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May 5, 1955

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Top 9 R H E
Braves 4 9 2
Pirates 9 10 1
Top 9 R H E
Braves 4 9 2
Pirates 9 10 1

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .253
OBP .000 .307
At Bats 4 79
Hits 0 20
• Singles 0 15
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 22

Vern Law Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Forbes Field - May 5, 1955
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Out
Vern Law
Jack Shepard
Dale Long
Gene Freese
George Freese
Dick Groat
Felipe Montemayor
Tom Saffell
Roberto Clemente
Bobby Thomson
Johnny Logan
Bill Bruton

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 4 9 2 9
Pittsburgh Pirates 9 10 1 9
Winning Pitcher Nellie King
Losing Pitcher Bob Buhl
Save Vern Law
Game Winning RBI Dale Long
Attendance 4,329
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Mathews hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Logan takes first base on ball four. Bruton moves to second.
Top 9 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Jack Dittmer pinch hits for Joey Jay. Dittmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Saffell hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Long hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Long reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Montemayor hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 O'Connell hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomson moves to third.
Top 8 Crowe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomson moves to second.
Top 8 Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Freese.
Bottom 7 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 The ball gets by White for a passed ball. Law moves to third.
Bottom 7 Clemente hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Freese tags and scores. Law tags and moves to second.
Bottom 7 Law takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There goes Freese. The throw from White and he is safe. Freese steals second.
Bottom 7 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Joey Jay now pitching. Freese hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Mathews hits a line drive towards first. Long catches it and throws to second to double up Bruton. The throw back to first to get Logan, and that's a triple play.
Top 7 Vern Law now pitching. Logan takes first base on ball four. Tanner moves to third. Bruton moves to second.
Top 7 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White scores. Tanner moves to second.
Top 7 Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Roberto Vargas. Tanner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to third.
Top 7 White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Montemayor. White reaches second base with a double. O'Connell goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Tom Saffell now playing center field. Felipe Montemayor now playing left field. O'Connell is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Hardy Peterson pinch hits for Jerry Lynch. Peterson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Vargas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Roberto Vargas now pitching. Long hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Long reaches second base with a double. Clemente scores. Groat scores. Shepard goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Shepard takes first base on ball four. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 6 Montemayor hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clemente moves to third.
Bottom 6 Clemente takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 King is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Crowe hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Montemayor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ray Crone now pitching. Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Freese reaches second base with a double. Long scores. Lynch goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Lynch is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Long hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Long reaches second base with a double. Montemayor scores. Shepard goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Shepard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Montemayor moves to second.
Bottom 5 Montemayor hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. White throws to third for one, and Mathews throws to first, and Crowe drops the ball.
Bottom 5 Groat strikes out.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Clemente reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Montemayor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 King hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Freese hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Freese hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Buhl hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Crowe moves to second.
Top 4 O'Connell hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Aaron tags and scores.
Top 4 Crowe hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aaron moves to third.
Top 4 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lynch for the out.
Bottom 3 Long hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Shepard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente who is chasing the ball. Mathews reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. King fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Montemayor hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There goes Clemente. The throw from White and he is safe. Clemente steals second.
Bottom 2 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buhl fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Freese moves to third.
Bottom 2 King is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Freese hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Buhl strikes out.
Top 2 White strikes out.
Top 2 O'Connell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Crowe moves to second.
Top 2 Crowe takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Aaron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynch. Aaron reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Montemayor settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lynch hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clemente tags and scores. Groat tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Clemente moves to third. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 1 Montemayor strikes out.
Bottom 1 Groat takes first base on ball four. Clemente moves to second.
Bottom 1 Clemente takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with King covering, for the out.
Top 1 Logan hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bruton strikes out.