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May 30, 1956

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Braves 11 13 0
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Monte Irvin Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .262
OBP .500 .308
At Bats 4 84
Hits 2 22
• Singles 1 10
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 1 13

Ernie Johnson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Wrigley Field - May 30, 1956
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Ernie Johnson
Del Crandall
Frank Torre
Jack Dittmer
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Chuck Tanner
Bobby Thomson
Hank Aaron
Monte Irvin
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Banks hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Tanner hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jim Davis now pitching. Aaron hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Landrith moves to third. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Landrith moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hobie Landrith pinch hits for Jim Hughes. Landrith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Chiti hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Bob Buhl now pitching. Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buhl fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Irvin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Moryn scores.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Crandall for a passed ball. Moryn moves to third.
Bottom 8 Moryn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Moryn reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Jim Hughes now pitching. Dittmer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a popup in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fondy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Chiti scores. King moves to second.
Bottom 7 Baker hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Miksis hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim King pinch hits for Sam Jones. King takes first base on ball four. Chiti moves to second.
Bottom 7 Chiti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Crone strikes out.
Top 7 Crandall strikes out.
Top 7 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomson scores. There goes Tanner trying to get to second. Moryn throws the ball in to Banks who tags Tanner for the out.
Top 7 Tanner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomson moves to second.
Top 7 Sam Jones now pitching. Thomson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mathews scores. Aaron scores.
Top 7 Aaron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Whisenant. Aaron reaches second base with a double. Dittmer scores. Logan scores. Mathews moves to third.
Top 7 Mathews takes first base on ball four. Dittmer moves to third. Logan moves to second.
Top 7 Logan bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Dittmer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Whisenant hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Moryn strikes out.
Top 6 Crone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Crandall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chiti fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Chiti. Tanner scores.
Top 6 Russ Meyer now pitching. Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tanner moves to second.
Top 6 Tanner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Thomson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker misplays the ball. That's an error on Baker.
Top 6 Mathews hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dittmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Crone strikes out.
Top 5 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hacker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Chiti hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron who is chasing the ball. Chiti reaches third base with a triple. Whisenant scores.
Bottom 4 Whisenant hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Whisenant reaches second base with a double. Banks scores. Moryn goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Irvin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 4 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tanner hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miksis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Aaron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Baker hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Logan hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dittmer hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hacker hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Crandall scoops up the ball and tags Hacker for the out.
Bottom 2 Crone fires to first and picks off Chiti.
Bottom 2 Chiti takes first base on ball four. Whisenant moves to second.
Bottom 2 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Irvin scores.
Bottom 2 Irvin hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Irvin reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Crone strikes out.
Top 2 Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Torre hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Tanner hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thomson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Miksis hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dittmer hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.