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August 31, 1955

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Bottom 7 R H E
Braves 13 16 0
Dodgers 5 9 1
Bottom 7 R H E
Braves 13 16 0
Dodgers 5 9 1

Gil Hodges Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .289
OBP 1.000 .372
At Bats 1 485
Hits 1 140
• Singles 1 88
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 24
Walks 2 67
RBI’s 0 93

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 6 0
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Ebbets Field - August 31, 1955
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Walk
Lew Burdette
Del Rice
George Crowe
Danny O'Connell
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Bobby Thomson
Bill Bruton
Hank Aaron
Gil Hodges
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Hodges takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There goes Bruton. The throw from Campanella and he is safe. Bruton steals second.
Top 7 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Burdette strikes out.
Top 7 Rice hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Ed Roebuck now pitching. Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Crowe hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Campanella hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Gilliam hits a popup towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Mathews hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. O'Connell scores.
Top 6 There goes O'Connell. The throw from Campanella and he is safe. O'Connell steals third.
Top 6 O'Connell hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Snider. O'Connell reaches second base with a double. Burdette scores. Bruton goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Bruton hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Burdette moves to second.
Top 6 Burdette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Sandy Koufax now pitching. Rice hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lew Burdette now pitching. Rube Walker pinch hits for Don Bessent. Walker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hoak hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson. Hoak reaches second base with a double. Campanella scores. Hodges goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Amoros hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Snider tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Hodges takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to third. Campanella moves to second.
Bottom 5 Furillo hits a line drive into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Campanella takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Snider hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Snider reaches second base with a double. Reese goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Reese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Thomson hits a line drive towards third. Hoak reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Crowe hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Don Bessent now pitching. Logan bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bruton scores. Mathews scores.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Bruton moves to third. Mathews moves to second.
Top 5 Mathews is walked intentionally.
Top 5 O'Connell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Russ Meyer now pitching. Bruton hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Snider. Bruton reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gilliam for the out.
Bottom 4 George Shuba pinch hits for Carl Erskine. Shuba takes first base on ball four. Amoros moves to second.
Bottom 4 Hoak strikes out.
Bottom 4 Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Hodges hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Buhl strikes out.
Top 4 Rice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Snider throws the ball in to Gilliam who tags Rice trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Thomson moves to second.
Top 4 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Crowe hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Furillo hits a line drive towards the mound. Buhl reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Campanella hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Gilliam scores.
Bottom 3 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gilliam moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Logan hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 O'Connell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bruton bunts towards the mound. Erskine fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Erskine strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hoak strikes out.
Bottom 2 Amoros 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. Furillo moves to third. Hodges moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hodges takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Furillo hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Furillo reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Buhl strikes out. Campanella drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Buhl out.
Top 2 Rice hits a fly ball towards left. Amoros settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Amoros. Thomson goes all the way around to score. Rice moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Crowe hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Logan hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Snider hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gilliam hits a line drive into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 O'Connell strikes out.
Top 1 Bruton strikes out.