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August 7, 1955

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Phillies 9 13 2
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Cardinals 6 7 0

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .306
OBP .250 .348
At Bats 4 330
Hits 1 101
• Singles 0 68
• Doubles 1 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 1 52

Jack Meyer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 8 10
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Sportsman's Park - August 7, 1955
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Out
Jack Meyer
Stan Lopata
Eddie Waitkus
Bobby Morgan
Willie Jones
Roy Smalley
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Jim Greengrass
Bill Virdon
Wally Moon
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Musial hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Meyer hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Greengrass hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Waitkus moves to second.
Top 9 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ennis scores.
Top 9 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Arroyo fields it and throws to first for the out. Ennis moves to second.
Top 9 Ennis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Walker hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Solly Hemus pinch hits for Paul LaPalme. Hemus hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Grammas hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Stan Lopata now catching. Jack Meyer now pitching. Burbrink takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Morgan hits a fly ball towards left. Walker catches it and throws to second to double up Ashburn.
Top 8 Paul LaPalme now pitching. Ashburn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial. Ashburn reaches second base with a double. Greengrass scores. Blaylock scores. Lopata moves to third.
Top 8 Floyd Wooldridge now pitching. Stan Lopata pinch hits for Robin Roberts. Lopata takes first base on ball four. Waitkus scores. Greengrass moves to third. Blaylock moves to second.
Top 8 Marv Blaylock pinch hits for Andy Seminick. Harvey Haddix now pitching. Blaylock takes first base on ball four. Waitkus moves to third. Greengrass moves to second.
Top 8 Greengrass takes first base on ball four. Waitkus moves to second.
Top 8 Waitkus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mel Wright now pitching. Jones strikes out.
Bottom 7 Boyer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Schoendienst is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Virdon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Greengrass. Virdon reaches second base with a double. Musial scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Musial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Musial reaches second base with a double. Frazier scores. Walker scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Walker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Walker reaches second base with a double. Grammas scores. Frazier moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Joe Frazier pinch hits for Brooks Lawrence. Frazier hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley misplays the ball. That's an error on Smalley. Grammas moves to second.
Bottom 7 Grammas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Roy Smalley now playing shortstop. Bobby Morgan now playing second base. Burbrink hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ennis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial. Ennis reaches second base with a double. There goes Hamner trying to get to home. Musial throws the ball in to Burbrink, who tags Hamner, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Top 7 Hamner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roberts scores.
Top 7 Morgan hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ashburn bunts towards the mound. Lawrence fields it and throws to first for the out. Roberts moves to second.
Top 7 Roberts takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Seminick hits a line drive towards short. Grammas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Greengrass hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walker. Greengrass reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Waitkus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Brooks Lawrence now pitching. Jones hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hamner fields it and throws to second for the out. Grammas scores.
Bottom 5 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus fields it and throws to second for the out. Grammas moves to third.
Bottom 5 Rip Repulski pinch hits for Willard Schmidt. Repulski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burbrink scores. Grammas moves to second.
Bottom 5 Grammas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Burbrink hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Greengrass. Burbrink reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Ennis strikes out.
Top 5 Hamner is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Schoendienst hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Musial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Roberts hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Seminick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Greengrass is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Waitkus hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ennis moves to second.
Top 4 Ennis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Waitkus scoops it up and throws to first, with Roberts covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Walker hits a line drive towards first. Waitkus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schmidt bunts towards the mound. Roberts juggles the ball. That's an error on Roberts. Burbrink moves to third. Schmidt moves to second.
Bottom 3 Grammas strikes out.
Bottom 3 Burbrink takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Hamner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Morgan is called out on strikes.
Top 3 There goes Ashburn. The throw from Burbrink and he is out, Schoendienst applying the tag.
Top 3 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Morgan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Virdon hits a popup towards first. Waitkus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. Walker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Seminick hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moon hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walker hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Waitkus hits a line drive towards first. Moon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jones for the out. Morgan moves to third. Ennis moves to second.
Top 1 Ennis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ashburn scores. Morgan moves to second.
Top 1 Hamner hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Morgan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Ashburn moves to third.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial. Ashburn reaches second base with a double.