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Braves 5 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
July 18, 1955

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Milwaukee Braves, played on July 18, 1955 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants beat the visiting Braves with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 18, 1955 
Visiting Team
Milwaukee Braves
R: 5 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 2
Runs: 5
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 2
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 6 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 5
Runs: 6
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherDon Liddle  
Losing PitcherWarren Spahn  
SaveWindy McCall  
Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateJuly 18, 1955 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMilwaukee Braves 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Buhl  
Home Starting PitcherRuben Gomez  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance14,698 
Time of Game2 hours 28 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Jackowski
1B: Stan Landes
2B: Lee Ballanfant
3B: Al Barlick

Milwaukee Braves Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bill Bruton  Center Fielder 
Johnny Logan  Shortstop 
Eddie Mathews  Third Baseman 
Hank Aaron  Second Baseman 
Bobby Thomson  Left Fielder 
Andy Pafko  Right Fielder 
Joe Adcock  First Baseman 
Del Crandall  Catcher 
Bob Buhl  Pitcher 
Charlie Grimm  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Al Dark  Shortstop 
Whitey Lockman  Left Fielder 
Willie Mays  Center Fielder 
Hank Thompson  Third Baseman 
Don Mueller  Right Fielder 
Gail Harris  First Baseman 
Wes Westrum  Catcher 
Wayne Terwilliger  Second Baseman 
Ruben Gomez  Pitcher 
Leo Durocher  Manager 

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Braves 5 @ Giants 6
Polo Grounds
July 18, 1955

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/18/1955 -- Milwaukee at New York (N)

  Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Bruton B, cf          4  1  1  0   Dark A, ss            3  2  1  2   
Logan J, ss           4  0  1  2   Lockman W, lf         3  1  1  1   
Mathews E, 3b         3  0  1  1   Mays W, cf            3  0  1  0   
Aaron H, 2b           4  1  1  0   Thompson H, 3b        4  1  1  1   
Thomson B, lf         4  0  1  1   Mueller D, rf         4  0  1  0   
Pafko A, rf           4  1  1  0   Harris G, 1b          3  0  1  0   
Adcock J, 1b          3  1  0  0   Westrum W, c          4  0  0  0   
Crandall D, c         3  1  2  1   Terwilliger W, 2b     4  1  2  0   
Buhl B, p             1  0  0  0   Gomez R, p            1  1  1  0   
Crowe G, ph           1  0  0  0   Wilhelm H, p          0  0  0  0   
Johnson E, p          0  0  0  0   Liddle D, p           0  0  0  0   
Spahn W, p            1  0  0  0   Williams D, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   McCall W, p           0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     32  5  8  5                        30  6  9  4

Milwaukee        010 040 000 --  5
New York         012 010 20x --  6

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Buhl B                4.0  4  3  3  1  2
Johnson E             0.2  3  1  1  0  0
Spahn W (L)           3.1  2  2  0  3  2

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gomez R*              4.0  5  4  4  1  2
Wilhelm H             0.1  2  1  1  0  0
Liddle D (W)          2.2  1  0  0  0  2
McCall W (S)          2.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 5th

E -- Gomez R, Johnson E, Bruton B
DP -- Milwaukee 2, New York 2
LOB -- Milwaukee 2, New York 5
2B -- Aaron H, Gomez R
3B -- Mathews E, Crandall D
HR -- Thompson H, Dark A
CS -- Williams D
SH -- Liddle D
SF -- Mathews E
WP -- Wilhelm H
T -- 2:28
A -- 14698

    

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