Thursday, June 14, 2007
Smokey Burgess hit the game winning homer in the 9th as the Redlegs edge the Giants 4-3.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Cincinnati Redlegs At 1955 New York Giants 7/23/1955
Redlegs AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
M.Smith 3B 4 2 0 0 .083 W.Terwilliger 2B,3B 2 1 1 1 .293
J.Temple 2B 4 1 2 0 .302 A.Dark SS 3 0 1 0 .256
G.Bell CF 4 0 2 2 .325 W.Mays CF 4 1 1 2 .330
T.Kluszewski 1B 3 0 1 1 .335 S.Gordon 3B 3 0 0 0 .250
W.Post RF 4 0 0 0 .308 A-H.Thompson 3B 0 0 0 0 .289
S.Burgess C 4 1 1 1 .286 B-D.Williams PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .190
S.Mele LF 4 0 0 0 .167 D.Mueller RF 4 1 0 0 .288
R.McMillan SS 3 0 1 0 .266 W.Lockman LF 4 0 0 0 .307
C-B.Thurman PH 1 0 1 0 .263 G.Harris 1B 2 0 0 0 .224
D-R.Bridges SS 0 0 0 0 .200 E-B.Hofman PH 1 0 0 0 .306
J.Nuxhall P 4 0 0 0 .224 R.Katt C 3 0 1 0 .228
J.Hearn P 3 0 0 0 .148
H.Wilhelm P 0 0 0 0 .000
F-D.Rhodes PH 1 0 0 0 .238
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Totals 35 4 8 4 Totals 31 3 4 3
A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Gordon In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Thompson In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For McMillan In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Thurman In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Harris In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 9th Inning
Redlegs......... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 - 4 8 2
Giants.......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 4 1
Redlegs (55-38) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Nuxhall WIN(11-7) 9 4 3 2 4 5 1 4.34
Totals 9 4 3 2 4 5 1
Giants (46-49) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Hearn LOSS(8-10) 8 1/3 8 4 2 2 3 1 4.02
H.Wilhelm 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.30
Totals 9 8 4 2 2 3 1
ATTENDANCE- 31,833 DATE- Saturday, July 23rd 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Augie Donatelli, Hal Dixon, Jocko Conlan, Arthur Gore
T- 2:33
LEFT ON BASE- Redlegs: 6 Giants: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Redlegs: 1 Giants: 1
ERRORS- M.Smith, J.Temple, A.Dark
DOUBLES- T.Kluszewski(21st)
HOME RUNS- S.Burgess(15th), W.Mays(31st)
SACRIFICE HITS- A.Dark
WALKS- M.Smith, T.Kluszewski, W.Terwilliger-2, G.Harris, R.Katt
STRIKE OUTS- M.Smith, G.Bell, J.Nuxhall, W.Mays-2, G.Harris, R.Katt, J.Hearn
GIDP- W.Post
WILD PITCHES- J.Nuxhall
Joe Nuxhall pitched a complete game and Gus Bell had 2 base hits and 2 RBI as
the Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the New York Giants by the score of 4 to 3 at
Polo Grounds.
Cincinnati won the game with a run in the top of the 9th inning. Smoky
Burgess cracked a solo homerun (his 15th of the season). Cincinnati managed
8 in their victory.
The victory went to Nuxhall(11-7) who went the distance allowing 3 runs. Jim
Hearn(8-10) was the losing pitcher. He surrendered 8 hits and 2 walks in 8
and 1/3 innings.