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May 24, 1955

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Dodgers 1 5 1
Pirates 12 18 0
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Dodgers 1 5 1
Pirates 15 19 0

Preston Ward Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .167
OBP 1.000 .280
At Bats 2 42
Hits 2 7
• Singles 1 3
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 2 7
RBI’s 0 4

Tom Lasorda Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Forbes Field - May 24, 1955
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Home Run
Tom Lasorda
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Jim Gilliam
Jackie Robinson
Pee Wee Reese
Sandy Amoros
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Preston Ward
Tom Saffell
Jack Shepard
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Ward hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Saffell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Shepard moves to second.
Bottom 7 Shepard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 7 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Freese hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Clemente hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Snider hits a fly ball into center field. Saffell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Reese hits a line drive into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ward tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Friend strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tom Lasorda now pitching. Ward hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Snider who is chasing the ball. Ward reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Gilliam hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Don Hoak pinch hits for Joe Black. Hoak strikes out.
Top 6 Frank Thomas now playing left field. Tom Saffell now playing center field. Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Saffell hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Shepard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clemente scores. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groat scores. Clemente moves to third.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Joe Black now pitching. Clemente hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Friend scores. Freese scores. Groat moves to third.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Friend moves to third. Freese moves to second.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shepard scores. Ward scores. Friend moves to second.
Bottom 5 Friend hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomas scores. Shepard moves to third. Ward moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ward is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Saffell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tom Saffell pinch hits for Roman Mejias. There's a wild pitch. Thomas moves to third. Shepard moves to second.
Bottom 5 Shepard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bob Friend now pitching. Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hodges takes first base on ball four. Snider moves to third. Amoros moves to second.
Top 5 Amoros hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Snider moves to second.
Top 5 Campanella hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Freese strikes out.
Bottom 4 Clemente hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Russ Meyer now pitching. Freese strikes out.
Top 4 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 George Shuba pinch hits for Clem Labine. Shuba strikes out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hodges moves to third. Furillo moves to second.
Top 4 Furillo hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Hodges moves to second.
Top 4 Hodges takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Clem Labine now pitching. Law hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Ward takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Mejias hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Mejias reaches second base with a double. Freese scores. Shepard moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Shepard hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Clemente scores. Freese moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 3 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam misplays the ball. That's an error on Gilliam. Clemente moves to third.
Bottom 3 Clemente hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Clemente reaches second base with a double. Freese scores.
Bottom 3 Groat bunts in front of the plate. Campanella fields it and throws to first for the out. Freese moves to second.
Bottom 3 Freese bunts towards third. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Amoros hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Law scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Amoros for the out.
Top 3 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Law strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ward hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Mejias hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Shepard strikes out.
Top 2 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Gilliam takes first base on ball four. Podres moves to second.
Top 2 Podres hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to second for the out. Furillo moves to third.
Top 2 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field for a base hit. Furillo moves to second.
Top 2 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards second. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Amoros scores. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Amoros moves to third.
Top 2 Amoros hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Amoros reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 1 Freese takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Groat bunts towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Freese moves to second.
Bottom 1 Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Campanella hits a popup towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Snider hits a popup, foul, towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.