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June 20, 1956

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Cubs 1 4 0
Giants 4 8 1
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Cubs 1 4 0
Giants 4 8 1

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Polo Grounds - June 20, 1956
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Pickoff
Jim Hughes
Hobie Landrith
Dee Fondy
Gene Baker
Don Hoak
Ernie Banks
Monte Irvin
Eddie Miksis
Walt Moryn
Bill Sarni
Bobby Hofman
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Landrith fires to first and picks off Hofman.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Jim Hughes now pitching. Hofman takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Frank Kellert pinch hits for Vito Valentinetti. Bobby Hofman now playing first base. Bill White now playing left field. Kellert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Vito Valentinetti now pitching. Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 White hits a line drive towards the mound. Kaiser can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. Brandt scores.
Bottom 7 Brandt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Miksis who is chasing the ball. Brandt reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Don Hoak now playing third base. Eddie Miksis now playing center field. Worthington hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Landrith hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Spencer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jim King pinch hits for Pete Whisenant. King strikes out.
Top 7 Irvin hits a line drive to left field. Rhodes throws towards third. Thompson fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Thompson. Fondy scores. Moryn moves to third. Irvin moves to second.
Top 7 Moryn takes first base on ball four. Fondy moves to second.
Top 7 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fondy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bressoud hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Irvin throws the ball in to Baker who tags Spencer, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 6 Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kaiser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rhodes strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 White bunts towards the mound. Kaiser fields it and throws to third for the out. Brandt moves to second.
Bottom 5 Brandt bunts towards the mound. Kaiser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Worthington moves to second.
Bottom 5 Worthington hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Landrith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Whisenant hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bressoud hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 4 Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Moryn hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Banks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fondy moves to second.
Top 4 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Baker strikes out.
Top 4 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rhodes for the out.
Bottom 3 Mays takes first base on ball four. White moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There goes White. The throw from Landrith and he is safe. White steals second.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Brandt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Worthington hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kaiser strikes out.
Top 3 Landrith strikes out.
Top 3 Whisenant hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bressoud hits a popup, foul, towards third. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Spencer reaches second base with a double. Sarni moves to third.
Bottom 2 Sarni takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Kaiser covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miksis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 White strikes out.
Bottom 1 Brandt strikes out.
Top 1 Fondy strikes out.
Top 1 Baker hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.