Pirates @ Phillies
August 16, 1956

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Pirates 2 7 0
Phillies 0 3 0
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Pirates 4 8 0
Phillies 0 3 0

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .294
OBP .333 .346
At Bats 3 310
Hits 1 91
• Singles 0 67
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 0 25

Robin Roberts Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
14 12 2
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 16, 1956
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Home Run
Robin Roberts
Stan Lopata
Marv Blaylock
Ted Kazanski
Willie Jones
Granny Hamner
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Elmer Valo
Bill Virdon
Bill Mazeroski
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Law bunts towards first. Blaylock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Law for the out. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 7 Foiles hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Groat fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Ennis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blaylock moves to third.
Bottom 6 Lopata hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blaylock is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Clemente hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a line drive into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 5 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kazanski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Skinner is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to third.
Top 5 Virdon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Virdon reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Law hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Ennis hits a line drive towards short. Groat reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopata hits a popup towards first. Skinner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Foiles for the out.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Walls hits a popup towards first. Blaylock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blaylock hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Roberts bunts in front of the plate. Foiles fields it and throws to first for the out. Kazanski moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kazanski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 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.
Top 3 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Law hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat 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. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ennis strikes out.
Top 2 Foiles is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second.
Top 2 Clemente hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lopata strikes out.
Bottom 1 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Skinner strikes out.
Top 1 Groat hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.