New York Giants vs Cincinnati Redlegs
August 5, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 1955 at Crosley Field. The New York Giants defeated the Cincinnati Redlegs and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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New York Giants 12, Cincinnati Redlegs 9
New York Giants ab   r   h rbi
Dark ss 5 2 3 0
Lockman 1b 6 2 1 0
Mays cf 6 3 3 1
Rhodes lf 5 2 4 3
Thompson 3b 5 1 1 0
Mueller rf 6 0 3 2
Terwilliger 2b 0 0 0 0
  Hofman pr,2b 2 1 1 0
Katt c 4 1 1 4
Hearn p 4 0 0 0
  Liddle p 0 0 0 0
  Antonelli p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 12 17 10
Cincinnati Redlegs ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 5 1 3 1
Burgess c 4 1 1 0
Kluszewski 1b 5 2 3 1
Post rf 5 1 2 3
Bell cf 4 0 1 0
Thurman lf 5 1 1 2
Smith 3b 5 2 2 1
McMillan ss 3 1 1 0
Black p 0 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Brovia ph 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 0 0 0 0
  Mele ph 1 0 0 0
  Minarcin p 0 0 0 0
  Freeman p 0 0 0 0
  Harmon ph 1 0 0 0
  Collum p 0 0 0 0
  Gross p 0 0 0 0
  Palys ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 14 8
New York 330 003 030–12171
Cincinnati 001 013 004–9142
  New York Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Hearn  W(12-10) 6.2 11 5 4 1 2
  Liddle   1.2 3 4 4 2 2
  Antonelli  SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
14
9
8
3
4
  Cincinnati Redlegs IP H R ER BB SO
Black  L(5-2) 0.2 4 3 3 1 1
  Klippstein   2.1 2 3 0 2 3
  Staley   2.0 3 0 0 0 1
  Minarcin   0.1 4 3 3 1 0
  Freeman   1.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Collum   1.0 2 3 3 2 1
  Gross   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
17
12
9
6
8
  E–Dark (20).  DP–New York 1. Dark-Hofman-Lockman.  2B–New York Rhodes (4,off Minarcin).  HR–New York Katt (4,8th inning off Collum 2 on 2 out).  HBP–Terwilliger (1,by Klippstein); Liddle (1,by Collum)..  Team LOB–12.  U-HP–Hal Dixon, 1B–Artie Gore, 2B–Augie Donatelli, 3B–Jocko Conlan.  T–3:15.  A–22,034.
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