Philadelphia Phillies vs Cincinnati Redlegs
August 4, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 4, 1955 at Crosley Field. The Cincinnati Redlegs defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Philadelphia Phillies 3, Cincinnati Redlegs 4

Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Ashburn cf 4 0 1 0
Morgan ss 4 0 0 0
Hamner 2b 4 1 2 0
Ennis lf 4 1 1 2
Jones 3b 4 0 0 0
Greengrass rf 4 1 3 1
Lopata 1b 3 0 0 0
  Waitkus 1b 0 0 0 0
Seminick c 3 0 1 0
  Gorbous ph 0 0 0 0
Wehmeier p 3 0 1 0
  Meyer p 0 0 0 0
  Lowrey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 9 3
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 0 1 0
Burgess c 3 0 0 0
Kluszewski 1b 4 1 1 0
Post rf 2 2 2 1
Bell cf 4 0 1 1
Thurman lf 4 0 1 1
  Palys lf 0 0 0 0
Smith 3b 4 1 1 0
McMillan ss 3 0 1 1
Gross p 2 0 0 0
  Harmon ph 1 0 0 0
  Minarcin p 0 0 0 0
  Nuxhall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4
Philadelphia 000 200 100391
Cincinnati 000 101 11x480
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier   6.0 7 3 3 1 1
  Meyer  L(5-10) 2.0 1 1 0 2 2
Totals
8.0
8
4
3
3
3
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Gross   7.0 8 3 3 0 2
  Minarcin  W(5-9) 1.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Nuxhall  SV(2) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
2
2

  E–Meyer (1).  2B–Philadelphia Greengrass 2 (12,off Gross,off Minarcin); Seminick (7,off Gross)..  HR–Philadelphia Ennis (22,4th inning off Gross 1 on 0 out); Greengrass (4,7th inning off Gross 0 on 0 out)..  Team LOB–6.  CS–Thurman (2,2nd base by Meyer/Seminick).  U-HP–Babe Pinelli, 1B–Tom Gorman, 2B–Dusty Boggess, 3B–Bill Engeln.  T–2:19.  A–2,793.
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