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Brooklyn Dodgers @ Philadelphia Phillies

1955-07-04 · Day game · Shibe Park · 2:51

Brooklyn Dodgers defeated Philadelphia Phillies 11–2. Brooklyn Dodgers put up 4 in the 5th. Don Newcombe earned the win. Duke Snider went 3-for-4 with 2 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BRO	2	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	11	14
PHI	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8

W: Don Newcombe L: Ron Negray SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Stan Landes · 1B: Lee Ballanfant · 2B: Al Barlick · 3B: Bill Jackowski · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Brooklyn Dodgers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Hoak	5	1	2	1	0	0
Pee Wee Reese	3	3	2	0	1	0
Duke Snider	4	4	3	5	1	0
Gil Hodges	5	1	2	3	0	1
Sandy Amoros	3	0	0	1	1	1
Carl Furillo	5	1	3	1	0	0
Don Zimmer	5	1	1	0	0	0
Dixie Howell	5	0	1	0	0	1
Don Newcombe	4	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Gilliam	1	0	0	0	0	0

Philadelphia Phillies — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Richie Ashburn	4	0	1	0	0	0
Granny Hamner	4	1	1	0	0	0
Marv Blaylock	3	0	1	0	1	1
Del Ennis	4	1	2	2	0	1
Willie Jones	4	0	1	0	0	0
Stan Lopata	4	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Greengrass	4	0	0	0	0	1
Roy Smalley	3	0	0	0	1	0
Ron Negray	1	0	0	0	0	1
Thornton Kipper	1	0	0	0	0	0
Glen Gorbous	1	0	1	0	0	0

Brooklyn Dodgers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Newcombe	9.0	8	2	5

Philadelphia Phillies — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ron Negray	4.0	6	2	1
Murry Dickson	0.1	3	0	1
Thornton Kipper	3.2	4	2	1
Ron Mrozinski	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Hoak: 8
Pee Wee Reese: S7/G
Duke Snider: HR/F89.1-H
Gil Hodges: K
Sandy Amoros: W
Carl Furillo: 9/FL

Bot 1

Richie Ashburn: 3/G
Granny Hamner: D9/L
Marv Blaylock: K
Del Ennis: HR/L7.2-H
Willie Jones: 5/L

Top 2

Don Zimmer: 63
Dixie Howell: D7/L
Don Newcombe: WP.2-3
Don Newcombe: 3/G
Don Hoak: 13

Bot 2

Stan Lopata: K
Jim Greengrass: 6
Roy Smalley: W
Ron Negray: K

Top 3

Pee Wee Reese: 3/FL
Duke Snider: W
Gil Hodges: S7/L.1-3
Sandy Amoros: 7/SF.3-H
Carl Furillo: S7/G.1-2
Don Zimmer: 8

Bot 3

Richie Ashburn: 7/L
Granny Hamner: 4
Marv Blaylock: W
Del Ennis: S78/L.1-3;BX2(784)

Top 4

Dixie Howell: 63
Don Newcombe: 43
Don Hoak: 9

Bot 4

Willie Jones: 8
Stan Lopata: 6
Jim Greengrass: K

Top 5

Pee Wee Reese: S7/L
Duke Snider: S7/L.1-2
Gil Hodges: HR/L7.2-H;1-H
Sandy Amoros: K
Carl Furillo: HR/F7
Don Zimmer: 53
Dixie Howell: K

Bot 5

Roy Smalley: 9
Thornton Kipper: 43
Richie Ashburn: 5

Top 6

Don Newcombe: 8
Don Hoak: S8/L
Pee Wee Reese: SB2
Pee Wee Reese: W
Duke Snider: HR/L9.2-H;1-H
Gil Hodges: 3/FL
Sandy Amoros: 5

Bot 6

Granny Hamner: 8
Marv Blaylock: 8
Del Ennis: 53

Top 7

Carl Furillo: S7/G
Don Zimmer: 46(1)/FO
Dixie Howell: 8
Don Newcombe: W.1-2
Don Hoak: S9/L.2-H;1-2
Jim Gilliam: 43

Bot 7

Willie Jones: S7/L
Stan Lopata: S7/L.1-2
Jim Greengrass: 64(1)3/GDP.2-3
Roy Smalley: 63

Top 8

Duke Snider: 3/FL
Gil Hodges: 9
Sandy Amoros: 3/G

Bot 8

Glen Gorbous: S3
Richie Ashburn: S8/G.1-2
Granny Hamner: 8
Marv Blaylock: S9/L.2-3;1-2
Del Ennis: K
Willie Jones: 7/L

Top 9

Carl Furillo: 7/L
Don Zimmer: S7/L.B-2(E7)
Dixie Howell: 9
Don Newcombe: K

Bot 9

Stan Lopata: 63
Jim Greengrass: 3/FL
Roy Smalley: 4