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Chicago Cubs @ New York Giants

1955-07-14 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 12759 · 2:13

New York Giants defeated Chicago Cubs 3–2. New York Giants put up 2 in the 2nd. Ruben Gomez earned the win. Don Mueller went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHN	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	6
NY1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	9

W: Ruben Gomez L: Bob Rush SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jocko Conlan · 1B: Hal Dixon · 2B: Artie Gore · 3B: Augie Donatelli · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Chicago Cubs — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lloyd Merriman	4	0	1	0	0	0
Gene Baker	3	1	2	0	1	0
Jim King	4	1	1	2	0	1
Ernie Banks	4	0	0	0	0	0
Hank Sauer	4	0	1	0	0	1
Randy Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Dee Fondy	3	0	1	0	0	1
Clyde McCullough	2	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Rush	2	0	0	0	0	1
Bob Speake	1	0	0	0	0	1
Frank Baumholtz	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Davey Williams	4	0	1	0	0	0
Whitey Lockman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Mays	3	0	1	0	1	0
Hank Thompson	2	1	1	0	2	0
Don Mueller	4	1	2	2	0	0
Al Dark	4	1	1	0	0	1
Gail Harris	4	0	1	0	0	2
Wes Westrum	3	0	1	1	0	1
Ruben Gomez	3	0	1	0	0	0

Chicago Cubs — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Rush	7.0	8	2	4
Hal Jeffcoat	1.0	1	1	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ruben Gomez	9.0	6	1	5

Play-by-play

Top 1

Lloyd Merriman: 43
Gene Baker: S7
Jim King: 6/P
Ernie Banks: 7

Bot 1

Davey Williams: 43
Whitey Lockman: 43
Willie Mays: S5
Hank Thompson: SB2
Hank Thompson: 63

Top 2

Hank Sauer: 63
Randy Jackson: 43
Dee Fondy: K

Bot 2

Don Mueller: HR/9
Al Dark: S8
Gail Harris: SB2
Gail Harris: K#
Wes Westrum: S8.2-H
Ruben Gomez: 9
Davey Williams: 2/FL

Top 3

Clyde McCullough: 2/FL
Bob Rush: 13
Lloyd Merriman: S8
Gene Baker: W.1-2
Jim King: K

Bot 3

Whitey Lockman: 31
Willie Mays: 6/L
Hank Thompson: W
Don Mueller: SB2
Don Mueller: S9.2-H
Al Dark: SB2
Al Dark: K/C

Top 4

Ernie Banks: 8
Hank Sauer: 2/FL
Randy Jackson: 23

Bot 4

Gail Harris: K
Wes Westrum: FLE2
Wes Westrum: K
Ruben Gomez: S4
Davey Williams: S8.1-2
Whitey Lockman: 4/FL

Top 5

Dee Fondy: 7
Clyde McCullough: 13
Bob Rush: K

Bot 5

Willie Mays: 4/P
Hank Thompson: W
Don Mueller: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 6

Lloyd Merriman: 9
Gene Baker: S1.B-2(E1)
Jim King: HR/9.2-H
Ernie Banks: 4/P
Hank Sauer: K23

Bot 6

Al Dark: 3/P
Gail Harris: S9
Wes Westrum: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Randy Jackson: 8
Dee Fondy: S5
Bob Speake: K+CS2(26)/DP

Bot 7

Ruben Gomez: 53
Davey Williams: 4/L
Whitey Lockman: 8

Top 8

Frank Baumholtz: 5/P
Lloyd Merriman: 8
Gene Baker: 63

Bot 8

Willie Mays: W
Hank Thompson: S8.1-3
Don Mueller: 7
Al Dark: 4/P
Gail Harris: 3/FL

Top 9

Jim King: 43
Ernie Banks: 1/P
Hank Sauer: D8
Randy Jackson: 53