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September 11, 1955

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Phillies	4	10	2
Braves	1	7	2

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Phillies	4	10	2
Braves	5	8	2

Del Crandall Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.239
OBP	.000	.305
At Bats	3	385
Hits	0	92
• Singles	0	54
• Doubles	0	14
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	22
Walks	0	37
RBI’s	0	50

Herm Wehmeier Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
10	10	0

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County Stadium - September 11, 1955

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Home Run

Herm Wehmeier

Stan Lopata

Eddie Waitkus

Granny Hamner

Ted Kazanski

Bobby Morgan

Del Ennis

Richie Ashburn

Glen Gorbous

Del Crandall

Ben Taylor

Chuck Tanner

Hank Aaron

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Philadelphia Phillies	4	10	1	6
Milwaukee Braves	5	8	2	4
Winning Pitcher	Ernie Johnson
Losing Pitcher	Herm Wehmeier
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Del Crandall
Attendance
Time of Game	2 hours 30 minutes

View Box Score

Count: - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Crandall hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Ben Taylor pinch hits for Ernie Johnson. Taylor hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kazanski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Aaron moves to third. Tanner moves to second.

Bottom 9 Tanner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aaron moves to second.

Bottom 9 Crowe hits a fly ball into right field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 9 Mathews hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Logan scores.

Bottom 9 Logan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gorbous who is chasing the ball. Logan reaches third base with a triple.

Top 9 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Wehmeier hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Jack Dittmer now playing second base. Morgan hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Jack Dittmer pinch hits for Dave Jolly. Dittmer strikes out.

Bottom 8 Crandall is called out on strikes.

Bottom 8 Ted Kazanski now playing third base. Andy Pafko pinch hits for Danny O'Connell. Pafko hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Pafko reaches second base with a double.

Top 8 Greengrass hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Waitkus hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Lopata hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 8 Ennis hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Tanner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wehmeier fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 7 Crowe strikes out on a pitch way out of the strike zone. And the ball gets by Lopata, who chases it to the backstop. Crowe reaches first on the wild pitch.

Bottom 7 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Greengrass fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Mathews bunts towards third. Greengrass picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Greengrass. Mathews moves to second.

Top 7 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jolly fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Gorbous is walked intentionally.

Top 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews juggles the ball. That's an error on Mathews. Ashburn moves to second.

Top 7 Wehmeier strikes out.

Top 7 Dave Jolly now pitching. Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Bobby Thomson pinch hits for Phil Paine. Thomson strikes out.

Bottom 6 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wehmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Greengrass strikes out.

Top 6 Waitkus hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Lopata hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 5 O'Connell hits a fly ball into right field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Tanner hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Wehmeier covering, for the out.

Top 5 Hamner hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Phil Paine now pitching. Gorbous hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wehmeier goes all the way around to score.

Top 5 Wehmeier hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Morgan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Aaron strikes out.

Bottom 4 Mathews hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Logan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Greengrass hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Waitkus 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.

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

Bottom 3 Bruton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Burdette hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Crandall strikes out.

Top 3 Ennis strikes out.

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

Top 3 Gorbous hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 O'Connell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Tanner hits a popup, foul, towards short. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Crowe hits a popup towards short. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Wehmeier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bruton throws the ball in to O'Connell who tags Wehmeier trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Top 2 Morgan hits a line drive towards third. Mathews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Aaron hits a popup, foul, towards third. Greengrass settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Mathews strikes out.

Bottom 1 Logan hits a fly ball into right field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Bruton takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tanner throws the ball in to O'Connell who tags Waitkus trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hamner scores. That run is unearned.

Top 1 Lopata hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gorbous tags and scores. That run is unearned.

Top 1 Ennis bunts towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out. Gorbous moves to third. Hamner moves to second.

Top 1 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan misplays the ball. That's an error on Logan. Ashburn scores. Gorbous moves to second.

Top 1 Gorbous hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ashburn moves to third.

Top 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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