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Reds 1 @ Giants 2
Polo Grounds
May 1, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds, played on May 1, 1955 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Reds with a score of 2 to 1.

Game Summary

DateMay 1, 1955 
Visiting Team
Cincinnati Reds
R: 1 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 2 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 10
Runs: 2
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherJohnny Antonelli  
Losing PitcherBob Hooper  
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Game Winning RBIBill Taylor 

Game Info

DateMay 1, 1955 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCincinnati Reds 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherJohnny Klippstein  
Home Starting PitcherJohnny Antonelli  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance19,676 
Time of Game4 hours 13 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Frank Secory
1B: Larry Goetz
2B: Frank Dascoli
3B: Lon Warneke

Cincinnati Reds Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Temple  Second Baseman 
Smoky Burgess  Catcher 
Ted Kluszewski  First Baseman 
Ray Jablonski  Third Baseman 
Gus Bell  Center Fielder 
Stan Palys  Left Fielder 
Roy McMillan  Shortstop 
Wally Post  Right Fielder 
Johnny Klippstein  Pitcher 
Birdie Tebbetts  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

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

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Reds 1 @ Giants 2
Polo Grounds
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         Game of 5/1/1955 -- Cincinnati at New York (D)

  Cincinnati         AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Temple J, 2b          5  1  2  0   Lockman W, 1b         7  1  3  0   
Burgess S, c          6  0  0  0   Dark A, ss            6  1  2  0   
Kluszewski T, 1b      6  0  1  0   Mueller D, rf         7  0  2  0   
Jablonski R, 3b       5  0  1  1   Thompson H, 3b        4  0  0  0   
Bell G, cf            5  0  0  0   Gardner B, pr-3b      0  0  0  0   
Palys S, lf           6  0  1  0   Taylor B, ph          1  0  1  1   
McMillan R, ss        6  0  1  0   Mays W, cf            5  0  1  0   
Post W, rf            6  0  0  0   Rhodes D, lf          3  0  0  0   
Klippstein J, p       1  0  0  0   Irvin M, lf           2  0  0  0   
Harmon C, ph          1  0  0  0   Williams D, 2b        5  0  3  0   
Nuxhall J, p          1  0  0  0   Katt R, c             4  0  0  0   
Thurman B, ph         1  0  0  0   Hofman B, ph          1  0  0  0   
Collum J, p           0  0  0  0   Grasso M, c           1  0  0  0   
Borkowski B, ph       1  0  0  0   Antonelli J, p        5  0  1  0   
Hooper B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Ridzik S, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     50  1  6  1                        51  2 13  1

Cincinnati       000 000 010 000 000 0 --  1
New York         000 100 000 000 000 1 --  2
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Cincinnati           IP  H  R ER BB SO
Klippstein J          7.0  7  1  0  1  3
Nuxhall J             5.0  2  0  0  2  4
Collum J              2.0  0  0  0  1  1
Hooper B (L)          1.1  3  1  1  0  1
Ridzik S              0.0  1  0  0  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Antonelli J (W)      16.0  6  1  1  5 11

E -- Jablonski R
DP -- Cincinnati 6, New York 4
LOB -- Cincinnati 8, New York 10
2B -- Jablonski R
SB -- Lockman W
SH -- Irvin M, Dark A
HBP -- by Antonelli J (Temple J), by Klippstein J (Mays W), by Antonelli J (Jablonski R)
T -- 4:13
A -- 19676

    

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