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September 14, 1956

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Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .285
OBP .667 .363
At Bats 3 477
Hits 2 136
• Singles 1 79
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 1 30
Walks 0 59
RBI’s 2 69

Larry Jackson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 9
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Polo Grounds - September 14, 1956
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Home Run
Larry Jackson
Hal Smith
Stan Musial
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Al Dark
Rip Repulski
Whitey Lockman
Wally Moon
Willie Mays
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Hal Smith now catching. Larry Jackson now pitching. Mays hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Herm Wehmeier pinch runs for Ray Katt. Rocky Nelson pinch hits for Tom Poholsky. Nelson hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Lockman strikes out.
Bottom 7 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Repulski strikes out.
Top 7 Moon hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 6 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out.
Top 6 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third.
Top 6 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Poholsky hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Katt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lockman strikes out.
Top 5 Boyer strikes out.
Top 5 Repulski takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Moon 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 4 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 4 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Musial 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 4 Dark 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 4 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brandt is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 There goes Mays. The throw from Katt and he is out, Boyer applying the tag.
Bottom 3 There goes Mays. The throw from Katt and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Poholsky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gomez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Katt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lockman 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 2 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gomez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White moves to third.
Bottom 2 Westrum hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White hits a line drive into center field. Lockman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lockman. White moves to second.
Top 2 Boyer strikes out. There goes Moon. The throw from Westrum to second, and Moon is out.
Top 2 Repulski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Thompson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Musial 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 1 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.