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August 3, 1955

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Top 9	R	H	E
Phillies	8	8	1
Reds	4	9	3

Top 9	R	H	E
Phillies	8	8	1
Reds	4	9	3

Willie Jones Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.252
OBP	.000	.352
At Bats	4	373
Hits	0	94
• Singles	0	64
• Doubles	0	15
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	13
Walks	0	58
RBI’s	0	54

Art Fowler Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
6	7	2

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Crosley Field - August 3, 1955

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Out

Art Fowler

Smoky Burgess

Ted Kluszewski

Johnny Temple

Milt Smith

Roy McMillan

Bob Thurman

Gus Bell

Wally Post

Willie Jones

Del Ennis

Bobby Morgan

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Jones hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Ennis takes first base on ball four.

Top 9 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fowler fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 There goes Morgan. The throw from Burgess and he is safe. Morgan steals second.

Top 9 Morgan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 9 Art Fowler now pitching. Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Stan Palys pinch hits for Rudy Minarcin. Palys is called out on strikes.

Bottom 8 McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Smith is called out on strikes.

Bottom 8 Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Seminick hits a line drive towards first. Kluszewski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Post hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Post reaches second base with a double. Temple scores.

Bottom 7 Kluszewski hits a line drive towards first. Waitkus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 The ball gets by Seminick for a passed ball. Temple moves to second.

Bottom 7 Temple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 7 Greengrass hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Rudy Minarcin now pitching. Ennis hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Joe Brovia pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Brovia hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Eddie Waitkus now playing first base. Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out. Seminick scores. Roberts moves to third. Ashburn moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 6 Gerry Staley now pitching. Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Waitkus scores. Seminick moves to third. Roberts moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 6 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski fields the ball and throws to Freeman covering. Safe. Waitkus moves to third. Seminick moves to second.

Top 6 Seminick bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Greengrass scores. Waitkus moves to second. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 6 Eddie Waitkus pinch hits for Stan Lopata. Waitkus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ennis scores. Jones scores. Greengrass moves to third. Two runs are unearned.

Top 6 Greengrass takes first base on ball four. Ennis moves to third. Jones moves to second.

Top 6 Hersh Freeman now pitching. Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Temple. Ennis moves to second.

Top 6 Ennis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Hamner scores. Two runs are unearned.

Top 6 Collum fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Collum. Morgan moves to third. Hamner moves to second.

Top 6 Hamner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ashburn scores. Morgan moves to second.

Top 6 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith juggles the ball. That's an error on Smith. Ashburn moves to second.

Top 6 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lopata scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thurman for the out.

Bottom 5 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Post hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Lopata takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 5 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 4 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan misplays the ball. That's an error on Morgan.

Bottom 4 Collum bunts towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out. Smith moves to third. McMillan moves to second.

Bottom 4 McMillan bunts towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Smith moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 4 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 4 Hamner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 4 Morgan hits a line drive into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Ashburn hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Thurman strikes out.

Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lopata scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bell for the out. Post moves to second.

Bottom 3 Post bunts towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 3 Kluszewski hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Seminick strikes out.

Top 3 Lopata strikes out.

Bottom 2 Burgess hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Temple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McMillan scores. Collum moves to third.

Bottom 2 Collum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores. McMillan moves to second.

Bottom 2 McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.

Bottom 2 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Thurman hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Bell takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Post is called out on strikes.

Bottom 1 Kluszewski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lopata scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burgess for the out. Temple moves to third.

Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Greengrass. Temple reaches second base with a double.

Top 1 Hamner hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Morgan hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Ashburn hits a popup towards the mound. Collum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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Jones hits a line drive into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Phillies @ Reds
August 3, 1955