BOXSCORE: 1955 New York-AL Yankees At 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers 5/8/1955 Yankees AB R H RBI AVG Dodgers AB R H RBI AVG R.Ashburn CF 2 2 0 0 .311 B.Bruton CF 4 0 2 0 .282 B.Goodman 2B 4 0 0 0 .250 J.Gilliam 2B 3 0 1 0 .189 C-D.Zimmer 2B 0 0 0 0 .120 S.Musial 1B 4 0 0 0 .304 H.Aaron RF 4 0 1 1 .293 G.Zernial LF 3 0 1 0 .206 H.Thompson 3B 0 0 0 0 .221 J.Jensen RF 4 0 0 0 .243 A-E.Yost PR,3B 2 0 0 1 .143 S.Lollar C 4 0 1 0 .226 S.Burgess C 4 0 0 0 .302 A.Carey 3B 4 1 3 0 .373 V.Power 1B 4 1 0 0 .342 R.McMillan SS 4 0 1 1 .234 M.Minoso LF 4 2 1 1 .294 S.Jones P 1 0 0 0 .067 W.Miranda SS 5 2 2 1 .230 R.Moore P 1 0 0 0 .000 H.Wehmeier P 4 0 2 3 .300 B-D.Fondy PH 1 0 0 0 .314 C.Labine P 0 0 0 0 .000 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 33 7 6 7 Totals 33 1 9 1 A-Pinch Ran For Thompson In 1st Inning B-Pinch Hit For Moore In 7th Inning C-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Goodman In 8th Inning INJURY: Hank Thompson INJURED (for 0 more games) in 1st inning Yankees......... 0 3 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 - 7 6 1 Dodgers......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 Yankees (24-25) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET H.Wehmeier WIN(5-0) 9 9 1 1 2 5 0 120 4.00 A1 Totals 9 9 1 1 2 5 0 Dodgers (19-22) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Jones LOSS(3-5) 3 2/3 3 4 4 7 5 0 97 5.59 A1 C4 R.Moore 3 1/3 3 3 3 2 3 0 68 3.73 C5 E1 C.Labine 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 25 2.59 E2 Totals 9 6 7 7 10 10 0 ATTENDANCE- 23,101 DATE- Saturday, May 8th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good T- 2:22 LEFT ON BASE- Yankees:10 Dodgers: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Yankees: 2 Dodgers: 0 ERRORS- M.Minoso DOUBLES- H.Aaron(14th), M.Minoso(9th), B.Bruton(7th), S.Lollar(3rd), A.Carey-2(4th) TRIPLES- H.Wehmeier-2 RBIs- H.Aaron(42nd), E.Yost(2nd), M.Minoso(15th), W.Miranda(21st), H.Wehmeier-3, R.McMillan(9th) CAUGHT STEALING- B.Bruton WALKS- R.Ashburn-3, B.Goodman, H.Aaron, E.Yost-2, S.Burgess, V.Power, M.Minoso, J.Gilliam, G.Zernial HIT BY PITCH- H.Thompson STRIKE OUTS- R.Ashburn-2, B.Goodman-2, H.Aaron-3, E.Yost, W.Miranda, H.Wehmeier, J.Gilliam, S.Lollar, S.Jones, R.Moore, D.Fondy GIDP- S.Musial, J.Jensen 2-out RBI- R.McMillan, E.Yost, H.Aaron, H.Wehmeier-2 RLISP 2-out- S.Burgess-3, G.Zernial, H.Aaron, S.Jones, A.Carey, E.Yost, R.Ashburn, D.Fondy TEAM RISP- Yankees: 2 for 9 Dodgers: 1 for 8 Herm Wehmeier completed the game without help from the bullpen as the New York-AL Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers by the score of 7 to 1 at Ebbets Field. New York-AL brought 3 runs across the plate in the top of the 2nd inning when they had 3 base hits. That early scoring held up. Brooklyn had 9 hits in the game while New York-AL had 6, but New York-AL had the more timely hits. Wehmeier(5-0), allowing 1 run for the game, picked up the victory. Sam Jones(3-5) was the losing pitcher. He couldn't find the strike zone and allowed 7 walks in 3 and 2/3 innings. SCORESHEET: 1955 New York-AL Yankees at 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers R.Ashbur-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:K C1:W>b1 D1:W>b1 E1:K B.Goodma-A1 A2:K B2:F/9 C2:W>12 b D2:F/9 *8*:K D.Zimmer-E6 1 H.Aaron-A1 A3:K B3:K C3:W>23 1 D3:Do>1# E3:K 2 b1 H.Thomps-A1 A4:HBP>12 *3*:K C4:W>3# 2 D4:G/53 E4:W>b1 E.Yost-A5 3 12 b1 S.Burges-A1 A5:F/8 B5:W>b1 C5:F/8 *7*:G/3 E5:P/4 V.Power-A1 *2*:W>b1 B6:Force/ *5*:G/63 D6:F/7 *9*:G/13 14>1o b1 M.Minoso-A1 A7:Do>1# B7:G/53 C7:G/63 D7:W>b1 E7:G/43 W.Mirand-A1 A8:Si>3# *4*:G/31 C8:K D8:Si>12 E8:G/3 H.Wehmei-A1 A9:Tr>1# B9:F/8 *6*:K D9:Tr>2# 1# B.Bruton-A1 A1:Do *3*:G/43 C1:Si CS/ *8*:F/7 26>1o J.Gillia-A1 A2:K B2:Si *6*:G/3 D2:W>b1 S.Musial-A1 A3:G/43>2 B3:G-DP/3 C3:L/3 D3:L/3 3 63>1o G.Zernia-A1 A4:G/53 *4*:W>b1 C4:Si D4:F/7 J.Jensen-A1 *2*:F/8 B5:G-DP/6 C5:F/8 *9*:P/6 43>1o S.Lollar-A1 A6:L/4 B6:Do *7*:K D6:P/6 A.Carey-A1 A7:Do B7:G/13 C7:Do D7:Si R.McMill-A1 A8:Si+E/7 *5*:G/53 C8:G/63 D8:G/63 >2# S.Jones-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:K R.Moore-B4 D.Fondy-C9+