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Dodgers
@ Phillies
Connie Mack Stadium
April 18, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on April 18, 1955 at Connie Mack Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 18, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 18, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Carl Erskine |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Herm Wehmeier |
| Ballpark | Connie Mack Stadium |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 30,896 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Jackowski 1B: Stan Landes 2B: Lee Ballanfant 3B: Al Barlick |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
| Jackie Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Sandy Amoros | Left Fielder |
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Don Zimmer | Shortstop |
| Carl Erskine | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Peanuts Lowrey | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Morgan | Second Baseman |
| Granny Hamner | Shortstop |
| Del Ennis | Left Fielder |
| Stan Lopata | Catcher |
| Earl Torgeson | First Baseman |
| Willie Jones | Third Baseman |
| Stan Palys | Right Fielder |
| Herm Wehmeier | Pitcher |
| Mayo Smith | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Phillies
Connie Mack Stadium
April 18, 1955
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Wehmeier
Gilliam hits a fly ball into right field. Palys settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Wehmeier
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Palys settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Wehmeier
Snider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Wehmeier
Hodges hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Erskine
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Erskine
Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Hamner vs. Erskine
Hamner hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Ennis vs. Erskine
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Wehmeier
Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Wehmeier
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Furillo for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Wehmeier
Campanella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Campanella reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Zimmer vs. Wehmeier
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Lopata vs. Erskine
Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Zimmer. Lopata moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Torgeson vs. Erskine
Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Erskine covering, for the out. Lopata scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Erskine
Jones hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Palys vs. Erskine
Palys hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Amoros. Palys reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Wehmeier vs. Erskine
Wehmeier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Wehmeier
Erskine hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Wehmeier
Gilliam hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Wehmeier
Robinson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Erskine
Lowrey strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Erskine
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hamner vs. Erskine
Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Wehmeier
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Wehmeier
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Wehmeier
Amoros is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Wehmeier
Furillo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Erskine
Ennis hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lopata vs. Erskine
Lopata hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Erskine
Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Wehmeier
Campanella hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Wehmeier
Zimmer strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Wehmeier
Erskine hits a fly ball into right field. Palys settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Erskine
Jones takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Palys vs. Erskine
Palys takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wehmeier vs. Erskine
Wehmeier bunts towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out. Jones moves to third. Palys moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Lowrey vs. Erskine
Lowrey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Morgan vs. Erskine
Morgan hits a line drive into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jones tags and scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Hamner vs. Erskine
Hamner takes first base on ball four. Palys moves to third. Lowrey moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 123
Ennis vs. Erskine
Ennis hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Wehmeier
Gilliam hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis who is chasing the ball. Gilliam reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: --3
Robinson vs. Wehmeier
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Snider vs. Wehmeier
Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Wehmeier
Hodges hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Wehmeier
Amoros takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Furillo vs. Wehmeier
Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Palys settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Wehmeier
Campanella hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Zimmer vs. Wehmeier
Zimmer takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to third. Amoros moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 3 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Erskine vs. Wehmeier
Erskine hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hodges scores. Amoros scores. Zimmer moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Gilliam vs. Lovenguth
Lynn Lovenguth now pitching.
Gilliam hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lopata vs. Erskine
Lopata hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Erskine
Torgeson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Erskine
Jones takes first base on ball four. Torgeson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Palys vs. Roebuck
Ed Roebuck now pitching.
Palys hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 12-
Blaylock vs. Roebuck
Marv Blaylock pinch hits for Lynn Lovenguth.
Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roebuck fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Kipper
Thornton Kipper now pitching.
Robinson hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Snider vs. Kipper
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hodges vs. Kipper
There goes Snider. The throw from Lopata and he is out, Morgan applying the tag. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Kipper
Hodges hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Roebuck
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roebuck fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Roebuck
Morgan hits a line drive towards short. Zimmer reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hamner vs. Roebuck
Hamner bunts towards the mound. Roebuck fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Kipper
Amoros hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Kipper
Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kipper fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Kipper
Campanella hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Roebuck
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Robinson. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Lopata vs. Roebuck
Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson throws to second for one, and Gilliam throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Lopata moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Torgeson vs. Roebuck
Torgeson hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Roebuck
Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Zimmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Zimmer vs. Kipper
Zimmer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Roebuck vs. Kipper
Roebuck hits a popup towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Kipper
Gilliam takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Kipper
Robinson takes first base on ball four. Gilliam moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Snider vs. Kipper
Snider hits a fly ball into center field. Lowrey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Palys vs. Roebuck
Palys takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Baker vs. Roebuck
Floyd Baker pinch hits for Thornton Kipper.
Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Dodgers, 5 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Roebuck
Lowrey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roebuck fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/18/1955 -- Brooklyn at Philadelphia (N)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Gilliam J, 2b 4 1 1 0 Lowrey P, cf 4 0 0 0
Robinson J, 3b 3 1 1 0 Morgan B, 2b 3 0 1 1
Snider D, cf 5 1 2 3 Hamner G, ss 3 0 0 0
Hodges G, 1b 4 1 1 0 Ennis D, lf 4 0 0 0
Amoros S, lf 2 1 0 0 Lopata S, c 4 1 2 0
Furillo C, rf 4 0 0 0 Torgeson E, 1b 3 0 0 1
Campanella R, c 4 0 1 0 Jones W, 3b 2 1 0 0
Zimmer D, ss 3 0 0 0 Palys S, rf 2 0 1 0
Erskine C, p 3 0 1 2 Wehmeier H, p 1 0 0 0
Roebuck E, p 1 0 0 0 Lovenguth L, p 0 0 0 0
Blaylock M, ph 1 0 0 0
Kipper T, p 0 0 0 0
Baker F, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 5 7 5 28 2 4 2
Brooklyn 000 005 000 -- 5
Philadelphia 010 010 000 -- 2
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine C (W) 5.1 4 2 2 6 1
Roebuck E (S) 3.2 0 0 0 1 0
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier H (L) 5.2 6 5 5 3 3
Lovenguth L 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Kipper T 3.0 1 0 0 2 0
E -- Zimmer D, Robinson J, Gilliam J
DP -- Brooklyn 2
LOB -- Brooklyn 7, Philadelphia 8
2B -- Campanella R, Palys S
3B -- Gilliam J
HR -- Snider D
CS -- Snider D
SH -- Wehmeier H
SF -- Morgan B
HBP -- by Wehmeier H (Amoros S)
T -- 3:00
A -- 30896
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