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August 3, 1956

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Cubs 1 3 0
Giants 1 5 0
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Giants 4 6 0

Foster Castleman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .226
OBP .500 .251
At Bats 2 190
Hits 1 43
• Singles 0 29
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 7
Walks 0 6
RBI’s 1 17

Don Kaiser Season Stats

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3 3 0
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Polo Grounds - August 3, 1956
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Home Run
Don Kaiser
Hobie Landrith
Dee Fondy
Gene Baker
Don Hoak
Ernie Banks
Jim King
Solly Drake
Walt Moryn
Foster Castleman
Bill White
Willie Mays
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Castleman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaiser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 7 There goes Mays. The throw from Landrith and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Bottom 7 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Kaiser strikes out.
Top 7 Landrith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaiser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 King hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats King for the out.
Top 6 Moryn takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Banks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Fondy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Hearn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Westrum hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Castleman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Hoak is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Drake hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kaiser strikes out. Westrum drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kaiser out.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Kaiser covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a line drive into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Schoendienst hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Baker reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Landrith hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Hearn scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Landrith for the out.
Top 4 Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moryn moves to third.
Top 4 King takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 The ball gets by Westrum for a passed ball. Moryn moves to second.
Top 4 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out.
Bottom 3 Brandt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Westrum moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hearn strikes out.
Bottom 3 Westrum hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Spencer is called out on strikes.
Top 3 There goes Fondy. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Schoendienst applying the tag.
Top 3 Fondy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Drake hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Castleman hits a fly ball into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White strikes out.
Bottom 2 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kaiser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kaiser strikes out.
Top 2 Landrith strikes out.
Top 2 Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Brandt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 King hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Moryn hits a line drive into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hoak tags and scores.
Top 1 Banks is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Fondy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brandt. Fondy reaches second base with a double. Hoak moves to third.
Top 1 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Drake takes first base on ball four.