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June 15, 1956

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Cardinals 0 4 0
Pirates 6 9 0
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Cardinals 0 4 1
Pirates 6 9 0

Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .265
OBP .667 .333
At Bats 2 136
Hits 1 36
• Singles 1 27
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 1 12

Larry Jackson Season Stats

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0 0 1
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Forbes Field - June 15, 1956
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Fielder's Choice
Larry Jackson
Hal Smith
Whitey Lockman
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Al Dark
Hank Sauer
Wally Moon
Stan Musial
Bill Virdon
Johnny O'Brien
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Dark. O'Brien moves to third. Virdon moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

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Bottom 6 Kline bunts towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Brien moves to second.
Bottom 6 Larry Jackson now pitching. O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Musial hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foiles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dark strikes out.
Top 6 Lockman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bobby Morgan pinch hits for Lindy McDaniel. Morgan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Blasingame is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Sauer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foiles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moon hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a line drive towards first. Long catches it and steps on first to double up Musial.
Top 4 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields it and throws to second for the out. Lockman moves to third.
Top 4 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lockman moves to second.
Top 4 Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon throws the ball in to Dark who relays the ball to Blasingame who tags Virdon trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Foiles scores. O'Brien moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kline bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 3 O'Brien takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Foiles hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sauer. Foiles reaches second base with a double. Thomas scores.
Bottom 3 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Walls hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moon. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Long goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Long hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Kline covering, for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Clemente strikes out.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walls scores. Foiles scores. Virdon moves to third.
Bottom 2 Virdon takes first base on ball four. Foiles moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kline hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 O'Brien strikes out.
Bottom 2 Foiles takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Walls hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Moon who is chasing the ball. Walls reaches third base with a triple. Thomas goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Sauer is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Moon 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 Boyer hits a line drive into left field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Long strikes out.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foiles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.