Pirates @ Phillies
August 15, 1956

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Pirates 4 11 0
Phillies 1 4 0
Top 9 R H E
Pirates 5 11 0
Phillies 1 4 0

Frank Thomas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .294
OBP .500 .332
At Bats 3 327
Hits 2 96
• Singles 2 67
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 1 46

Ben Flowers Season Stats

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Connie Mack Stadium - August 15, 1956
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Ben Flowers
Stan Lopata
Marv Blaylock
Ted Kazanski
Willie Jones
Granny Hamner
Jim Greengrass
Richie Ashburn
Elmer Valo
Frank Thomas
Lee Walls
Bob Skinner
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Skinner tags and scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Walls bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Skinner moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Skinner moves to second.
Top 9 Ben Flowers now pitching. Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hamner for the out.
Bottom 8 Ashburn bunts towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Bob Miller. Baumholtz hits a line drive into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bob Miller now pitching. Virdon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Foiles scores. Kline moves to second.
Top 8 Kline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazeroski scores. Foiles moves to second.
Top 8 Foiles is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Mazeroski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clemente goes all the way around to score. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 8 Clemente hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walls tags and scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Walls moves to third.
Top 8 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kazanski hits a popup towards first. Skinner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Meyer, and towards Jones, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kline strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Valo. The throw from Foiles and he is out, Mazeroski applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to home to get Blaylock. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Blaylock hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Virdon who is chasing the ball. Blaylock reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Foiles hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Kazanski scores. Meyer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Meyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kazanski moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kazanski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a line drive, foul, into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Skinner. The throw from Lopata and he is safe. Skinner steals second.
Top 5 Skinner hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Virdon hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Valo hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopata takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Blaylock hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hamner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skinner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Foiles is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn. Mazeroski reaches second base with a double. Thomas moves to third.
Top 4 Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Walls hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Meyer strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kazanski strikes out.
Top 3 Skinner hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Groat 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 3 Virdon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Greengrass strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Valo for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopata strikes out.
Top 2 Kline strikes out.
Top 2 Foiles takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to third. Clemente moves to second.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomas moves to second.
Top 2 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 1 Blaylock is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Hamner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Meyer covering. It's a double play.
Top 1 Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Virdon hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.