BOXSCORE: 1955 Chicago-NL Cubs At 1955 Cincinnati Reds 7/15/1955 Cubs AB R H RBI AVG Reds AB R H RBI AVG B.Avila 2B 4 0 1 2 .279 N.Fox 2B 1 0 0 0 .299 D.Philley LF 5 1 1 0 .316 A-B.Morgan PH,2B 2 0 0 0 .231 H-E.Howard LF 0 0 0 0 .316 B.Virdon LF 1 0 0 0 .321 D.Snider CF 2 0 0 0 .341 B-J.Rivera PH,LF,RF 4 1 1 1 .220 D-C.Abrams PH,RF 3 0 2 1 .248 T.Kluszewski 1B 2 0 0 0 .283 F.Fain 1B 3 0 0 0 .213 C-W.Lockman 1B 2 1 1 1 .257 E.Banks SS 2 2 1 0 .257 L.Doby CF 1 0 0 0 .336 E.Mathews 3B 3 2 1 0 .286 F-E.Valo PH,LF 2 0 2 2 .366 C.Furillo RF,CF 3 1 1 3 .272 H.Bauer RF,CF 3 0 0 0 .274 S.Lopata C 3 1 0 0 .353 J.Astroth C 3 0 0 0 .236 I.Delock P 2 0 0 1 .080 J.Demaestri SS 4 0 0 0 .235 G-J.Robinson PH 1 0 0 0 .299 G.McDougald 3B 1 0 0 0 .275 D.Howell P 0 0 0 0 .750 E-J.Phillips PH,3B 3 1 1 0 .308 S.Rogovin P 1 1 0 0 .067 R.Crone P 2 0 0 0 .286 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 31 7 7 7 Totals 32 4 5 4 A-Pinch Hit For Fox In 3rd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Virdon In 3rd Inning C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Kluszewski In 4th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Snider In 5th Inning E-Pinch Hit For McDougald In 5th Inning F-Pinch Hit For Doby In 5th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Delock In 8th Inning H-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Philley In 9th Inning INJURY: Dave Philley INJURED (for 0 more games) in 9th inning Cubs............ 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 7 7 0 Reds............ 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 4 5 2 Cubs (53-34) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET I.Delock WIN(6-5) 7 4 4 4 5 2 0 110 3.76 A1 D3 D.Howell SAVE(4th) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 32 1.54 D4 Totals 9 5 4 4 6 3 0 Reds (51-40) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET S.Rogovin LOSS(4-2) 5 4 6 3 5 0 1 89 3.94 A1 C6 R.Crone 4 3 1 1 1 1 0 54 3.88 C7 Totals 9 7 7 4 6 1 1 ATTENDANCE- 10,368 DATE- Thursday, July 15th 1955 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average T- 2:19 LEFT ON BASE- Cubs: 5 Reds: 7 DOUBLE PLAYS- Cubs: 0 Reds: 2 ERRORS- J.Demaestri-2 DOUBLES- D.Philley(9th) TRIPLES- B.Avila(5th), E.Valo(1st) HOME RUNS- C.Furillo(18th) RBIs- B.Avila-2(28th), C.Abrams(14th), C.Furillo-3(44th), I.Delock, J.Rivera(13th), W.Lockman(12th), E.Valo-2(25th) STOLEN BASES- J.Rivera(11th), H.Bauer(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Furillo SACRIFICE FLIES- I.Delock WALKS- B.Avila, F.Fain, E.Banks-2, E.Mathews, S.Lopata, B.Morgan-2, L.Doby, H.Bauer, J.Astroth, S.Rogovin STRIKE OUTS- S.Lopata, J.Rivera, H.Bauer, S.Rogovin GIDP- F.Fain WILD PITCHES- I.Delock 2-out RBI- B.Avila-2, C.Furillo-3 RLISP 2-out- D.Philley, G.McDougald-2, T.Kluszewski, J.Demaestri, J.Astroth, J.Robinson TEAM RISP- Cubs: 3 for 8 Reds: 2 for 9 Cal Abrams had 2 base hits at Crosley Field where the Chicago-NL Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 7 to 4. In the 2nd inning Chicago-NL went on top for good when they tallied 3 runs on 2 hits. The critical plate appearance was by Bobby Avila who deflated the spirits of the home town crowd when he tripled which was good for two runs. Chicago-NL totaled 7 hits on the afternoon. Ike Delock(6-5) went 7 innings allowing 4 runs for the victory. Dixie Howell earned the save, his 4th. Saul Rogovin(4-2) suffered the loss. Chicago-NL knocked him around a bit, as he gave up 6 runs in 5 innings. The Chicago-NL ballclub's record now stands at a league leading 53-34. Cincinnati has a record of 51-40 after the loss. SCORESHEET: 1955 Chicago-NL Cubs at 1955 Cincinnati Reds B.Avila-A1 A1:W>b1 B1:Tr>2# C1:G/31 *7*:L/6 *9*:G/53 1# D.Phille-A1 A2:Force/ B2:G/53 C2:F/7 D2:Do E2:G/43 E.Howard-E4 64>1o b1 D.Snider-A1 A3:F/8 *3*:G/43 *5*:Si D3:Si>2# E3:G/13 C.Abrams-C3 F.Fain-A1 A4:G/63 B4:G/43 C4:G-DP/4 D4:W>12 b 63>1o 1 E.Banks-A1 *2*:Si B5:W>b1 C5:W>b1 D5:L-DP/5 4>2o E.Mathew-A1 A6:W>12 b B6:E/6>12 C6:G/3 *8*:Si+E/ 1 6 C.Furill-A1 A7:F/8 B7:HR>2# *6*:F/8 D7:Sac/54 1# b# >23 S.Lopata-A1 A8:W>23 1 B8:F/8 C8:G/53 D8:K 2 b1 I.Delock-A1 A9:SF/7>3 *4*:G/13 C9:F/7 D9:G/53 J.Robins-D9 # D.Howell-E1 N.Fox-A1 A1:G/43 B1:G/63 C1:W>23 1 *7*:F/9 E1:W>b1 B.Morgan-B1 2 b1 B.Virdon-A1 A2:F/9 B2:Si C2:Force/ D2:L/4 E2:K J.Rivera-B2 36>3# 23 1o b1 T.Klusze-A1 A3:F/8 B3:SB>12 C3:Si>3# D3:G/63 W.Lockma-B4 G/63 13 L.Doby-A1 *2*:G/13 *4*:W>b1 C4:Tr>3# *8*:Si E.Valo-C4 1# H.Bauer-A1 A5:W>b1 B5:K C5:P/6 D5:F/8 J.Astrot-A1 A6:SB>12 B6:F/8 C6:G/63 D6:FO/2 W>b1 J.Demaes-A1 A7:G/43>2 B7:WP>12 *6*:G/13 D7:F/7 3 12 G/63 G.McDoug-A1 A8:G/53 *5*:Si C8:G/63 *9*:G/3 J.Philli-B8 S.Rogovi-A1 *3*:K B9:W>12 b C9:L/6 D9:G/53 R.Crone-C7 1