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August 27, 1955

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Bottom 10 R H E
Braves 4 7 0
Giants 4 8 1
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Braves 4 7 0
Giants 4 8 1

Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .299
OBP .500 .394
At Bats 4 441
Hits 2 132
• Singles 1 78
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 1 9
• Home Runs 0 34
Walks 0 69
RBI’s 0 87

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 6 0
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Polo Grounds - August 27, 1955
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Out
Lew Burdette
Del Crandall
George Crowe
Danny O'Connell
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Bobby Thomson
Bill Bruton
Andy Pafko
Willie Mays
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Lockman hits a popup towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Bruton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Burdette hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 McCall strikes out.
Bottom 9 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hofman fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Thomson for the double play.
Top 9 Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hank Thompson now playing third base. Thomson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Terwilliger hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hank Thompson pinch hits for Sid Gordon. Thompson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Lew Burdette now pitching. Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Hofman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Mays hits a popup, foul, towards first. Crowe settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Windy McCall now pitching. O'Connell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gardner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Gardner reaches second base with a double. Terwilliger goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Joey Amalfitano pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Amalfitano hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Katt hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Terwilliger takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hofman scoops it up and throws to first, with Wilhelm covering, for the out. Crowe moves to third.
Top 7 Nichols bunts towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out. Crowe moves to second.
Top 7 Crandall hits a popup towards short. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Crowe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hofman hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gordon fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Thomson strikes out.
Top 6 Logan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Nichols, and towards O'Connell, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Mathews hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hofman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 O'Connell hits a line drive towards third. Gordon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bruton hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Katt hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Terwilliger hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mueller scores. Gordon moves to second.
Bottom 4 Gordon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mays scores.
Bottom 4 Hofman hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Mays reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Nichols strikes out.
Top 4 Crandall strikes out.
Top 4 Crowe hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nichols fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Wilhelm hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Katt hits a popup, foul, towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Pafko hits a fly ball towards center. Mays catches it and throws to first to double up Thomson. Mathews tags and scores.
Top 3 Thomson takes first base on ball four. Mathews moves to third. Logan moves to second.
Top 3 Logan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Bruton scores. Mathews moves to second.
Top 3 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 O'Connell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Terwilliger settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards second. Terwilliger picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Terwilliger. Nichols goes all the way around to score. Bruton moves to third.
Top 3 Nichols hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Crandall fires to second and picks off Mueller for the out.
Bottom 2 Terwilliger hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gordon takes first base on ball four. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mueller takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hofman hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Crowe strikes out.
Top 2 Pafko hits a popup towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomson throws the ball in to O'Connell who tags Mays, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 1 Lockman hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mathews strikes out.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Bruton hits a popup, foul, towards third. Gordon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.