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September 1, 1955

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Gene Freese Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .236
OBP .667 .292
At Bats 3 297
Hits 2 70
• Singles 2 46
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 23

Al Gettel Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Forbes Field - September 1, 1955
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Single
Al Gettel
Bill Sarni
Wally Moon
Red Schoendienst
Ken Boyer
Alex Grammas
Pete Whisenant
Bill Virdon
Stan Musial
Gene Freese
Jerry Lynch
Dick Groat
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Freese bunts towards the mound. Gettel picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Gettel. Groat scores. Lynch moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Dale Long pinch hits for Eddie O'Brien. Long hits a popup towards first. Moon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jerry Lynch pinch hits for Vern Law. Lynch hits a line drive into right field. Musial picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Musial. Groat moves to third.
Bottom 7 Alex Grammas now playing shortstop. Ken Boyer now playing third base. Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Virdon scores. Whisenant moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. Virdon moves to third.
Top 7 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Virdon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mejias. Virdon reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ward strikes out.
Bottom 6 Shepard hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hemus hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gettel hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of O'Brien. Gettel reaches second base with a double. Sarni scores. Boyer scores.
Top 6 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to home. Shepard drops the ball. Boyer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 There goes Sarni. The throw from Shepard and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 6 Sarni takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Whisenant hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mejias hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Moon hits a line drive towards first. Ward catches it and steps on first to double up Musial.
Top 5 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. O'Brien settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 There goes O'Brien. The throw from Sarni and he is out, Schoendienst applying the tag.
Bottom 4 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Law hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out.
Top 4 Hemus hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of O'Brien. Hemus reaches second base with a double. Gettel moves to third.
Top 4 Gettel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Sarni hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 O'Brien hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ward takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mejias moves to third.
Bottom 3 Al Gettel now pitching. Thomas hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mejias hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Mejias reaches second base with a double. Law scores. O'Brien scores. Freese goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Law moves to third. O'Brien moves to second.
Bottom 3 O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Law hits a line drive off the glove of Arroyo. The ball bounces into foul territory, and onto the outfield grass. Law reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. O'Brien settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Brien hits a fly ball into left field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Ward strikes out.
Top 2 Schoendienst hits a popup, foul, towards third. Freese settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hemus hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Mejias. Hemus reaches second base with a double. Sarni scores.
Top 2 Arroyo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Sarni hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Thomas who is chasing the ball. Sarni reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Shepard hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Freese scores. Mejias moves to third.
Bottom 1 Mejias hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Mejias reaches second base with a double. Freese moves to third.
Bottom 1 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hemus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Groat fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. Musial scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial moves to third.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien fields it and throws to second for the out. Hemus scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Law. Hemus moves to third.
Top 1 Hemus takes first base on ball four.