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June 1, 1955

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 5 8 0
Giants 0 4 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 5 8 0
Giants 2 5 0

Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .280
OBP .333 .366
At Bats 3 161
Hits 1 45
• Singles 0 25
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 1 6
• Home Runs 0 12
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 29

Joe Nuxhall Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 3 1
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Polo Grounds - June 1, 1955
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Home Run
Joe Nuxhall
Smoky Burgess
Ted Kluszewski
Johnny Temple
Bobby Adams
Roy McMillan
Stan Palys
Gus Bell
Wally Post
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Stan Palys now playing left field. Mueller takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Nuxhall hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 McMillan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Adams takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Stan Palys pinch hits for Bob Thurman. Palys hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Post tags and scores.
Top 9 Post hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Post reaches third base with a triple.
Top 9 Windy McCall now pitching. Kluszewski hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hofman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Billy Gardner pinch hits for Jim Hearn. Gardner strikes out.
Top 8 Bell strikes out.
Top 8 Burgess strikes out.
Top 8 Ray Katt now catching. Temple hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hofman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Temple for the out.
Bottom 7 Sid Gordon pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Thompson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hofman is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 7 Irvin hits a popup into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thurman who is chasing the ball. Mays reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Nuxhall hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Adams hits a popup towards first. Hofman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a line drive towards right. Post catches it and throws to first to double up Dark.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thurman hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Post hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Post reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Bell 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 6 Burgess hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hearn hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Westrum hits a popup towards third. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Nuxhall covering, for the out.
Top 5 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Nuxhall hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hofman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats McMillan for the out.
Bottom 4 Hofman hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Irvin hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Burgess settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Thurman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Post moves to third.
Top 4 Post hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hearn bunts towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Westrum hits a fly ball into left field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Burgess hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Temple hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Nuxhall is called out on strikes.
Top 3 McMillan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hofman hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mays hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Adams strikes out.
Top 2 Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hofman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thurman for the out.
Top 2 Post hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Temple scores.
Top 1 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Williams scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Temple moves to third.
Top 1 Temple hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Temple reaches second base with a double.