Sunday, June 17, 2007
Wally Post's homer in the 12th gave Cincinnati a 6-5 win over New York and a sweep of their doubleheader.
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Cincinnati Redlegs At 1955 New York Giants 7/24/1955
Redlegs AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
R.Bridges 2B 6 1 2 0 .215 W.Terwilliger 2B 6 0 2 0 .289
S.Palys LF 4 1 0 0 .264 A.Dark SS 6 2 2 1 .257
T.Kluszewski 1B 6 2 2 4 .336 W.Mays CF 5 0 1 0 .324
W.Post RF 5 2 1 1 .309 S.Gordon 3B 6 2 2 1 .254
G.Bell CF 6 0 1 0 .322 D.Mueller RF 6 1 1 0 .288
M.Batts C 3 0 0 0 .212 B.Hofman 1B,C 5 0 2 3 .310
A-B.Thurman PH 1 0 0 0 .259 W.Lockman LF 5 0 2 0 .305
H.Freeman P 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Katt C 3 0 1 0 .226
M.Smith 3B 2 0 0 1 .059 C-D.Rhodes PH 1 0 0 0 .233
F-B.Adams PH,3B 1 0 0 0 .258 E-G.Harris 1B 1 0 0 0 .219
G-J.Brovia PH 1 0 0 0 .000 J.Antonelli P 2 0 0 0 .189
H-C.Harmon 3B 0 0 0 0 .272 H.Wilhelm P 1 0 0 0 .000
R.McMillan SS 3 0 2 0 .274 D-B.Taylor PH 1 0 0 0 .235
J.Collum P 1 0 0 0 .217 M.Grissom P 0 0 0 0 .000
G.Staley P 2 0 0 0 .077 P.Giel P 0 0 0 0 .091
B-S.Burgess C 1 0 0 0 .282 I-H.Thompson PH 1 0 0 0 .289
D.Liddle P 0 0 0 0 .250
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Totals 43 6 8 6 Totals 49 5 13 5
A-Pinch Hit For Batts In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Staley In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Katt In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Wilhelm In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Rhodes In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Smith In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Adams In 11th Inning
H-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Brovia In 11th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For Giel In 11th Inning
Redlegs......... 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 8 2
Giants.......... 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 13 0
Redlegs (57-38) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Collum 2 1/3 5 4 3 1 0 1 4.31
G.Staley 4 2/3 5 1 1 0 2 0 4.62
H.Freeman WIN(4-3) 5 3 0 0 0 2 0 1.16
Totals 12 13 5 4 1 4 1
Giants (46-51) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Antonelli 4 1/3 5 5 5 3 5 2 4.03
H.Wilhelm 3 2/3 0 0 0 1 8 0 3.12
M.Grissom 0 2/3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3.21
P.Giel 2 1/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.57
D.Liddle LOSS(3-6) 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 3.26
Totals 12 8 6 6 6 14 3
ATTENDANCE- 32,102 DATE- Sunday, July 24th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Lee Ballanfant, Al Barlick, Bill Jackowski, Stan Landes
T- 3:20
LEFT ON BASE- Redlegs: 8 Giants: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Redlegs: 1 Giants: 0
ERRORS- M.Smith, J.Collum
DOUBLES- S.Gordon(5th), B.Hofman(2nd)
HOME RUNS- T.Kluszewski-2(30th), W.Post(26th), A.Dark(6th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Smith
WALKS- S.Palys-2, W.Post, R.McMillan-2, S.Burgess, W.Mays
STRIKE OUTS- S.Palys-2, W.Post-3, G.Bell-3, M.Batts, B.Thurman, M.Smith-2,
J.Collum, G.Staley, B.Hofman-2, D.Rhodes, H.Wilhelm
GIDP- B.Taylor
WILD PITCHES- J.Collum
WEB GEMS- Top 11th: Sid Gordon robbed Joe Brovia of a base hit.
Ted Kluszewski smacked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI as the Cincinnati Redlegs
defeated the ice-cold New York Giants in 12 innings by the score of 6 to 5 at
Polo Grounds.
Both teams were tied at 5 runs apiece after nine innings. Cincinnati won it in
the 12th inning. After two were out Wally Post cracked a solo homerun (his
26th of the season). New York had 13 hits in the game while Cincinnati had
8, but Cincinnati had the more timely hits.
The victory went to Hersh Freeman(4-3) who went 5 innings, allowing no runs.
Don Liddle(3-6) took the loss in relief. He pitched 1 inning allowing 1 hit
and no walks.
