Brooklyn Dodgers vs Philadelphia Phillies
August 21, 1955 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1955 at Connie Mack Stadium. The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Brooklyn Dodgers 4, Philadelphia Phillies 6
Brooklyn Dodgers ab   r   h rbi
Gilliam 2b 4 1 1 0
Reese ss 4 1 1 2
Snider cf 4 0 0 0
Campanella c 4 0 0 0
Furillo rf 4 0 1 0
Robinson lf 3 0 0 0
Hodges 1b 3 1 1 0
Hoak 3b 2 1 1 0
  Shuba ph 0 0 0 0
  Zimmer pr 0 0 0 0
Erskine p 1 0 0 0
  Roebuck p 0 0 0 0
  Craig p 0 0 0 0
  Amoros ph 1 0 0 0
  Labine p 0 0 0 0
  Kellert ph 1 0 1 2
  Bessent p 0 0 0 0
  Newcombe ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 6 4
Philadelphia Phillies ab   r   h rbi
Gorbous cf 5 1 2 1
Morgan ss 3 1 1 0
Hamner 2b 4 1 1 0
Ennis lf 3 2 1 1
Jones 3b 4 1 2 4
Waitkus 1b 4 0 2 0
Greengrass rf 3 0 1 0
Lopata c 3 0 1 0
Wehmeier p 3 0 0 0
  Meyer p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 11 6
Brooklyn 000 002 020–460
Philadelphia 004 110 00x–6110
  Brooklyn Dodgers IP H R ER BB SO
Erskine  L(10-5) 2.1 3 3 3 4 1
  Roebuck   1.2 5 3 3 0 0
  Craig   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Labine   2.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Bessent   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
11
6
6
4
3
  Philadelphia Phillies IP H R ER BB SO
Wehmeier  W(10-9) 7.0 6 4 4 1 1
  Meyer  SV(7) 2.0 0 0 0 3 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
4
4
  E–None.  DP–Brooklyn 2. Campanella-Gilliam, Gilliam-Hodges.  3B–Brooklyn Furillo (2,off Wehmeier); Kellert (2,off Wehmeier)..  HR–Brooklyn Reese (9,6th inning off Wehmeier 1 on 2 out).  Team LOB–5.  CS–Morgan (3,2nd base by Erskine/Campanella).  U-HP–Frank Dascoli, 1B–Lon Warneke, 2B–Frank Secory, 3B–Larry Goetz.
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