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July 5, 1956

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Wes Covington Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .327
OBP .500 .417
At Bats 2 52
Hits 1 17
• Singles 1 13
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 8

Jim Brosnan Season Stats

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1 3 0
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County Stadium - July 5, 1956
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Jim Brosnan
Hobie Landrith
Dee Fondy
Gene Baker
Don Hoak
Ernie Banks
Jim King
Eddie Miksis
Walt Moryn
Wes Covington
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Covington hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 7 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Brosnan covering, for the out.
Top 7 Moryn hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Banks is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Lou Sleater now pitching. Fondy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Fondy reaches second base with a double. Baker goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brosnan scores. Hoak scores.
Top 7 Hoak hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Hoak reaches second base with a double. Landrith scores. Brosnan moves to third.
Top 7 Brosnan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Landrith moves to second.
Top 7 Landrith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Miksis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 King hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Moryn hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Logan hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 O'Connell hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Crone hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Banks strikes out.
Top 6 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jim Brosnan now pitching. Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Covington scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out. Covington moves to third.
Bottom 5 Adcock bunts towards the mound. Valentinetti fields it and throws to first for the out. Covington moves to second.
Bottom 5 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy juggles the ball. That's an error on Fondy.
Top 5 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Valentinetti hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Landrith hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miksis hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Aaron hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Miksis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Logan is called out on strikes.
Top 4 King hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Banks. The throw from Rice and he is safe. Banks steals second.
Top 4 Moryn strikes out.
Top 4 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Fondy bunts in front of the plate. Rice fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 O'Connell hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Crone bunts in front of the plate. Landrith fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first, with Baker covering, for the double play.
Bottom 3 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Baker hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Rice fires to first and picks off Valentinetti.
Top 3 Valentinetti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 There goes Bruton. The throw from Landrith and he is out, Baker applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Adcock 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.
Bottom 2 Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Landrith for the out.
Top 2 Miksis is called out on strikes.
Top 2 King hits a fly ball towards right. Aaron settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Aaron. Banks tags and scores. King moves to second.
Top 2 Moryn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Banks hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Banks reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 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. O'Connell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Logan bunts in front of the plate. Landrith fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Connell moves to second.
Bottom 1 O'Connell takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Fondy hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crone fields it and throws to first for the out.