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Milwaukee Braves @ New York Giants

1955-08-26 · Night game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 14485 · night · 2:21

Milwaukee Braves defeated New York Giants 7–1. Milwaukee Braves put up 4 in the 2nd. Bob Buhl earned the win. Del Crandall went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
ML1	0	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	7	9
NY1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7

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

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

Milwaukee Braves — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bill Bruton	5	0	0	0	0	0
Danny O'Connell	5	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Mathews	4	1	1	0	1	2
Hank Aaron	2	1	0	0	0	0
Johnny Logan	3	1	2	1	1	0
George Crowe	4	1	2	1	1	0
Andy Pafko	3	1	1	1	0	0
Del Crandall	3	1	1	4	1	0
Bob Buhl	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bobby Thomson	3	1	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Gardner	4	1	1	0	0	0
Whitey Lockman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Willie Mays	1	0	0	0	3	1
Dusty Rhodes	4	0	1	1	0	0
Don Mueller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Hank Thompson	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bobby Hofman	4	0	2	0	0	0
Wayne Terwilliger	3	0	1	0	1	0
Ruben Gomez	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gail Harris	0	0	0	0	1	0
Sid Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	1

Milwaukee Braves — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Buhl	9.0	7	5	3

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ruben Gomez	5.0	4	2	2
Paul Giel	2.0	5	1	0
Hoyt Wilhelm	2.0	0	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Bill Bruton: 9
Danny O'Connell: 63
Eddie Mathews: K

Bot 1

Billy Gardner: D
Whitey Lockman: 7
Willie Mays: W
Dusty Rhodes: S.2-H;1-2#
Don Mueller: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Hank Aaron: E6
Johnny Logan: S.1-2
George Crowe: 36(1)/FO.2-3
Andy Pafko: HP.1-2
Del Crandall: HR/7D.3-H(UR);2-H;1-H
Bob Buhl: 3/G
Bill Bruton: 31

Bot 2

Hank Thompson: 43
Bobby Hofman: S
Wayne Terwilliger: 9
Ruben Gomez: K

Top 3

Danny O'Connell: 63
Eddie Mathews: S
Hank Aaron: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Billy Gardner: 53
Whitey Lockman: 8
Willie Mays: W
Dusty Rhodes: 6

Top 4

Johnny Logan: 7
George Crowe: W
Andy Pafko: 46(1)/FO
Del Crandall: SB2
Del Crandall: IW
Bob Buhl: K

Bot 4

Don Mueller: S
Hank Thompson: 7
Bobby Hofman: 54(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Bill Bruton: 43
Danny O'Connell: S
Eddie Mathews: 9
Bobby Thomson: 31

Bot 5

Wayne Terwilliger: S
Bill Taylor: 16(1)3/GDP
Billy Gardner: 53

Top 6

Johnny Logan: S
George Crowe: S.1-2#
Andy Pafko: S.2-H;1-2#
Del Crandall: 9.2-2#
Bob Buhl: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Bill Bruton: 8

Bot 6

Whitey Lockman: 43
Willie Mays: W
Dusty Rhodes: 5
Don Mueller: 16(1)/FO

Top 7

Danny O'Connell: 31
Eddie Mathews: W
Bobby Thomson: S.1-3
Johnny Logan: SB2#
Johnny Logan: 8/SF.3-H;2-2#
George Crowe: S.2-H
Andy Pafko: E6.1-2#
Del Crandall: 7/FL

Bot 7

Hank Thompson: S
Bobby Hofman: 7
Wayne Terwilliger: 64(1)/FO
Gail Harris: W.1-2
Billy Gardner: 5/L

Top 8

Bob Buhl: 43
Bill Bruton: 13
Danny O'Connell: 43

Bot 8

Whitey Lockman: 143
Willie Mays: K/C
Dusty Rhodes: 31

Top 9

Eddie Mathews: K23
Bobby Thomson: 63
Johnny Logan: W
George Crowe: 3/G

Bot 9

Don Mueller: 63
Hank Thompson: 43
Bobby Hofman: S
Wayne Terwilliger: W.1-2
Sid Gordon: K

Notes & reviews

George Crowe's drive over the RF roof was called a home run by 1B umpire Artie Gore; the Giants argued and HP umpire Hal Dixon overruled Gore and called it foul

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