Cubs @ Phillies
July 16, 1955

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 4 6 0
Phillies 5 6 2
Top 9 R H E
Cubs 4 6 0
Phillies 5 6 2

Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .226
OBP .000 .288
At Bats 0 155
Hits 0 35
• Singles 0 22
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 16

Robin Roberts Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 6 1
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Connie Mack Stadium - July 16, 1955
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Strikeout
Robin Roberts
Stan Lopata
Marv Blaylock
Bobby Morgan
Willie Jones
Roy Smalley
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Glen Gorbous
Hank Sauer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 4 6 0 5
Philadelphia Phillies 5 6 2 3
Winning Pitcher Robin Roberts
Losing Pitcher Warren Hacker
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Roy Smalley
Attendance 5,241
Time of Game 2 hours 19 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Hank Sauer pinch hits for Jim Davis. Sauer strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Randy Jackson pinch hits for Harry Chiti. Jackson hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baumholtz tags and scores.
Top 9 Walker Cooper pinch hits for Owen Friend. Cooper hits a line drive towards first. Blaylock reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Baumholtz hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gorbous who is chasing the ball. Baumholtz reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ennis hits a popup, foul, towards third. Friend settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gorbous hits a ball on the ground towards first. Speake scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gorbous for the out.
Top 8 King hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Banks hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Speake hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Morgan hits a fly ball into right field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Roberts strikes out.
Top 7 Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Merriman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. There goes Davis trying to get to third. Gorbous throws the ball in to Jones, who tags Davis for the out. Merriman moves to second.
Top 7 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Stan Lopata now catching. Chiti hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards first. Speake scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blaylock for the out.
Bottom 6 Davis fires to first and picks off Seminick.
Bottom 6 Seminick takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Friend hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Morgan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into right field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 King hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jim Davis now pitching. Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Ashburn scores. Morgan moves to third.
Bottom 5 Gorbous takes first base on ball four. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 5 The ball gets by Chiti for a passed ball. Ashburn moves to third.
Bottom 5 Morgan takes first base on ball four. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Banks strikes out.
Top 5 Speake hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gorbous who is chasing the ball. Speake reaches third base with a triple.
Top 5 Baker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Merriman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards first. Speake scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Roberts for the out.
Bottom 4 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Blaylock hits a fly ball into left field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Andre hits a fly ball into right field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Chiti takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Friend hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Baumholtz reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 King hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Friend fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Merriman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ennis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 John Andre now pitching. Gorbous hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Speake hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Baker takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Morgan hits a fly ball into left field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ashburn hits a line drive towards third. Friend reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Hacker, and towards Banks, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Blaylock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Seminick hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Merriman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Morgan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hacker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Chiti hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Merriman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ennis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Morgan scores. Ennis moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gorbous hits a ball on the ground towards first. Speake scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gorbous for the out. Morgan moves to second.
Bottom 1 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Friend fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Friend hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Morgan misplays the ball. That's an error on Morgan. Baumholtz moves to second.
Top 1 King strikes out.
Top 1 Banks hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Speake hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Speake reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Seminick for a passed ball. Merriman goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Merriman takes first base on ball four.