Pirates @ Reds
May 5, 1956

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Bottom 10 R H E
Pirates 6 9 0
Reds 6 9 1
Bottom 10 R H E
Pirates 6 9 0
Reds 7 10 1

Gus Bell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .255
OBP .000 .433
At Bats 4 51
Hits 0 13
• Singles 0 6
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 4

Jack McMahan Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Crosley Field - May 5, 1956
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Single
Jack McMahan
Toby Atwell
Dale Long
Curt Roberts
Gene Freese
Dick Groat
Frank Thomas
Roberto Clemente
Lee Walls
Gus Bell
Frank Robinson
Rocky Bridges

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 9 0 7
Cincinnati Reds 7 10 1 4
Winning Pitcher Paul LaPalme
Losing Pitcher Nellie King
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gus Bell
Attendance 4,481
Time of Game 2 hours 40 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Jack McMahan now pitching. Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bridges scores. Robinson moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bridges moves to second.
Bottom 10 Bridges hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 10 Stan Palys pinch hits for Paul LaPalme. Palys takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 9 Nellie King now pitching. Toby Atwell now catching. Jablonski hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bob Thurman now playing right field. Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hall scores.
Top 9 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hall moves to third.
Top 9 Dick Hall pinch runs for Preston Ward. Paul LaPalme now pitching. Freese bunts towards the mound. LaPalme fields it and throws to first for the out. Hall moves to second.
Top 9 Preston Ward pinch hits for Roy Face. Ward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skinner scores.
Top 9 Rocky Bridges now playing second base. Hersh Freeman now pitching. Bob Skinner pinch hits for Jack Shepard. Skinner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Skinner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Bell hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Roy Face now pitching. Robinson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Chuck Harmon pinch runs for George Crowe. Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Johnny Temple. Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burgess for the out. McMillan moves to third. Harmon moves to second.
Bottom 8 Crowe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 George Crowe pinch hits for Joe Nuxhall. There's a wild pitch. McMillan moves to second.
Bottom 8 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Bailey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Roberts hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Clemente hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Clemente reaches second base with a double. Walls goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Long hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Dick Littlefield now pitching. Curt Roberts now playing second base. Gene Freese now playing third base. Jablonski strikes out.
Top 7 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Eddie O'Brien pinch runs for Dick Cole. Freese hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Dick Cole pinch hits for Vern Law. Cole takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Shepard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nuxhall hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Walls strikes out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 McMillan hits a popup, foul, towards the mound. Law settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Post hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Long hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jablonski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Freese hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jablonski hits a fly ball into center field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Law hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Shepard hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Del Greco takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Clemente hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Clemente reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Walls hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Nuxhall hits a popup in front of the plate. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Del Greco fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Long takes first base on ball four. Groat moves to second.
Top 3 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Freese trying to get to third. Bell throws the ball in to Jablonski, who tags Freese for the out.
Top 3 Freese takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Law hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Shepard tags and scores.
Top 3 Bailey fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Bailey. Shepard moves to third.
Top 3 Shepard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Shepard reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Bailey hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Post. The throw from Shepard and he is out, Groat applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Post hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Clemente takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Walls for the out.
Bottom 1 Jablonski strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson bunts towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Long takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.