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May 22, 1956

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Cardinals 5 9 0
Pirates 3 8 2
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Cardinals 5 10 0
Pirates 3 8 2

Don Blasingame Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .231
OBP .250 .339
At Bats 3 104
Hits 0 24
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 0 3

Nellie King Season Stats

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1 1 2
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Forbes Field - May 22, 1956
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Single
Nellie King
Jack Shepard
Dale Long
Gene Freese
Roberto Clemente
Dick Groat
Frank Thomas
Bill Virdon
Lee Walls
Don Blasingame
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Jack Shepard now catching. Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clemente fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Jack Shepard pinch hits for Danny Kravitz. Shepard hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Long hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial. Long reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Collum hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Freese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Clemente fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lee Walls now playing right field. Roberto Clemente now playing third base. Gene Freese now playing second base. Nellie King now pitching. Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jackie Collum now pitching. Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops it up and throws to first, with Collum covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Lee Walls pinch hits for Johnny O'Brien. Walls hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Harmon. Walls reaches second base with a double. Groat scores. There goes Skinner trying to get to home. Harmon throws the ball in to Blasingame who relays the ball to Sarni, who tags Skinner, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Skinner pinch hits for Roy Face. Skinner takes first base on ball four. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 7 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Chuck Harmon now playing left field. Freese hits a fly ball into left field. Harmon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Repulski strikes out.
Top 7 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Roy Face now pitching. Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Virdon throws the ball in to Groat who relays the ball to O'Brien who tags Boyer trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hatton scores. Musial moves to third.
Top 7 Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. Hatton moves to second.
Top 7 Hatton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 7 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Wehmeier hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kravitz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Long hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops it up and throws to first, with Wehmeier covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Sarni hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Del Greco hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Moon scores. Repulski moves to third.
Top 6 Repulski is hit by the pitch. Moon moves to second.
Top 6 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Boyer strikes out.
Top 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out.
Bottom 5 O'Brien hits a popup towards short. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Law strikes out.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Kravitz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wehmeier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wehmeier for the out.
Top 5 Sarni hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas who is chasing the ball. Sarni reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Kravitz hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Clemente tags and scores.
Bottom 4 Long hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clemente moves to third.
Bottom 4 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wehmeier fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Law, and towards O'Brien, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Repulski strikes out. Kravitz drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Repulski out.
Top 4 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first 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 Law strikes out.
Bottom 3 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Freese hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Musial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first, with Law covering, for the out.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kravitz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops it up and throws to first, with Wehmeier covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 2 Long hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Wehmeier 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 2 Sarni hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Del Greco scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Del Greco hits a line drive into right field. Clemente picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Clemente. Moon goes all the way around to score. Del Greco moves to third.
Top 2 Repulski strikes out.
Top 2 Moon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Clemente is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out.
Bottom 1 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Hatton takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Law covering, for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Kravitz settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Kravitz.