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July 2, 1955

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Top 9	R	H	E
Braves	5	13	3
Reds	10	11	1

Top 9	R	H	E
Braves	5	13	3
Reds	10	11	1

Hank Aaron Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.750	.329
OBP	.750	.358
At Bats	4	283
Hits	3	93
• Singles	2	60
• Doubles	0	13
• Triples	0	5
• Home Runs	1	15
Walks	0	14
RBI’s	3	45

Hersh Freeman Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
2	1	3

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Crosley Field - July 2, 1955

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Out

Hersh Freeman

Smoky Burgess

Ted Kluszewski

Johnny Temple

Rocky Bridges

Roy McMillan

Stan Palys

Gus Bell

Wally Post

Hank Aaron

Johnny Logan

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Milwaukee Braves	5	13	3	8
Cincinnati Reds	10	11	1	9
Winning Pitcher	Jackie Collum
Losing Pitcher	Chet Nichols
Save	Hersh Freeman
Game Winning RBI	Roy McMillan
Attendance	17,144
Time of Game	2 hours 35 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Aaron for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Mathews is called out on strikes.

Top 9 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 9 Bruton strikes out.

Bottom 8 There goes Bridges. The throw from Rice and he is out, O'Connell applying the tag.

Bottom 8 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Jay covering. Safe.

Bottom 8 Burgess 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 8 Joey Jay now pitching. Bell 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 8 George Crowe pinch hits for Roberto Vargas. Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. McMillan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Top 8 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomson moves to third. Adcock moves to second.

Top 8 O'Connell strikes out.

Top 8 Adcock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomson moves to second.

Top 8 Hersh Freeman now pitching. Thomson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Aaron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 8 Mathews strikes out.

Top 8 Logan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 7 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Palys hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Temple moves to second.

Bottom 7 Roberto Vargas now pitching. Temple takes first base on ball four.

Top 7 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Andy Pafko pinch hits for Dave Jolly. Pafko hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Palys settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 O'Connell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 7 Adcock hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Top 7 Thomson takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Collum hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Bell scores. Bridges moves to second. That run is unearned.

Bottom 6 Dave Jolly now pitching. Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. Bell moves to third.

Bottom 6 Burgess takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second.

Bottom 6 Bell takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 6 Palys takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Aaron is called out on strikes.

Top 6 Mathews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bridges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Palys settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Temple hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell catches it and throws to first to double up McMillan.

Bottom 5 Collum hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Bob Buhl now pitching. McMillan takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Ernie Johnson. Tanner hits a fly ball into left field. Palys settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Rocky Bridges now playing third base. Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Jablonski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Burgess takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out.

Bottom 4 Post strikes out.

Top 4 O'Connell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Aaron moves to third.

Top 4 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aaron moves to second.

Top 4 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 3 Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Palys hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Temple moves to second.

Bottom 3 Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Collum hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 McMillan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Logan hits a line drive into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Collum fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Jablonski strikes out.

Bottom 2 Burgess is walked intentionally.

Bottom 2 Bell strikes out.

Bottom 2 Post hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kluszewski scores. Post moves to second.

Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Palys scores. Kluszewski moves to second.

Bottom 2 Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Collum scores. Palys moves to third.

Bottom 2 Palys hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. Collum moves to third.

Bottom 2 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jablonski scores. McMillan scores. Collum moves to second.

Bottom 2 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Collum hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McMillan moves to second.

Bottom 2 McMillan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burgess scores. Jablonski moves to third.

Bottom 2 Jablonski hits a line drive into center field. Bruton picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bruton. Bell scores. Burgess moves to third. Jablonski moves to second.

Bottom 2 Burgess takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second.

Bottom 2 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 2 Nichols hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Collum fires to first and has O'Connell trapped. There's the throw to McMillan who tags O'Connell for the out.

Top 2 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski juggles the ball. That's an error on Jablonski.

Bottom 1 Post hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on Nichols Palys moves to second.

Bottom 1 Palys hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.

Bottom 1 Temple takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Adcock strikes out.

Top 1 Thomson strikes out.

Top 1 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Logan scores. Mathews moves to third.

Top 1 Mathews hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Palys. Mathews reaches second base with a double. Logan moves to third.

Top 1 Logan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Bruton hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Burgess fields it and throws to first for the out.

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