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May 4, 1955

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Giants 3 5 1
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Gene Baker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .281
OBP .667 .388
At Bats 3 57
Hits 2 16
• Singles 2 12
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 1 5

Ruben Gomez Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 1
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Polo Grounds - May 4, 1955
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Out
Ruben Gomez
Wes Westrum
Whitey Lockman
Foster Castleman
Hank Thompson
Al Dark
Monte Irvin
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Gene Baker
Clyde McCullough
Ernie Banks
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Baker hits a line drive towards third. Thompson catches it and throws to second to double up Banks.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 McCullough is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Banks hits a fly ball towards center. Mays settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mays. Banks moves to second.
Top 8 Speake hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Jackson hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Fondy strikes out.
Top 7 Wes Westrum now catching. Bolger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bill Taylor pinch hits for Mickey Grasso. Taylor strikes out.
Bottom 6 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Speake. Dark reaches second base with a double. Irvin scores.
Bottom 6 Mays strikes out. There goes Irvin. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 6 Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Jones hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Baker strikes out.
Top 6 McCullough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Banks moves to second.
Top 6 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Speake hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Castleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mueller is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Castleman hits a fly ball into center field. Bolger settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gomez is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Jackson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Lockman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Fondy hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bolger hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Grasso hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lockman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a popup towards third. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jones hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Castleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Banks scores.
Top 4 McCullough hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Banks. The throw from Grasso and he is safe. Banks steals third.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Banks moves to second.
Top 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out. Jackson scores.
Top 4 Speake hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Miksis scores. Jackson moves to third.
Top 4 Jackson takes first base on ball four. Miksis moves to second.
Top 4 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thompson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Castleman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Castleman scoops it up and throws to first, with Gomez covering, for the out.
Top 3 Bolger hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jones bunts towards the mound. Gomez fields it and throws to first for the out. Baker moves to second.
Top 3 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gomez is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Grasso takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 The ball gets by McCullough for a passed ball. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 2 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Irvin scores. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Irvin moves to third.
Bottom 2 Mays strikes out. There goes Irvin. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 2 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 McCullough hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Speake hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Castleman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Castleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Fondy hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bolger hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.