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New York Giants @ Philadelphia Phillies

1955-05-24 · Night game · Shibe Park · Att: 15008 · 2:37

Philadelphia Phillies defeated New York Giants 6–2. Philadelphia Phillies put up 2 in the 4th. Curt Simmons earned the win and Jack Meyer picked up the save. Andy Seminick went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
NY1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	7
PHI	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	2		6	12

W: Curt Simmons L: Jim Hearn SV: Jack Meyer

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

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Davey Williams	4	0	2	0	1	0
Al Dark	1	0	0	0	0	1
Don Mueller	4	0	1	0	0	0
Monte Irvin	2	1	0	0	1	0
Willie Mays	3	0	1	1	0	0
Hank Thompson	4	1	1	0	0	1
Whitey Lockman	4	0	1	0	0	1
Ray Katt	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Hearn	2	0	0	0	0	2
Billy Gardner	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sid Gordon	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Hofman	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dusty Rhodes	1	0	0	0	0	0
Wes Westrum	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Taylor	1	0	1	1	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	1	1	0	1	0
Glen Gorbous	5	1	4	2	0	0
Marv Blaylock	4	0	0	0	1	0
Del Ennis	4	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Jones	4	1	1	0	0	1
Andy Seminick	3	2	2	1	0	1
Bobby Morgan	3	1	1	0	1	1
Roy Smalley	4	0	2	2	0	1
Curt Simmons	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jack Meyer	1	0	0	0	0	0

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Hearn	6.2	9	1	4
Hoyt Wilhelm	0.1	0	0	0
Don Liddle	1.0	3	2	0

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Curt Simmons	7.1	5	3	5
Jack Meyer	1.2	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Davey Williams: W
Al Dark: K+CS2(26)/DP
Don Mueller: 53

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: 63
Glen Gorbous: D9
Marv Blaylock: 43.2-3
Del Ennis: 43

Top 2

Monte Irvin: 13
Willie Mays: HP
Hank Thompson: 9
Whitey Lockman: 5/FL

Bot 2

Willie Jones: 3/G
Andy Seminick: S9
Bobby Morgan: S9.1-3
Roy Smalley: K
Curt Simmons: 3/G

Top 3

Ray Katt: 8
Jim Hearn: K
Davey Williams: 63

Bot 3

Richie Ashburn: 8
Glen Gorbous: S/BG
Marv Blaylock: 5/FL
Del Ennis: 53

Top 4

Billy Gardner: 7
Don Mueller: 63
Monte Irvin: W
Willie Mays: T9.1-H
Hank Thompson: K/C

Bot 4

Willie Jones: S7
Andy Seminick: HP.1-2
Bobby Morgan: K
Roy Smalley: D7.1-H;2-H
Curt Simmons: 8
Richie Ashburn: 9

Top 5

Whitey Lockman: 43
Ray Katt: K
Jim Hearn: K

Bot 5

Glen Gorbous: 9/FL
Marv Blaylock: 8
Del Ennis: 8

Top 6

Davey Williams: S7
Billy Gardner: 34/SH.1-2
Don Mueller: 8
Monte Irvin: 8

Bot 6

Willie Jones: K/C
Andy Seminick: K
Bobby Morgan: 3/P

Top 7

Willie Mays: 7
Hank Thompson: 63
Whitey Lockman: S9
Sid Gordon: 164(1)/FO

Bot 7

Roy Smalley: 63
Curt Simmons: 7
Richie Ashburn: S8
Glen Gorbous: D9.1-H
Marv Blaylock: W
Del Ennis: S7.2-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Willie Jones: 8

Top 8

Bobby Hofman: W
Davey Williams: S7.1-2
Billy Gardner: 9
Don Mueller: S7.1-2;2-3
Dusty Rhodes: 6/L
Willie Mays: 2/FL

Bot 8

Andy Seminick: HR/7
Bobby Morgan: W
Roy Smalley: D7.1-3
Jack Meyer: 13
Richie Ashburn: IW
Glen Gorbous: S8.1-2;2XH(8352);3-H
Marv Blaylock: 13

Top 9

Hank Thompson: S9
Whitey Lockman: K
Wes Westrum: 8
Bill Taylor: D/78.1-H
Davey Williams: 63

Notes & reviews

Al Dark ejected by HP umpire Hal Dixon

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