Dodgers @ Phillies
August 21, 1955

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Top 9 R H E
Dodgers 4 6 0
Phillies 6 11 0
Top 9 R H E
Dodgers 4 6 0
Phillies 6 11 0

Don Newcombe Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .359
OBP .000 .394
At Bats 0 103
Hits 0 37
• Singles 0 22
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 0 20

Jack Meyer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 8 11
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 21, 1955
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Jack Meyer
Stan Lopata
Eddie Waitkus
Granny Hamner
Willie Jones
Bobby Morgan
Del Ennis
Glen Gorbous
Jim Greengrass
Don Newcombe
Don Zimmer
Gil Hodges
Jackie Robinson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers 4 6 0 5
Philadelphia Phillies 6 11 0 7
Winning Pitcher Herm Wehmeier
Losing Pitcher Carl Erskine
Save Jack Meyer
Game Winning RBI Willie Jones
Attendance 17,492
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Don Zimmer pinch runs for George Shuba. Don Newcombe pinch hits for Don Bessent. Newcombe hits a fly ball into center field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 George Shuba pinch hits for Don Hoak. Shuba takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to third. Hodges moves to second.
Top 9 Hodges takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Top 9 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Furillo strikes out.
Top 9 Campanella strikes out.
Bottom 8 Gorbous 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 8 Meyer strikes out.
Bottom 8 Don Bessent now pitching. Lopata hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Snider hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Reese hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jack Meyer now pitching. Gilliam strikes out.
Top 8 Frank Kellert pinch hits for Clem Labine. Kellert hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Greengrass who is chasing the ball. Kellert reaches third base with a triple. Hodges scores. Hoak goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Hoak takes first base on ball four. Hodges moves to second.
Top 8 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wehmeier fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields the ball and throws to Labine covering. Safe.
Bottom 7 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jones for the out.
Bottom 7 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hamner strikes out.
Bottom 6 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gilliam scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Clem Labine now pitching. Gorbous hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first, with Wehmeier covering, for the out.
Top 6 Reese hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Gilliam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Sandy Amoros pinch hits for Roger Craig. Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Hoak for the double play.
Top 6 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Wehmeier hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lopata hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 5 Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Roger Craig now pitching. Waitkus hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ennis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Hodges hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Furillo strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gorbous hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Wehmeier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Campanella hits a fly ball into center field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Snider hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hamner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reese hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lopata hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Greengrass hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Waitkus hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 3 Ed Roebuck now pitching. Ennis takes first base on ball four. Hamner moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hamner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Morgan moves to third.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Gorbous hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gilliam hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wehmeier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopata takes first base on ball four. Waitkus moves to third. Greengrass moves to second.
Bottom 2 Greengrass takes first base on ball four. Waitkus moves to second.
Bottom 2 Waitkus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ennis hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hodges hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Furillo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Gorbous who is chasing the ball. Furillo reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Hamner strikes out. There goes Morgan. The throw from Campanella to second, and Morgan is out.
Bottom 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Gorbous hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gorbous for the out.
Top 1 Snider hits a fly ball into center field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Reese hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.