Pirates @ Phillies
September 9, 1956

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Pirates 5 8 1
Phillies 4 10 2
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Pirates 5 8 1
Phillies 4 10 2

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .319
OBP .667 .363
At Bats 3 398
Hits 2 127
• Singles 1 95
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 1 8
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 2 35

Robin Roberts Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
16 16 2
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Connie Mack Stadium - September 9, 1956
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Strikeout
Robin Roberts
Stan Lopata
Marv Blaylock
Solly Hemus
Willie Jones
Granny Hamner
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Elmer Valo
Bill Virdon
Dick Groat
Dale Long
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Virdon strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Long hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn. Long reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Robin Roberts now pitching. Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Greengrass pinch hits for Jack Meyer. Greengrass hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Ron Kline now pitching. Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Walls strikes out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jack Meyer now pitching. Dick Cole pinch hits for Bob Friend. Cole hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ennis hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas juggles the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Baumholtz scores. Jones moves to third. Lopata moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baumholtz moves to third.
Bottom 5 Hemus hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foiles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hank Foiles now catching. Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Ron Negray. Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clemente scores. Long moves to second.
Top 5 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walls tags and scores. Clemente tags and moves to third.
Top 5 Ron Negray now pitching. Bob Skinner pinch hits for Jack Shepard. Skinner is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Long takes first base on ball four. Clemente moves to second.
Top 5 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Walls moves to third.
Top 5 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third.
Top 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Hamner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ennis scores. There goes Blaylock trying to get to third. Virdon throws the ball in to Thomas, who tags Blaylock for the out.
Bottom 4 Valo hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blaylock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ennis moves to third.
Bottom 4 Ennis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lopata hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Friend hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hemus hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 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.
Bottom 3 Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Shepard hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Long takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Ennis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones juggles the ball. That's an error on Jones. Mazeroski scores. Friend moves to third. Thomas moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Friend bunts towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to home to get Virdon. Mazeroski moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Mazeroski takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Virdon hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn, who is chasing the ball. Virdon reaches third base with a triple. Shepard scores.
Top 2 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. Shepard moves to second.
Top 2 Shepard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lopata strikes out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. Ashburn scores.
Bottom 1 Hemus strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon, who is chasing the ball. Ashburn reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Long hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Clemente strikes out.
Top 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.