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August 15, 1955

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Braves 12 14 0
Cardinals 1 7 2
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Braves 12 14 0
Cardinals 1 7 2

Eddie Mathews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .287
OBP .800 .413
At Bats 2 349
Hits 1 100
• Singles 0 49
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 1 29
Walks 3 77
RBI’s 2 74

Mel Wright Season Stats

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Sportsman's Park - August 15, 1955
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Out
Mel Wright
Bill Sarni
Wally Moon
Solly Hemus
Ken Boyer
Bob Stephenson
Pete Whisenant
Bill Virdon
Rip Repulski
Eddie Mathews
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Virdon hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Wright strikes out.
Bottom 8 Moon hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Spahn hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mel Wright now pitching. Rip Repulski now playing right field. Tanner hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Rip Repulski pinch hits for Floyd Wooldridge. Repulski hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Sarni hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Whisenant hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hemus hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Crowe hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Logan takes first base on ball four. Aaron moves to second.
Top 7 Aaron hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. O'Connell scores.
Top 7 Floyd Wooldridge now pitching. Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 O'Connell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Whisenant. O'Connell reaches second base with a double. Bruton goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Bruton is hit by the pitch.
Top 7 Spahn hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Virdon chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Stephenson. Stephenson fumbles the ball. That's a triple and an error on Stephenson. Crowe scores. Tanner goes all the way around to score. Spahn moves all the way to home.
Top 7 Crandall strikes out.
Top 7 Tanner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Logan scores. Crowe moves to second.
Top 7 Crowe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Logan moves to second.
Top 7 Logan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Moon strikes out.
Bottom 6 Stephenson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Mathews. The throw from Sarni and he is out, Hemus applying the tag.
Top 6 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Brooks Lawrence now pitching. O'Connell hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Harry Elliott pinch hits for Paul LaPalme. Elliott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sarni hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Paul LaPalme now pitching. Spahn hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Crandall is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Tanner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Tanner reaches second base with a double. Aaron scores. Logan scores. Crowe moves to third.
Top 5 Crowe is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Logan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mathews scores. Aaron moves to third. Logan moves to second.
Top 5 Aaron bunts towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to third for the out. Mathews moves to second.
Top 5 Mathews takes first base on ball four. O'Connell moves to second.
Top 5 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hemus hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Hemus reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Virdon 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 4 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Spahn hits a line drive into center field. Virdon picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Virdon. Crandall moves to third.
Top 4 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stephenson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Tanner hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Solly Hemus now playing second base. Crowe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Moon 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 3 Stephenson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Schmidt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Aaron takes first base on ball four. Mathews moves to second.
Top 3 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bruton hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sarni hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Whisenant hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Spahn strikes out.
Top 2 Crandall takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Tanner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon fields the ball, tags the runner, and throws to second to catch Crowe for the double play.
Top 2 Crowe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Stephenson strikes out.
Top 1 Logan hits a popup towards the mound. Schmidt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bruton hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.