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Dodgers
@ Phillies
Connie Mack Stadium
August 20, 1955
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers, played on August 20, 1955 at Connie Mack Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 20, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Brooklyn Dodgers
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| Home Team |
Philadelphia Phillies
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 20, 1955 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| Home Team | Philadelphia Phillies |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Johnny Podres |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Murry Dickson |
| Ballpark | Connie Mack Stadium |
| City | Philadelphia |
| State | PA |
| Attendance | 25,390 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Frank Secory 1B: Larry Goetz 2B: Frank Dascoli 3B: Lon Warneke |
Brooklyn Dodgers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Don Hoak | Third Baseman |
| Pee Wee Reese | Shortstop |
| Duke Snider | Center Fielder |
| Roy Campanella | Catcher |
| Gil Hodges | First Baseman |
| Carl Furillo | Right Fielder |
| Jim Gilliam | Second Baseman |
| Sandy Amoros | Left Fielder |
| Johnny Podres | Pitcher |
| Walter Alston | Manager |
Philadelphia Phillies Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Morgan | Shortstop |
| Granny Hamner | Second Baseman |
| Jim Greengrass | Right Fielder |
| Del Ennis | Left Fielder |
| Willie Jones | Third Baseman |
| Stan Lopata | First Baseman |
| Andy Seminick | Catcher |
| Glen Gorbous | Center Fielder |
| Murry Dickson | Pitcher |
| Mayo Smith | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Dodgers
@ Phillies
Connie Mack Stadium
August 20, 1955
Top 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hoak vs. Dickson
Hoak hits a popup towards short. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Dickson
Reese hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Dickson
Snider hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Podres
Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Hamner vs. Podres
Hamner hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Greengrass vs. Podres
Greengrass 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
Top 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Dickson
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Dickson
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Dickson
Furillo hits a line drive into center field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Podres
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Podres
Jones 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 -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lopata vs. Podres
Lopata hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Amoros. Lopata reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: -2-
Seminick vs. Podres
Seminick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Gorbous vs. Podres
Gorbous hits a line drive into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Dickson
Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Dickson
Amoros hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Podres vs. Dickson
Podres hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Dickson
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Podres
Dickson hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Morgan vs. Podres
Morgan bunts towards the mound. Podres fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hamner vs. Podres
Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Greengrass vs. Podres
Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Podres fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Dickson
Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Dickson
Snider strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Dickson
Campanella strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Podres
Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Podres, and towards Hoak, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Podres
Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lopata vs. Podres
Lopata strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Dickson
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Dickson
Furillo hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Gilliam vs. Dickson
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner misplays the ball. That's an error on Hamner. Gilliam moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Amoros vs. Dickson
Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lopata scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Amoros for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Seminick vs. Podres
Seminick hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gorbous vs. Podres
Gorbous hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gorbous for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Dickson vs. Podres
Dickson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Podres
Morgan takes first base on ball four. Dickson moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Hamner vs. Podres
Hamner takes first base on ball four. Dickson moves to third. Morgan moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Greengrass vs. Podres
Greengrass hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Podres vs. Dickson
Podres hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Hoak vs. Dickson
Hoak bunts towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Reese vs. Dickson
Hoak is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Hoak moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Reese vs. Dickson
Reese takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Snider vs. Dickson
Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Lopata, and towards Hamner, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out. Hoak moves to third. Reese moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 0 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Campanella vs. Dickson
Campanella hits a line drive into left field. Ennis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ennis. Hoak scores. Reese scores. Campanella moves to second. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Hodges vs. Dickson
Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Podres
Ennis hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Podres
Jones takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopata vs. Podres
Lopata hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Jones moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Seminick vs. Podres
Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Dickson
Furillo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Furillo reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
Gilliam vs. Dickson
Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Furillo moves to third. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Amoros vs. Meyer
Jack Meyer now pitching.
Amoros hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1-3
Podres vs. Meyer
Podres strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1-3
Hoak vs. Meyer
Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gorbous vs. Podres
Gorbous strikes out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lowrey vs. Podres
Peanuts Lowrey pinch hits for Jack Meyer.
Lowrey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Morgan vs. Podres
Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Hamner vs. Podres
Hamner strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Reese vs. Miller
Bob Miller now pitching.
Reese hits a line drive towards short. Morgan reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Snider vs. Miller
Snider hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Campanella vs. Miller
Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Greengrass vs. Podres
Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Ennis vs. Podres
Ennis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Podres
Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Lopata vs. Podres
Lopata hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Seminick vs. Podres
Seminick hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Snider. Seminick reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Gorbous vs. Podres
Gorbous hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Seminick scores. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Labine
Clem Labine now pitching.
There goes Gorbous. The throw from Campanella and he is out, Gilliam applying the tag. View Play
Top 9
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Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Hodges vs. Miller
Marv Blaylock now playing first base.
Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Furillo vs. Miller
Furillo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 1--
Gilliam vs. Miller
Gilliam hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: 1--
Amoros vs. Miller
Amoros takes first base on ball four. Furillo moves to second. View Play -
Dodgers, 2 - Phillies, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 12-
Newcombe vs. Roberts
Don Newcombe pinch hits for Clem Labine. Robin Roberts now pitching.
Newcombe hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Roberts scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Newcombe for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/20/1955 -- Brooklyn at Philadelphia (N)
Brooklyn AB R H RBI Philadelphia AB R H RBI
Hoak D, 3b 4 1 0 0 Morgan B, ss 3 0 1 0
Reese P, ss 3 1 0 0 Hamner G, 2b 3 0 0 0
Snider D, cf 4 0 0 0 Greengrass J, rf 4 0 0 0
Campanella R, c 4 0 1 2 Ennis D, lf 4 1 1 0
Hodges G, 1b 4 0 0 0 Jones W, 3b 3 0 0 0
Furillo C, rf 4 0 2 0 Lopata S, 1b 4 1 3 2
Gilliam J, 2b 4 0 2 0 Blaylock M, 1b 0 0 0 0
Amoros S, lf 3 0 0 0 Seminick A, c 3 1 1 0
Podres J, p 3 0 1 0 Gorbous G, cf 4 0 1 1
Labine C, p 0 0 0 0 Dickson M, p 2 0 1 0
Newcombe D, ph 1 0 0 0 Meyer J, p 0 0 0 0
Lowrey P, ph 1 0 1 0
Miller B, p 0 0 0 0
Roberts R, p 0 0 0 0
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34 2 6 2 31 3 9 3
Brooklyn 000 002 000 -- 2
Philadelphia 000 000 03x -- 3
Brooklyn IP H R ER BB SO
Podres J (L) 7.2 9 3 3 4 3
Labine C 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia IP H R ER BB SO
Dickson M* 6.0 5 2 0 1 2
Meyer J 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Miller B (W) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Roberts R (S) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 7th
E -- Hamner G 2, Ennis D
DP -- Brooklyn 1
LOB -- Brooklyn 7, Philadelphia 8
2B -- Lopata S, Furillo C, Seminick A
HR -- Lopata S
CS -- Gorbous G
T -- 2:40
A -- 25390
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