2  0   Thompson H, 3b        3  2  2  4   
Hodges G, 1b          3  0  1  1   Mays W, cf            4  1  1  2   
Amoros S, lf          4  0  1  0   Rhodes D, lf          4  1  2  2   
Furillo C, rf         3  0  0  0   Mueller D, rf         4  2  1  1   
Hoak D, 3b            4  0  2  0   Williams D, 2b        3  0  0  0   
Walker R, c           2  0  0  0   Katt R, c             4  2  3  4   
Zimmer D, pr          0  1  0  0   Gomez R, p            2  0  0  0   
Campanella R, c       1  0  0  0   Grissom M, p          1  1  0  0   
Erskine C, p          2  0  0  0                                      
Moryn W, ph           1  0  0  0                                      
Hughes J, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Roe P, p              0  0  0  0                                      
Wojey P, p            0  0  0  0                                      
Shuba G, ph           1  1  1  1                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  4  9  4                        34 13 13 13

Brooklyn         000 001 201 --  4
New York         020 020 72x -- 13

  Brooklyn             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Erskine C (L)         6.0  7  4  4  1  3
Hughes J*             0.0  2  3  3  1  0
Roe P                 0.1  2  3  3  1  0
Wojey P               1.2  2  3  3  2  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gomez R (W)           6.2  7  3  3  3  5
Grissom M (S)         2.1  2  1  1  1  2
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 7th

DP -- Brooklyn 1, New York 2
LOB -- Brooklyn 7, New York 5
HR -- Gilliam J, Thompson H, Katt R, Shuba G
SB -- Hoak D, Katt R
SH -- Williams D, Rhodes D
HBP -- by Erskine C (Thompson H)
T -- 2:44
A -- 35342

    

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