Dodgers @ Giants
August 18, 1955

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 8 13 2
Giants 5 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 8 13 2
Giants 5 6 1

Sid Gordon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .232
OBP .500 .320
At Bats 3 168
Hits 1 39
• Singles 0 26
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 7
Walks 1 23
RBI’s 1 24

Don Bessent Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 0 2
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Polo Grounds - August 18, 1955
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Out
Don Bessent
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jim Gilliam
Don Hoak
Pee Wee Reese
Sandy Amoros
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Sid Gordon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers 8 13 2 8
New York Giants 5 6 1 8
Winning Pitcher Don Bessent
Losing Pitcher Jim Hearn
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gil Hodges
Attendance 12,007
Time of Game 2 hours 47 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Lockman hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gilliam strikes out.
Top 9 Furillo hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Don Liddle now pitching. Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Bill Taylor pinch hits for Windy McCall. Taylor hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Katt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off McCall, and towards Terwilliger, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Harris scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snider for the out.
Top 8 Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Harris hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hoak strikes out.
Top 7 Bessent bunts towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to first for the out. Gilliam moves to second.
Top 7 Amoros strikes out.
Top 7 Windy McCall now pitching. Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Hank Thompson pinch hits for Marv Grissom. Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Katt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Terwilliger strikes out.
Top 6 Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hodges is hit by the pitch.
Top 6 There goes Snider. The throw from Katt and he is safe. Snider steals second.
Top 6 Campanella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harris for the out.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Gordon hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hoak strikes out.
Top 5 Bessent strikes out.
Top 5 Marv Grissom now pitching. Amoros 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 4 Lockman hits a line drive towards short. Reese reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gardner takes first base on ball four. Mueller scores. Terwilliger moves to third. Rhodes moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Rhodes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Don Bessent now pitching. Katt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Katt for the out.
Bottom 4 Terwilliger hits a fly ball to center field. Snider throws towards third. Hoak fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hoak. Gordon scores. Mueller moves to third. Terwilliger moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gordon moves to third.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Hodges. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Gilliam 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 4 The ball gets by Katt for a passed ball. Furillo moves to second.
Top 4 Furillo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Campanella scores. Hodges moves to third.
Top 4 Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Campanella moves to second.
Top 4 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Campanella bunts towards third. Gordon fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Snider hits a line drive into center field. Mays picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mays. Hoak scores. Snider moves all the way to home.
Top 4 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hoak moves to second.
Top 4 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Spooner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Mays strikes out.
Bottom 3 Lockman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Gardner hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Giel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Katt takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Amoros hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gilliam hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Furillo. The throw from Katt and he is safe. Furillo steals second.
Top 3 Furillo hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hodges hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Terwilliger strikes out.
Bottom 2 Harris strikes out.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Spooner covering, for the out.
Top 2 Campanella hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Snider hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Reese hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hoak hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Spooner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman who is chasing the ball. Spooner reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Gordon hits a line drive into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Gardner hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Paul Giel now pitching. Amoros 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 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hodges scores. Furillo moves to second.
Top 1 Furillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campanella scores. Hodges moves to third.
Top 1 Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hoak scores. Campanella moves to second.
Top 1 Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hoak moves to third.
Top 1 Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Reese hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.