BOXSCORE: 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers At 1955 New York-AL Yankees          8/5/1955

  Dodgers            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Tuttle CF         5  1  2  0 .249     R.Ashburn CF        5  0  0  0 .320  
  J.Jensen RF         5  1  1  1 .256     G.Woodling RF       2  1  0  1 .246  
  S.Musial LF         4  2  1  0 .328     S.Burgess C         4  1  1  2 .279  
  D.Fondy 1B          5  3  3  2 .244     H.Aaron 2B          4  0  0  0 .295  
  S.Lollar C          4  1  2  2 .273     B.Nieman LF         3  0  0  0 .259  
  A.Carey 3B          5  1  3  1 .316     V.Power 1B          4  1  1  0 .287  
  J.Gilliam 2B        3  0  1  1 .209     E.Yost 3B           4  1  3  0 .209  
  A.Grammas SS        4  0  0  1 .172     H.Thompson SS       4  1  2  1 .214  
  H.Haddix P          3  0  0  0 .094     V.Trucks P          1  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Moore P           2  0  1  0 .133     D.Hall P            1  0  1  1 .375  
                                        A-B.Goodman PH        1  0  0  0 .283  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      40  9 14  8                 Totals      33  5  8  5

A-Pinch Hit For Hall In 9th Inning

Dodgers......... 2 0 3  0 0 1  1 0 2  -  9 14  0
Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 2  3 0 0  -  5  8  3

Dodgers (49-57)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
H.Haddix WIN(5-6)         6       7   5   5   2   5   1 102   5.83  A1 C9
R.Moore SAVE(3rd)         3       1   0   0   0   1   0  38   4.48  D1
Totals                    9       8   5   5   2   6   1

Yankees (47-63)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA  SCORESHEET
V.Trucks LOSS(0-1)        6 2/3  10   7   6   4   4   1 125   8.27  A1 D7
D.Hall                    2 1/3   4   2   2   1   1   0  38   3.45  D8
Totals                    9      14   9   8   5   5   1

ATTENDANCE- 37,268 DATE- Thursday, August 5th 1955 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:38
LEFT ON BASE- Dodgers:10  Yankees: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Dodgers: 0  Yankees: 1
ERRORS- H.Aaron, H.Thompson-2
DOUBLES- J.Jensen(24th), A.Carey(16th), D.Hall
TRIPLES- D.Fondy(6th)
HOME RUNS- D.Fondy(5th), S.Burgess(23rd)
RBIs- J.Jensen(53rd), D.Fondy-2(34th), S.Lollar-2(35th), A.Carey(43rd),
      J.Gilliam(23rd), A.Grammas(5th), G.Woodling(18th), S.Burgess-2(65th),
      H.Thompson(45th), D.Hall
SACRIFICE HITS- V.Trucks
SACRIFICE FLIES- A.Grammas, G.Woodling
WALKS- B.Tuttle, S.Musial, S.Lollar, J.Gilliam-2, G.Woodling, B.Nieman
STRIKE OUTS- S.Musial, S.Lollar, H.Haddix-2, R.Moore, R.Ashburn-2, G.Woodling,
             H.Aaron, B.Nieman, E.Yost
GIDP- B.Tuttle
2-out RBI- D.Fondy-2, S.Lollar-2
RLISP 2-out- G.Woodling-2, D.Fondy, B.Tuttle, A.Grammas-2, S.Burgess, R.Ashburn
TEAM RISP- Dodgers: 6 for 15  Yankees: 2 for 8
WEB GEMS- Top 7th: Hank Aaron robbed Alex Grammas of a base hit.

The Brooklyn Dodgers toppled the New York-AL Yankees by a 9 to 5 score at
Yankee Stadium.

Dee Fondy led the offense for Brooklyn.  He smashed a two-run homer in the 1st
inning, slapped a single in the 3rd inning and tripled in the 9th inning.
Brooklyn ended up with 14 hits for the game while New York-AL had 8.  

The win went to Harvey Haddix(5-6) who allowed 5 runs in 6 innings. Ray Moore
got the save, his 3rd.  Virgil Trucks(0-1) took the loss.  He got hit hard,
allowing 10 hits and 4 walks in 6 and 2/3 innings.  

The Brooklyn ballclub's record now stands at 49-57.  Not able to get much
going in recent weeks, New York-AL is 2-8 of late and now has an overall
record of 47-63.

SCORESHEET: 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers at 1955 New York-AL Yankees
B.Tuttle-A1  A1:F/9     B1:Si      *5*:Si     D1:FO/2    E1:W>b1    F1:G-DP/5
                                                                    23>3o
                                                                    
J.Jensen-A1  A2:F/8     B2:Do>1#   C2:G/3>12  *7*:F/9    E2:FO/5
                                                         
                                                         
S.Musial-A1  A3:W>b1    B3:G/31    C3:K       D3:Si+E/6  E3:G/43
                                                         
                                                         
D.Fondy-A1   A4:HR>1#   B4:Si+E/6  C4:F/8     D4:P/5     *9*:Tr
             b#         >2#                              
                                                         
S.Lollar-A1  A5:K       B5:Si>2#   *6*:W>b1   D5:Si>3#   E5:P/6
                                                         
                                                         
A.Carey-A1   *2*:F/7    B6:F/7     C6:Si>12   D6:Si>13   E6:Do>3#
                                                         
                                                         
J.Gillia-A1  A7:F/8     *4*:F/9    C7:W>23 1  D7:W>12 b  E7:Si>2#
                                   2 b1       1          
                                                         
A.Gramma-A1  A8:G/53    B8:G/53    C8:SF/8>3  D8:G/43    E8:E/4>12
                                   #                     
                                                         
H.Haddix-A1  *3*:L/4    B9:K       C9:K       *8*:K      E9:Si>23
R.Moore-D9                                               12
                                                         

R.Ashbur-A1  A1:L/4     B1:K       *6*:F/9    D1:K       E1:G/43
                                                         
                                                         
G.Woodli-A1  A2:K       B2:G/43    C2:W>b1    D2:SF/7>3
                                              #
                                              
S.Burges-A1  A3:G/43    *4*:G/31   C3:HR>1#   D3:G/43
                                   b#         
                                              
H.Aaron-A1   *2*:G/53   B4:G/13    C4:K       *8*:L/5
                                              
                                              
B.Nieman-A1  A5:K       B5:W>b1    C5:G/43    D5:F/8
                                              
                                              
V.Power-A1   A6:F/9     B6:F/8     *7*:Si     D6:F/7
                                              
                                              
E.Yost-A1    *3*:Si     *5*:K      C7:Si>13   *9*:Si
                                              
                                              
H.Thomps-A1  A8:Si>12   B8:L/4     C8:Si>3#   D8:G/43>1
                                   12         2
                                              
V.Trucks-A1  A9:Sac/24  B9:G/13    C9:Do>2#   D9:P/4
D.Hall-C6    >23 12                13         
B.Goodma-D9