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August 29, 1956

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Jim Gilliam Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .302
OBP .500 .403
At Bats 3 474
Hits 1 143
• Singles 1 114
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 79
RBI’s 0 36

Vito Valentinetti Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 1
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Wrigley Field - August 29, 1956
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Single
Vito Valentinetti
Hobie Landrith
Dee Fondy
Gene Baker
Don Hoak
Ernie Banks
Monte Irvin
Pete Whisenant
Walt Moryn
Jim Gilliam
Gil Hodges
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Gilliam hits a ball on the ground to center field. Whisenant throws towards first. Fondy fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Fondy. Hodges scores. Gilliam moves to second.

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Top 8 Erskine bunts towards the mound. Valentinetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodges moves to second.
Top 8 Hobie Landrith now catching. Vito Valentinetti now pitching. Hodges hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hoak hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fondy hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim King pinch hits for Warren Hacker. King strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hobie Landrith pinch hits for Harry Chiti. Landrith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Campanella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Furillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Robinson scores.
Top 7 Amoros bunts in front of the plate. Chiti fields it and throws to first for the out. Robinson moves to second.
Top 7 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Snider hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Whisenant hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Irvin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Moryn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Moryn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Baker hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Reese hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Warren Hacker now pitching. Erskine hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fondy for the out.
Bottom 5 Solly Drake pinch hits for Jim Hughes. Drake hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hodges hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Campanella hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Furillo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hughes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Snider moves to third.
Top 5 Robinson bunts towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robinson for the out. Snider moves to second.
Top 5 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Chiti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reese 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 4 There goes Gilliam. The throw from Chiti and he is out, Baker applying the tag.
Top 4 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Erskine hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hoak hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Hughes moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hughes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Chiti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Campanella hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Furillo hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Whisenant strikes out.
Bottom 2 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges fields the ball and throws to Erskine covering. Safe.
Top 2 Amoros strikes out.
Top 2 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hughes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Erskine hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jim Hughes now pitching. Hodges is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Campanella hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Campanella reaches second base with a double. Amoros scores. Furillo goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Furillo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Reese scores. Snider scores. Amoros moves to third.
Top 1 Amoros is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Snider hits a line drive to right field. Moryn throws towards the plate. Chiti fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Chiti. Gilliam scores. Reese moves to third. Snider moves to second.
Top 1 Reese hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gilliam moves to second.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.