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July 21, 1956

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Phillies 5 16 2
Braves 5 9 0
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Phillies 5 17 2
Braves 5 9 0

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .297
OBP .429 .372
At Bats 6 357
Hits 2 106
• Singles 2 85
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 41
RBI’s 0 31

Lou Sleater Season Stats

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1 1 0
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County Stadium - July 21, 1956
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Single
Lou Sleater
Del Crandall
Joe Adcock
Danny O'Connell
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Chuck Tanner
Bobby Thomson
Hank Aaron
Richie Ashburn
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 14 Sleater hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 14 Logan is walked intentionally. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 14 Thomson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 14 Adcock hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Miller scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Adcock for the out. Aaron moves to third.
Bottom 14 Aaron hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Greengrass. Aaron reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 14 Stu Miller now pitching. Mathews hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 14 Andy Seminick pinch hits for Bob Miller. Seminick strikes out.
Top 14 Kazanski is walked intentionally.
Top 14 Hamner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Hamner reaches second base with a double.
Top 14 Jones hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 14 Chuck Tanner now playing left field. Greengrass strikes out.
Bottom 13 Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Andy Pafko. Tanner strikes out.
Bottom 13 O'Connell hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Crandall bunts towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out. Sleater moves to second.
Bottom 13 Sleater hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 13 Ennis hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 13 Lopata takes first base on ball four. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 13 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 13 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Top 13 Miller hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 12 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Thomson hits a line drive into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Adcock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Kazanski hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Logan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 12 Hamner hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 12 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Aaron strikes out.
Bottom 11 Mathews is walked intentionally.
Bottom 11 Pafko strikes out.
Bottom 11 O'Connell bunts towards first. Blaylock scoops it up and throws to first, with Kazanski covering, for the out. Crandall moves to second.
Bottom 11 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner misplays the ball. That's an error on Hamner.
Top 11 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Lopata takes first base on ball four.
Top 11 Blaylock hits a line drive towards first. Adcock reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Lou Sleater now pitching. Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 10 Wes Covington pinch hits for Taylor Phillips. Covington strikes out.
Bottom 10 Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Thomson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Bob Miller now pitching. Adcock bunts towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 10 Aaron takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 10 Kazanski is walked intentionally.
Top 10 Hamner bunts towards the mound. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Jones moves to second.
Top 10 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Mathews is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Pafko hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 O'Connell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 9 Ennis hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lopata is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Blaylock bunts towards the mound. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 9 Del Crandall now catching. Taylor Phillips now pitching. Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Bill Bruton pinch runs for Del Rice. Del Crandall pinch hits for Ernie Johnson. Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones juggles the ball. That's an error on Jones. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 8 Logan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Thomson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Adcock hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Haddix hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Haddix reaches second base with a double. Thomson throws the ball in to O'Connell who relays the ball to Mathews who tags Haddix trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hamner goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Kazanski hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hamner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Roselli pinch hits for Dave Jolly. Roselli hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Greengrass hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lopata moves to second.
Top 7 Lopata hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Blaylock hits a fly ball into left field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Adcock takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Ashburn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Haddix hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kazanski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Dave Jolly now pitching. Hamner 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.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mathews hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Pafko takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards second. Kazanski fields it, throws to first for one, and over to second, with Hamner covering. It's a double play.
Bottom 5 Felix Mantilla pinch hits for Gene Conley. Mantilla hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Greengrass takes first base on ball four. Ennis moves to second.
Top 5 Ennis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopata scores.
Top 5 Lopata hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Lopata reaches second base with a double. Blaylock goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards second base. O'Connell fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 5 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Conley covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Logan takes first base on ball four. Adcock moves to third. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Adcock moves to second.
Bottom 4 Adcock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 4 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 4 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kazanski 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 4 Hamner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 O'Connell hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 The ball gets by Lopata for a passed ball. Logan moves to third.
Bottom 3 Conley bunts towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 3 Rice strikes out.
Bottom 3 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Greengrass hits a line drive towards short. Logan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ennis for the out. Blaylock moves to second.
Top 3 Lopata hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blaylock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Thomson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Adcock is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Jim Greengrass now playing right field. Aaron hits a line drive into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Haddix hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valo scores. Hamner scores. Kazanski moves to third.
Top 2 Kazanski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Valo moves to third. Hamner moves to second.
Top 2 Hamner takes first base on ball four. Valo moves to second.
Top 2 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Valo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mathews for the out.
Bottom 1 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 O'Connell strikes out.
Top 1 Ennis strikes out.
Top 1 Lopata hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Blaylock is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.