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April 30, 1955

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 6 12 0
Giants 2 10 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Cardinals 6 12 0
Giants 2 10 1

Monte Irvin Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .178
OBP .000 .235
At Bats 4 45
Hits 0 8
• Singles 0 6
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 5

Paul LaPalme Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Polo Grounds - April 30, 1955
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Out
Paul LaPalme
Del Rice
Stan Musial
Red Schoendienst
Ken Boyer
Bob Stephenson
Bill Virdon
Wally Moon
Rip Repulski
Monte Irvin
Willie Mays
Joey Amalfitano
Al Dark

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 6 12 0 10
New York Giants 2 10 1 13
Winning Pitcher Paul LaPalme
Losing Pitcher Don Liddle
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Del Rice
Attendance 13,831
Time of Game 3 hours 6 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Joey Amalfitano pinch runs for Hank Thompson. Mays takes first base on ball four. Amalfitano moves to second.
Bottom 9 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 9 Mueller hits a popup towards short. Stephenson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out.
Top 9 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Paul Giel now pitching. Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Foster Castleman pinch hits for Windy McCall. Castleman hits a fly ball into left field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Katt hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Repulski hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Musial hits a popup, foul, for a double play. Moon moves to third.
Top 8 Moon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Virdon moves to third.
Top 8 Virdon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mays is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 LaPalme hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stephenson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Windy McCall now pitching. Rice hits a popup towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lockman hits a line drive towards first. Musial catches it and steps on first to double up Hofman.
Bottom 6 Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Al Corwin. Hofman takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 6 Katt hits a line drive into right field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Boyer strikes out.
Top 6 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. Moon scores. Musial moves to third. Repulski moves to second.
Top 6 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to home to get Virdon. Moon moves to third. Musial moves to second.
Top 6 Musial is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Moon hits a line drive into right field. Mueller picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mueller. Virdon moves to third. Moon moves to second.
Top 6 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 LaPalme hits a line drive towards first. Lockman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. LaPalme fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bob Stephenson now playing shortstop. Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with LaPalme covering, for the out.
Top 5 Joe Frazier pinch hits for Alex Grammas. Frazier hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ray Katt now catching. Rice takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Al Corwin now pitching. Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Musial tags and scores. Repulski tags and moves to third. Schoendienst tags and moves to second.
Top 5 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to third. Repulski moves to second.
Top 5 Repulski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moon scores. Musial moves to second.
Top 5 Musial is walked intentionally.
Top 5 The ball gets by Westrum for a passed ball. Moon moves to second.
Top 5 Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Gardner moves to second.
Bottom 4 Billy Gardner pinch hits for Don Liddle. Gardner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 LaPalme hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Liddle fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Grammas hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Thompson is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Schoendienst is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Repulski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Paul LaPalme now pitching. Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out. Williams scores. Westrum moves to third.
Bottom 2 Liddle takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to third. Westrum moves to second.
Bottom 2 Westrum is hit by the pitch. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Lawrence hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Grammas strikes out.
Top 2 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Liddle has Schoendienst trapped. There's the throw to Westrum and over to Thompson, who tags Schoendienst for the out. Boyer moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Boyer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Boyer reaches second base with a double. Schoendienst moves to third.
Top 2 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Irvin hits a fly ball into right field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark scores. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Grammas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Repulski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to third.
Top 1 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to second.
Top 1 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.