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August 31, 1956

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Phillies 1 4 2
Pirates 6 13 0
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Phillies 1 4 2
Pirates 6 13 0

Jack Shepard Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .212
OBP .333 .297
At Bats 3 146
Hits 1 31
• Singles 1 22
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 16

Ben Flowers Season Stats

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Forbes Field - August 31, 1956
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Ben Flowers
Stan Lopata
Marv Blaylock
Solly Hemus
Willie Jones
Roy Smalley
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Frank Baumholtz
Jack Shepard
Dick Groat
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Ben Flowers now pitching. Kline hits a popup in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Groat hits a line drive into right field. Baumholtz picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Baumholtz. Clemente scores. Virdon goes all the way around to score. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Clemente moves to third.
Bottom 7 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stu Miller now pitching. Clemente hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Clemente reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Elmer Valo pinch hits for Duane Pillette. Valo is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Smalley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Mazeroski hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Duane Pillette now pitching. Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lopata hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Greengrass scores. Hemus moves to second.
Top 6 Blaylock hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hemus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Greengrass moves to second.
Top 6 Ashburn strikes out.
Top 6 Jim Greengrass pinch hits for Ron Negray. Greengrass takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kline hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a line drive into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ron Negray now pitching. Virdon is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Long hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Long reaches second base with a double. Clemente goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mazeroski scores. Walls scores.
Bottom 5 Walls hits a line drive into left field. Ennis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ennis. Mazeroski moves to third. Walls moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 4 Shepard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blaylock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Virdon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ennis hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lopata hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blaylock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hemus 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 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Shepard scores. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Shepard moves to third.
Bottom 3 Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Shepard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashburn for the out.
Top 3 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. Smalley moves to second.
Top 3 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Baumholtz hits a line drive into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ennis hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lopata hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Long for the out.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Granny Hamner now pitching. Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blaylock is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Hemus hits a line drive towards third. Thomas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 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.