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August 27, 1955

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Braves 5 8 0
Giants 4 8 1
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Giants 4 8 1

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .253
OBP .500 .321
At Bats 3 288
Hits 1 73
• Singles 1 52
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 1 31
RBI’s 0 48

Marv Grissom Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 5
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Polo Grounds - August 27, 1955
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Out
Marv Grissom
Ray Katt
Bobby Hofman
Wayne Terwilliger
Hank Thompson
Billy Gardner
Whitey Lockman
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Bobby Thomson
Eddie Mathews
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 11 Marv Grissom now pitching. Logan bunts towards first. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first, with Terwilliger covering, for the out. Mathews moves to second.
Top 11 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 O'Connell hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 10 Hofman hits a popup towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Lockman hits a popup towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Bruton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Burdette hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 McCall strikes out.
Bottom 9 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hofman fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Thomson for the double play.
Top 9 Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hank Thompson now playing third base. Thomson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Terwilliger hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hank Thompson pinch hits for Sid Gordon. Thompson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Lew Burdette now pitching. Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hofman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Mays hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Windy McCall now pitching. O'Connell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gardner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Gardner reaches second base with a double. Terwilliger goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Joey Amalfitano pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Amalfitano hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Katt hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Terwilliger takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilhelm covering, for the out. Crowe moves to third.
Top 7 Nichols bunts towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out. Crowe moves to second.
Top 7 Crandall hits a popup towards short. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Crowe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hofman hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Thomson strikes out.
Top 6 Logan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Nichols, and towards O'Connell, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mathews hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hofman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 O'Connell hits a line drive towards third. Gordon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bruton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Katt hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mueller scores. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mays scores.
Bottom 4 Hofman hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Mays reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Nichols strikes out.
Top 4 Crandall strikes out.
Top 4 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Katt hits a popup, foul, towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Pafko hits a fly ball towards center. Mays catches it and throws to first to double up Thomson. Mathews tags and scores.
Top 3 Thomson takes first base on ball four. Mathews moves to third. Logan moves to second.
Top 3 Logan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bruton scores. Mathews moves to second.
Top 3 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 O'Connell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards second. Terwilliger picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Terwilliger. Nichols goes all the way around to score. Bruton moves to third.
Top 3 Nichols hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Crandall fires to second and picks off Mueller for the out.
Bottom 2 Terwilliger hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mueller takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hofman hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Crowe strikes out.
Top 2 Pafko hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomson throws the ball in to O'Connell who tags Mays, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mathews strikes out.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Bruton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.