Cardinals @ Cubs
July 3, 1955

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Cardinals 5 5 1
Cubs 10 13 1
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Cardinals 5 5 1
Cubs 10 13 1

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .321
OBP .500 .373
At Bats 1 218
Hits 0 70
• Singles 0 49
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 2 20
RBI’s 1 28

Sam Jones Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 8 0
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Wrigley Field - July 3, 1955
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Out
Sam Jones
Clyde McCullough
Dee Fondy
Gene Baker
Randy Jackson
Ernie Banks
Hank Sauer
Eddie Miksis
Jim King
Bill Virdon
Wally Moon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
St. Louis Cardinals 5 5 1 8
Chicago Cubs 10 13 1 10
Winning Pitcher Sam Jones
Losing Pitcher Harvey Haddix
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hank Sauer
Attendance 35,176
Time of Game 2 hours 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Walker scores. Moon moves to second.
Top 9 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy fields it and throws to second for the out. Walker moves to third.
Top 9 Hemus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Walker moves to second.
Top 9 Harry Walker pinch hits for Frank Smith. Walker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Fondy hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stephenson strikes out.
Top 8 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baker tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 King hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Miksis scores. Baker moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. McCullough scores. Miksis moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to second for the out. McCullough moves to third.
Bottom 7 Jones bunts towards the mound. Smith juggles the ball. That's an error on Smith. McCullough moves to second.
Bottom 7 McCullough is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Fondy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Virdon takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Miksis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Stephenson fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. King moves to second.
Bottom 6 King takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Frank Smith now pitching. Baker hits a popup towards third. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hemus hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Joe Frazier pinch hits for Mel Wright. Frazier hits a fly ball into center field. Miksis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Stephenson tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker misplays the ball. That's an error on Baker. Stephenson moves to third.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Repulski scores. Stephenson moves to second.
Top 6 Stephenson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Repulski moves to third.
Top 6 Repulski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wright fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mel Wright now pitching. McCullough hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Banks scores. Sauer scores. Jackson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Paul LaPalme now pitching. Fondy strikes out.
Bottom 5 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Banks moves to third. Sauer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sauer takes first base on ball four. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Schoendienst hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Virdon takes first base on ball four. Hemus moves to second.
Top 5 Musial strikes out.
Top 5 Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Miksis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hemus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 King strikes out.
Bottom 4 Baker strikes out.
Bottom 4 Miksis hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 McCullough hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jones strikes out.
Top 4 Sarni takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Repulski strikes out.
Bottom 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jackson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Sauer hits a popup in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 King hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Schoendienst hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Miksis strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 2 McCullough hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hemus hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jones bunts towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. Sarni moves to third.
Top 2 Sarni hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miksis. Sarni reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a popup towards short. Stephenson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gordon Jones now pitching. Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Sauer hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 King hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Baker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Miksis hits a fly ball into right field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Baker fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Repulski takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 1 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Virdon hits a fly ball into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moon tags and scores.
Top 1 Musial strikes out.
Top 1 Moon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miksis who is chasing the ball. Moon reaches third base with a triple. Hemus goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Hemus takes first base on ball four.