Dodgers @ Giants
August 31, 1956

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Top 8 R H E
Dodgers 7 6 0
Giants 3 7 2
Top 8 R H E
Dodgers 7 6 0
Giants 3 7 2

Jim Gilliam Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .304
OBP .667 .403
At Bats 3 484
Hits 2 147
• Singles 2 117
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 79
RBI’s 1 38

Joe Margoneri Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 0
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Polo Grounds - August 31, 1956
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Walk
Joe Margoneri
Bill Sarni
Bill White
Red Schoendienst
Foster Castleman
Daryl Spencer
Dusty Rhodes
Willie Mays
Jackie Brandt
Jim Gilliam
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Gilliam takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Newcombe hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe Margoneri now pitching. Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Don Mueller pinch hits for Dick Littlefield. Mueller hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Campanella hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Littlefield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brandt hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White strikes out.
Bottom 6 Rhodes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. There goes Reese trying to get to third. Rhodes throws the ball in to Castleman, who tags Reese for the out.
Top 6 Snider hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Reese hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hodges scores. Newcombe scores.
Top 6 Gilliam bunts in front of the plate. Sarni fields it and throws to first for the out. Hodges moves to third. Newcombe moves to second.
Top 6 Newcombe bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Hodges moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst hits a line drive towards the mound. Newcombe catches it and throws to first to double up Castleman.
Bottom 5 Castleman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Campanella hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Furillo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Amoros strikes out.
Bottom 4 Littlefield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sarni strikes out.
Top 4 Robinson strikes out.
Top 4 Dick Littlefield now pitching. Snider takes first base on ball four. Reese moves to second.
Top 4 Reese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gilliam scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Gomez fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Gomez. Gilliam moves to second.
Top 4 Gilliam hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Newcombe scores.
Top 4 Newcombe hits a ball on the ground towards first. White throws to second for one, and Spencer throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Furillo scores. Newcombe moves to second.
Top 4 Ruben Gomez now pitching. Hodges hits a fly ball into right field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Amoros tags and scores. Furillo tags and moves to third.
Top 4 Campanella takes first base on ball four. Robinson scores. Amoros moves to third. Furillo moves to second.
Top 4 Furillo takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to third. Amoros moves to second.
Top 4 Amoros takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There goes Robinson. The throw from Sarni and he is safe. Robinson steals second.
Top 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Brandt hits a popup towards short. Reese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rhodes scores.
Bottom 3 Rhodes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Furillo. Rhodes reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Castleman strikes out.
Top 3 Snider hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Reese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gilliam hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Newcombe moves to third.
Top 3 Newcombe takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Hodges hits a popup towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ridzik strikes out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sarni moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sarni hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 White hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Campanella strikes out.
Top 2 Furillo takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Ridzik covering, for the out.
Top 2 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Rhodes hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Castleman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. White fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Ridzik covering. It's a double play.
Top 1 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.