Dodgers @ Giants
May 29, 1955

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 8 12 1
Giants 5 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 8 12 1
Giants 5 8 1

Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .293
OBP .750 .376
At Bats 3 147
Hits 2 43
• Singles 1 25
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 1 11
Walks 1 18
RBI’s 2 27

Jim Hughes Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 4
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Polo Grounds - May 29, 1955
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Strikeout
Jim Hughes
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jim Gilliam
Jackie Robinson
Pee Wee Reese
Sandy Amoros
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Willie Mays

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers 8 12 1 10
New York Giants 5 8 1 7
Winning Pitcher Johnny Podres
Losing Pitcher Johnny Antonelli
Save Jim Hughes
Game Winning RBI Jim Gilliam
Attendance 42,630
Time of Game 3 hours 11 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mays strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hughes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Hughes hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Giel fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Amoros hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Hank Thompson now playing second base. Bobby Hofman now catching. Paul Giel now pitching. Furillo hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bill Taylor pinch hits for Marv Grissom. Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Ray Katt. Rhodes hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hank Thompson pinch hits for Davey Williams. Jim Hughes now pitching. Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mueller takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Hodges strikes out.
Top 8 The ball gets by Katt for a passed ball. Gilliam scores. Campanella moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Campanella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Campanella reaches second base with a double. Gilliam moves to third.
Top 8 Snider strikes out.
Top 8 Reese bunts towards the mound. Grissom settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a fly ballMays hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is bouncing around. Furillo is chasing the ball. Mays rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park two run home run..
Bottom 7 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Podres strikes out.
Top 7 There goes Amoros. The throw from Katt and he is out, Dark applying the tag.
Top 7 Amoros hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Grissom strikes out. Campanella drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Grissom out.
Bottom 6 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Furillo strikes out. There goes Hodges. The throw from Katt to Dark, and Hodges is out.
Top 6 Hodges takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Campanella strikes out.
Top 6 Marv Grissom now pitching. Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 5 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out. Mays moves to second.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Dark hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Billy Gardner pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Gardner takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gilliam hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays, who is chasing the ball. Gilliam reaches third base with a triple. Amoros scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Ray Katt now catching. Podres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Amoros moves to third.
Top 5 Amoros strikes out. The ball gets by Westrum. He chases the ball to the backstop. Amoros moves to second.
Top 5 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Westrum strikes out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a line drive into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Mays scores. Irvin moves to second.
Bottom 4 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Mays moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gordon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Furillo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hodges hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Wilhelm scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hodges for the out. Campanella moves to third.
Top 4 Campanella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Campanella reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Snider hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dark hits a line drive into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilhelm for the out.
Top 3 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Gilliam takes first base on ball four. Furillo scores. Amoros moves to third. Podres moves to second.
Top 3 Podres takes first base on ball four. Furillo moves to third. Amoros moves to second.
Top 3 Amoros takes first base on ball four. Furillo moves to second.
Top 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Furillo hits a line drive into left center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hodges strikes out.
Bottom 2 Westrum strikes out.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Robinson.
Top 2 Al Corwin now pitching. Campanella hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Snider hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Gilliam scores. Reese scores.
Top 2 Reese hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Reese reaches second base with a double. Gilliam moves to third.
Top 2 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Podres hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Amoros hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Gordon hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Lockman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mays strikes out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Furillo hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hodges takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to second.
Top 1 Campanella strikes out.
Top 1 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.