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Braves
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
May 2, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves, played on May 2, 1955 at Ebbets Field.
Game Summary
| Date | May 2, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Milwaukee Braves
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| Home Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 2, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Milwaukee Braves |
| Home Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Gene Conley |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Carl Erskine |
| Ballpark | Ebbets Field |
| City | Brooklyn |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 19,976 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 13 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lee Ballanfant 1B: Al Barlick 2B: Bill Jackowski 3B: Stan Landes |
Milwaukee Braves Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bill Bruton | Center Fielder |
| Hank Aaron | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Mathews | Third Baseman |
| Bobby Thomson | Left Fielder |
| Joe Adcock | First Baseman |
| Johnny Logan | Shortstop |
| Danny O'Connell | Second Baseman |
| Del Crandall | Catcher |
| Gene Conley | Pitcher |
| Charlie Grimm | Manager |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Sandy Amoros | Left Fielder |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Jackie Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| Carl Erskine | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Braves
@ Dodgers
Ebbets Field
May 2, 1955
Top 1
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Erskine
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Erskine
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Mathews vs. Erskine
Mathews strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Conley
Gilliam 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. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Conley
Reese strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Conley
Snider strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Erskine
Adcock strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Erskine
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Erskine
O'Connell hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Conley
Campanella strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Conley
Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Conley
Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Erskine
Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Robinson. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Conley vs. Erskine
Conley strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Bruton vs. Erskine
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Erskine
Aaron strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Conley
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Conley
Furillo hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Erskine vs. Conley
Erskine hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Gilliam vs. Conley
Gilliam hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Reese vs. Conley
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Erskine
Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Erskine covering, for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson strikes out. Campanella drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Thomson out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Erskine
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Conley
Snider hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Conley
Campanella hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Conley
Amoros hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Erskine
Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Erskine
O'Connell hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Erskine
Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Conley
Hodges hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Conley
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Conley
Furillo strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Erskine
Conley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Erskine
Bruton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Erskine
Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Conley
Erskine hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Gilliam vs. Conley
Gilliam bunts towards the mound. Conley fields it and throws to first for the out. Erskine moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Conley
Reese 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. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Snider vs. Conley
Snider is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 12-
Campanella vs. Conley
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Mathews vs. Erskine
Mathews hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo who is chasing the ball. Mathews reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: --3
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: --3
Adcock vs. Erskine
Adcock hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Logan vs. Erskine
Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Amoros vs. Conley
Amoros hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Conley
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Conley
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
O'Connell vs. Erskine
O'Connell hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Crandall vs. Erskine
Crandall hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Erskine
Conley strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Conley
Furillo 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. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Erskine vs. Conley
Erskine strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Conley
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock juggles the ball. That's an error on Adcock. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Conley
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Erskine
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Aaron vs. Erskine
Aaron bunts towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out. Bruton moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Mathews vs. Erskine
Mathews is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Erskine
Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Conley
Snider takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campanella vs. Conley
Campanella bunts in front of the plate. Crandall fields it and throws to first for the out. Snider moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Amoros vs. Conley
Amoros is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Hodges vs. Conley
Hodges strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Conley
Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 10
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Adcock vs. Erskine
Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Erskine
Logan hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
O'Connell vs. Erskine
O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crandall vs. Erskine
Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 10
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Conley
Furillo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Erskine vs. Conley
Erskine hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Gilliam vs. Conley
Gilliam hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Conley
There goes Furillo. The throw from Crandall and he is out, O'Connell applying the tag. View Play
Top 11
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Conley vs. Erskine
Conley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Erskine
Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Aaron vs. Erskine
Aaron hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Amoros. Aaron reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Mathews vs. Erskine
Mathews is walked intentionally. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 12-
Thomson vs. Erskine
Sandy Amoros now playing right field. Carl Furillo now playing left field.
Thomson takes first base on ball four. Aaron moves to third. Mathews moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Adcock vs. Erskine
Adcock hits a fly ball into right field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 11
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Conley
Reese hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Conley
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Conley
Campanella hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Conley
Amoros hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 12
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Logan vs. Erskine
Sandy Amoros now playing left field. Carl Furillo now playing right field.
Logan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
O'Connell vs. Erskine
O'Connell takes first base on ball four. Logan moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Crandall vs. Erskine
Crandall bunts towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Logan moves to third. O'Connell moves to second. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: -23
Conley vs. Erskine
Conley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Bruton vs. Erskine
Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 12
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Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Conley
Hodges strikes out. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Conley
Robinson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Braves, 0 - Dodgers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Furillo vs. Conley
Furillo hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/2/1955 -- Milwaukee at Brooklyn (N)
Milwaukee AB R H RBI Brooklyn AB R H RBI
Bruton B, cf 6 0 2 0 Gilliam J, 2b 4 0 0 0
Aaron H, rf 4 0 2 0 Reese P, ss 5 0 0 0
Mathews E, 3b 3 0 1 0 Snider D, cf 3 0 0 0
Thomson B, lf 4 0 0 0 Campanella R, c 4 0 1 0
Adcock J, 1b 5 0 0 0 Amoros S, lf-rf-lf 4 0 0 0
Logan J, ss 4 0 1 0 Hodges G, 1b 5 0 0 0
O'Connell D, 2b 4 0 0 0 Robinson J, 3b 3 1 0 0
Crandall D, c 4 0 0 0 Furillo C, rf-lf-rf 4 1 1 2
Conley G, p 5 0 0 0 Erskine C, p 4 0 2 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
39 0 6 0 36 2 4 2
Milwaukee 000 000 000 000 -- 0
Brooklyn 000 000 000 002 -- 2
1 out when winning run was scored.
Milwaukee IP H R ER BB SO
Conley G (L) 11.1 4 2 2 6 8
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine C (W) 12.0 6 0 0 5 6
E -- Robinson J, Adcock J
DP -- Brooklyn 2
LOB -- Milwaukee 10, Brooklyn 8
2B -- Aaron H
3B -- Mathews E
HR -- Furillo C
CS -- Furillo C
SH -- Gilliam J, Aaron H, Campanella R, Crandall D
T -- 3:13
A -- 19976
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