Monday, March 31, 2008
Eddie Waitkus hit a solo homer in the 12th inning as the Phillies edged the Braves 6-5 sweeping the doubleheader.

Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1955 Philadelphia Phillies At 1955 Milwaukee Braves 9/11/1955
Phillies AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
R.Ashburn CF 7 1 2 0 .335 B.Bruton CF 6 1 1 0 .271
G.Gorbous RF 4 0 0 0 .202 J.Logan SS 6 1 3 1 .300
G.Hamner 2B 6 1 1 0 .227 E.Mathews 3B 5 0 1 0 .269
E-R.Smalley SS 0 0 0 0 .202 H.Aaron RF 5 1 0 0 .330
D.Ennis LF 5 1 1 0 .306 G.Crowe 1B 3 0 0 0 .251
J.Greengrass 3B 3 0 1 1 .230 A-J.Adcock PH,1B 1 1 0 0 .265
J.Meyer P 1 0 0 0 .174 C.Tanner LF 5 1 2 1 .296
E.Waitkus 1B 3 2 1 1 .284 D.O'Connell 2B 4 0 0 1 .200
B.Morgan SS,2B 4 0 1 0 .237 D.Crandall C 4 0 1 0 .256
A.Seminick C 4 1 2 3 .205 H.Robinson P 3 0 0 0 .000
S.Rogovin P 3 0 0 0 .130 E.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 .143
B.Miller P 0 0 0 0 .308 D-J.Dittmer PH 1 0 0 0 .212
B-J.Command PH 1 0 0 0 .000 P.Paine P 0 0 0 0 .000
C-W.Jones 3B 2 0 1 0 .281 D.Jolly P 0 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 43 6 10 5 Totals 43 5 8 3
A-Pinch Hit For Crowe In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Miller In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Command In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Hamner In 12th Inning
Phillies........ 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 6 10 2
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 2
Phillies (68-77) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Rogovin 5 2/3 5 4 1 2 1 0 5.16
B.Miller BS(5th) 2 1/3 1 1 1 2 2 0 2.73
J.Meyer WIN(11-8) 4 2 0 0 1 2 0 4.43
Totals 12 8 5 2 5 5 0
Braves (92-52) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
H.Robinson 8 1/3 7 5 3 8 7 1 4.33
E.Johnson BS(3rd) 0 2/3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.79
P.Paine 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4.26
D.Jolly LOSS(2-4) 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 5.93
Totals 12 10 6 4 11 8 2
ATTENDANCE- 42,210 DATE- Sunday, September 11th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Frank Secory, Larry Goetz, Frank Dascoli, Lou Warneke
T- 3:38
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies:13 Braves: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1 Braves: 2
ERRORS- G.Gorbous, J.Greengrass, C.Tanner, D.O'Connell
DOUBLES- B.Bruton(30th), J.Logan(34th), D.Crandall(19th)
HOME RUNS- E.Waitkus(2nd), A.Seminick(5th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Greengrass
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.O'Connell
WALKS- G.Gorbous-2, D.Ennis, J.Greengrass, E.Waitkus-3, B.Morgan-2,
A.Seminick-2, E.Mathews, H.Aaron, J.Adcock, D.Crandall, D.Jolly
STRIKE OUTS- G.Gorbous, G.Hamner, D.Ennis, J.Greengrass-2, J.Meyer, S.Rogovin-2,
B.Bruton, E.Mathews, H.Aaron, H.Robinson, J.Dittmer
GIDP- E.Waitkus, B.Bruton
The Philadelphia Phillies edged the Milwaukee Braves in 12 innings at County
Stadium by the score of 6 to 5.
Both teams were tied at 5 runs apiece after nine innings. Philadelphia won it
in the 12th inning. Eddie Waitkus smashed a solo-shot out of the park (his
2nd of the season). Philadelphia banged out 10 hits on the afternoon.
Jack Meyer(11-8) allowed no runs in 4 innings, and picked up the victory. Dave
Jolly(2-4) suffered the loss in relief. He allowed 1 run and 1 hit in 2
innings.