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June 17, 1956

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Gene Baker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .283
OBP .750 .351
At Bats 2 187
Hits 1 53
• Singles 1 36
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 2 19
RBI’s 0 15

Bob Miller Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 3
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Connie Mack Stadium - June 17, 1956
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Single
Bob Miller
Stan Lopata
Marv Blaylock
Ted Kazanski
Willie Jones
Roy Smalley
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Elmer Valo
Gene Baker
Eddie Miksis
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Baker hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Miksis scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 There goes Miksis. The throw from Lopata and he is safe. Miksis steals second.
Top 8 Miksis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Ennis strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lopata hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blaylock tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Blaylock hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Whisenant who is chasing the ball. Blaylock reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jones is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Chiti hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Whisenant hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moryn scores. Irvin moves to second.
Top 7 Irvin is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Moryn hits a line drive into right field. Valo picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Valo. Moryn moves to second.
Top 7 Bob Miller now pitching. Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Jim Owens. Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Valo moves to third. Smalley moves to second.
Bottom 6 Smalley takes first base on ball four. Valo moves to second.
Bottom 6 Kazanski strikes out.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Valo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Fondy is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Baker takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Miksis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Chiti is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Whisenant strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ennis strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lopata hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Lopata reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Blaylock hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moryn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Owens strikes out.
Bottom 4 Smalley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kazanski hits a popup towards third. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fondy strikes out.
Top 4 Baker hits a popup in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Whisenant scores. Chiti moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Jones bunts towards the mound. Owens fields it and throws to first for the out. Whisenant moves to third. Chiti moves to second.
Top 4 Chiti takes first base on ball four. Whisenant moves to second.
Top 4 Whisenant is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a line drive towards short. Banks reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Valo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ennis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Jim Owens now pitching. Moryn takes first base on ball four. Jones scores. Fondy moves to third. Banks moves to second.
Top 3 Banks takes first base on ball four. Fondy moves to second.
Top 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski fields it and throws to second for the out. Chiti scores. Jones moves to third.
Top 3 Baker takes first base on ball four. Chiti moves to third. Jones moves to second.
Top 3 Miksis hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jones takes first base on ball four. Chiti moves to second.
Top 3 Chiti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Lopata strikes out.
Bottom 2 Blaylock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There goes Ashburn. The throw from Chiti and he is safe. Ashburn steals second.
Bottom 2 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smalley scores. Miller scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 2 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Jones. Kazanski scores. Smalley moves to third. Miller moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kazanski moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kazanski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Whisenant 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 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Moryn 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 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ennis hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miksis fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Miksis.
Bottom 1 Blaylock hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Miller fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ashburn throws the ball in to Smalley who tags Baker trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 1 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.