Pirates @ Reds
July 22, 1956

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Bob Thurman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .304
OBP .333 .355
At Bats 3 69
Hits 1 21
• Singles 1 15
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 1 12

Johnny O'Brien Season Stats

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1 0 0
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Crosley Field - July 22, 1956
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Home Run
Johnny O'Brien
Hank Foiles
Dale Long
Dick Cole
Frank Thomas
Eddie O'Brien
Lee Walls
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Bob Thurman
Smoky Burgess
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Thurman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Burgess moves to second.
Bottom 7 Johnny O'Brien now pitching. Burgess takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 The ball gets by Burgess for a passed ball. Virdon moves to second.
Top 7 Walls hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Johnny O'Brien pinch hits for Nellie King. O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kluszewski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards second. Cole fields the ball and throws to second. O'Brien drops the ball. That's an out and an error on O'Brien. Nuxhall scores. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Temple bunts towards third. Thomas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Nuxhall moves to second.
Bottom 6 Nuxhall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Dick Cole now playing second base. Nellie King now pitching. McMillan is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Dick Cole pinch hits for Bill Mazeroski. Cole hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 O'Brien hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Thomas moves to third. Long moves to second.
Top 6 Foiles hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Long takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Top 6 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thurman hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Burgess takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Clemente hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple catches it and throws to second with McMillan covering, to double up Virdon.
Top 5 Walls takes first base on ball four. Virdon moves to second.
Top 5 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Pollet hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Pollet covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Temple hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walls. Temple reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Nuxhall hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Foiles hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Long hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Burgess hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Virdon scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Walls is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Virdon hits a line drive into center field. Bell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Mazeroski scores. Virdon moves to second.
Top 3 Pollet bunts towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 3 Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente who is chasing the ball. Robinson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Temple hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nuxhall strikes out.
Top 2 O'Brien hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Foiles hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Long strikes out.
Bottom 1 Howie Pollet now pitching. McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 1 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kluszewski moves to third. Thurman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Thurman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Kluszewski moves to second.
Bottom 1 Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Temple tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Kluszewski is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Temple moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive into center 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 Clemente hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thurman. Clemente reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.