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August 24, 1956

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Phillies 0 3 2
Braves 6 12 0
Top 9 R H E
Phillies 0 3 2
Braves 6 12 0

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .300
OBP .333 .373
At Bats 3 483
Hits 1 145
• Singles 1 114
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 53
RBI’s 0 43

Warren Spahn Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 8 2
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County Stadium - August 24, 1956
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Walk
Warren Spahn
Del Rice
Frank Torre
Danny O'Connell
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Bobby Thomson
Bill Bruton
Hank Aaron
Richie Ashburn
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Ashburn takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Spahn strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Stu Miller now pitching. Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Roy Smalley pinch hits for Duane Pillette. Smalley strikes out. Rice drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Smalley out.
Top 8 Kazanski hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Frank Torre now playing first base. Seminick hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Duane Pillette now pitching. Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Adcock hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mathews hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 There goes Aaron. The throw from Seminick and he is safe. Aaron steals second.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Logan bunts towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Connell moves to second.
Bottom 7 O'Connell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ennis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson. Ennis reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Lopata hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Spahn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. There goes Thomson trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 6 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Bruton bunts towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Thomson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Adcock scores.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn. Adcock reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Roberts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Kazanski hits a line drive into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Logan bunts in front of the plate. Seminick fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Seminick hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 O'Connell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Spahn hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn. Spahn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lopata hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Hamner hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Adcock hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Logan moves to third.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones throws towards short. Hamner fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hamner. Logan moves to second.
Top 3 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Kazanski hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Seminick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 O'Connell hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spahn takes first base on ball four. Bruton moves to third. Rice moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Adcock scores. Bruton moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Adcock moves to third.
Bottom 2 Thomson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jones.
Bottom 2 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ennis strikes out.
Top 2 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron strikes out.
Bottom 1 Logan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 O'Connell hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Jones hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hamner hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.