Pirates @ Giants
August 22, 1954

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Top 9	R	H	E
Pirates	3	11	4
Giants	5	11	3

Top 9	R	H	E
Pirates	3	11	4
Giants	5	11	3

Jerry Lynch Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.250	.276
OBP	.250	.331
At Bats	4	156
Hits	1	43
• Singles	1	30
• Doubles	0	2
• Triples	0	4
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	0	12
RBI’s	0	20

Hoyt Wilhelm Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
8	3	5

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Polo Grounds - August 22, 1954

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Strikeout

Hoyt Wilhelm

Ray Katt

Whitey Lockman

Davey Williams

Hank Thompson

Al Dark

Monte Irvin

Willie Mays

Don Mueller

Jerry Lynch

Frank Thomas

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates	3	11	4	12
New York Giants	5	11	2	10
Winning Pitcher	Hoyt Wilhelm
Losing Pitcher	Max Surkont
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Don Mueller
Attendance	22,702
Time of Game	2 hours 23 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Lynch strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Shepard strikes out.

Top 9 Thomas strikes out. The ball gets by Katt. He chases the ball to the backstop.

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

Bottom 8 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Allie fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Mueller hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lockman scores.

Bottom 8 Lockman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynch. Lockman reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 8 Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wilhelm for the out.

Bottom 8 Vern Law now pitching. Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 8 Roberts hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Eddie Pellagrini pinch hits for Max Surkont. Pellagrini strikes out.

Top 8 Monte Irvin now playing left field. Allie takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 Katt hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Rhodes strikes out.

Top 7 Cole hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Lynch hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 7 Shepard bunts towards first. Lockman scoops it up and throws to first, with Williams covering, for the out. Thomas moves to second.

Top 7 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson juggles the ball. That's an error on Thompson.

Bottom 6 Dark hits a popup towards short. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Bottom 6 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Allie fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Ward strikes out.

Top 6 Skinner hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Roberts hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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

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

Top 5 Surkont hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Allie hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. Lynch moves to third. Cole moves to second.

Top 5 Cole hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ward scores. Shepard scores. Lynch moves to second.

Top 5 Lynch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ward moves to third. Shepard moves to second.

Top 5 Shepard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skinner scores. Ward moves to second.

Top 5 Thomas hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Ward hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Skinner moves to third.

Top 5 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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

Bottom 4 Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rhodes for the out.

Bottom 4 Dark bunts towards the mound. Surkont fields it and throws to first for the out. Mueller moves to third.

Bottom 4 Mueller hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lynch. Mueller reaches second base with a double.

Top 4 Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Surkont hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maglie fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Cole moves to third. Allie moves to second.

Top 4 Allie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cole moves to second.

Top 4 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 4 Lynch hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Shepard hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Lockman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Maglie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Katt hits a fly ball into left field. Lynch settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Thompson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Shepard picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Shepard. Shepard fumbles the ball. That's an error on Shepard. Mays goes all the way around to score. Thompson moves all the way to home. Two runs are unearned.

Bottom 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cole misplays the ball. That's an error on Cole.

Top 3 Thomas strikes out.

Top 3 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lockman fields it and throws to home to get Allie. Roberts moves to third. Skinner moves to second.

Top 3 Skinner takes first base on ball four. Allie moves to third. Roberts moves to second.

Top 3 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. Allie moves to second.

Top 3 Surkont is called out on strikes.

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

Bottom 2 Rhodes hits a popup towards first. Skinner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Mueller hits a line drive into right field. Ward picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ward. Katt scores. Williams scores. Maglie moves to third. Mueller moves to second.

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

Bottom 2 Maglie takes first base on ball four. Katt moves to third. Williams moves to second.

Bottom 2 Williams hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Katt moves to second.

Bottom 2 Jack Shepard now catching. Katt hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards second. Williams scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Top 2 Lynch strikes out.

Top 2 Atwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third.

Top 2 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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

Bottom 1 Mays strikes out.

Bottom 1 Rhodes is walked intentionally.

Bottom 1 Dark hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomas. Dark reaches second base with a double. Mueller moves to third.

Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Lockman takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Ward hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Skinner strikes out.

Top 1 Roberts is called out on strikes.

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