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September 16, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Cubs 7 10 0
Phillies 2 9 2
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Cubs 7 10 0
Phillies 2 9 2

Ernie Banks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .287
OBP .500 .350
At Bats 4 414
Hits 2 119
• Singles 1 68
• Doubles 1 20
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 26
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 1 69

Ben Flowers Season Stats

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1 3 0
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Connie Mack Stadium - September 16, 1956
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Ben Flowers
Stan Lopata
Marv Blaylock
Solly Hemus
Willie Jones
Granny Hamner
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Elmer Valo
Ernie Banks
Gene Baker
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Ben Flowers now pitching. Banks hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Baker hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Ashburn chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Hamner. Hamner fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Hamner. Landrith scores. Fondy scores. Hoak goes all the way around to score. Baker moves to third.
Top 9 Hoak takes first base on ball four. Whisenant scores. Landrith moves to third. Fondy moves to second.
Top 9 Fondy is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Lown hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Lopata fields it and throws to first for the out. Whisenant moves to third. Landrith moves to second.
Top 9 Landrith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whisenant moves to second.
Top 9 Whisenant bunts towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 9 Stan Lopata now catching. Granny Hamner now playing shortstop. Duane Pillette now pitching. Irvin hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Harvey Haddix pinch hits for Ron Negray. Haddix hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mack Burk pinch runs for Andy Seminick. Stan Lopata pinch hits for Roy Smalley. Lopata hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Seminick bunts towards the mound. Lown fields it and throws to third for the out. Valo moves to second.
Bottom 8 Valo takes first base on ball four. Jones moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Moryn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ron Negray now pitching. Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Turk Lown now pitching. Ennis is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Blaylock takes first base on ball four. Hemus moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jim Davis now pitching. There goes Ashburn. The throw from Landrith and he is safe. Ashburn steals third.
Bottom 7 Hemus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Saul Rogovin. Baumholtz hits a line drive towards third. Hoak reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fondy is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Hacker hits a popup towards first. Blaylock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Landrith bunts towards first. Blaylock scoops it up and throws to first, with Hemus covering, for the out. Whisenant moves to second.
Top 7 Whisenant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Irvin scores.
Top 7 Irvin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn who is chasing the ball. Irvin reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 6 Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hacker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Valo is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Jones hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blaylock tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Ennis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Ennis reaches second base with a double. Blaylock moves to third.
Bottom 6 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Hemus takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Moryn hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rogovin hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Smalley hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock juggles the ball. That's an error on Blaylock.
Top 5 Hacker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Landrith hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Seminick strikes out.
Bottom 4 Valo hits a line drive into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jones 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 4 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Whisenant for the out.
Top 4 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Banks hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Banks reaches second base with a double. Baker goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Baker bunts towards the mound. Rogovin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Hemus hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Hemus reaches second base with a double. Moryn throws the ball in to Hoak who tags Hemus trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Hoak is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Fondy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whisenant scores.
Top 3 Hacker hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Whisenant hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Whisenant reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Rogovin strikes out.
Bottom 2 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Seminick for the out.
Top 2 Rogovin fires to first and has Banks trapped. There's the throw to Hemus who tags Banks for the out.
Top 2 Irvin hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Banks hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Valo strikes out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ennis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hemus scores. Blaylock moves to third.
Bottom 1 Blaylock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Hemus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Ashburn trying to get to third. Whisenant throws the ball in to Hoak, who tags Ashburn for the out. Hemus moves to second.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Fondy hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.