New York Giants vs Brooklyn Dodgers
July 8, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1954 at Ebbets Field. The New York Giants defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Giants 11, Brooklyn Dodgers 2

New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Lockman 1b 6 3 3 1
Dark ss 5 1 1 0
Mueller rf 5 2 4 2
Thompson 3b 4 0 1 0
Mays cf 4 2 2 5
Irvin lf 3 3 1 1
Williams 2b 5 0 2 0
Westrum c 5 0 2 2
Gomez p 4 0 0 0
Totals 41 11 16 11
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 5 1 2 0
Reese ss 3 0 2 0
Snider cf 5 1 1 0
Hodges 1b 4 0 0 0
Furillo rf 4 0 0 0
Campanella c 3 0 0 0
Robinson lf 4 0 1 0
Hoak 3b 3 0 0 0
Erskine p 1 0 0 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Hughes p 0 0 0 0
  Kress ph 1 0 0 0
  Wojey p 0 0 0 0
  Moryn ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 34 2 7 0
New York 301 110 40111161
Brooklyn 200 000 000270
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Gomez  W(8-4) 9.0 7 2 0 5 8
Totals
9.0
7
2
0
5
8
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  L(9-8) 4.1 8 6 6 0 4
  Meyer   2.0 5 4 4 1 2
  Hughes   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
  Wojey   2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.0
16
11
11
3
6

  E–Lockman (10).  DP–Brooklyn 1. Gilliam-Reese-Hodges.  2B–New York Lockman 2 (10,off Erskine 2); Mueller (17,off Erskine); Dark (15,off Meyer)..  HR–New York Mays 2 (30,1st inning off Erskine 1 on 2 out,7th inning off Meyer 2 on 1 out); Irvin (14,4th inning off Erskine 0 on 0 out); Lockman (12,5th inning off Erskine 0 on 0 out)..  SH–Gomez (1,off Wojey); Erskine (2,off Gomez).  HBP–Irvin (1,by Meyer); Dark (5,by Wojey)..  Team LOB–9.  Team–11.  U-HP–Dusty Boggess, 1B–Bill Engeln, 2B–Bill Stewart, 3B–Babe Pinelli.  T–2:35.  A–30,256.
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