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September 18, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 6 11 1
Pirates 4 13 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 6 11 1
Pirates 4 13 2

Dick Groat Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .261
OBP .250 .306
At Bats 4 380
Hits 1 99
• Singles 1 83
• Doubles 0 14
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 26
RBI’s 0 29

Warren Spahn Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
16 9 2
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Forbes Field - September 18, 1956
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Warren Spahn
Del Crandall
Frank Torre
Jack Dittmer
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Bobby Thomson
Bill Bruton
Hank Aaron
Dick Groat
John Powers
Bill Virdon

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 6 11 1 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 4 13 2 10
Winning Pitcher Lou Sleater
Losing Pitcher Roy Face
Save Warren Spahn
Game Winning RBI Johnny Logan
Attendance 9,786
Time of Game 2 hours 48 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Warren Spahn now pitching. Long strikes out.
Bottom 9 John Powers pinch hits for Eddie O'Brien. Powers takes first base on ball four. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 9 Virdon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Clemente hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards second. Mazeroski throws to second for one, and Groat throws to home, and Shepard drops the ball. Bruton scores. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Aaron is walked intentionally.
Top 9 Torre bunts towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Mazeroski covering, for the out. Bruton moves to second.
Top 9 Gene Freese now playing third base. Howie Pollet now pitching. Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Gene Freese pinch hits for Roy Face. Freese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trowbridge juggles the ball. That's an error on Trowbridge.
Bottom 8 Mazeroski hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnny O'Brien pinch runs for Frank Thomas. Shepard bunts towards the mound. Trowbridge fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Brien moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bob Trowbridge now pitching. Del Crandall now catching. Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Felix Mantilla pinch runs for Wes Covington. Joe Adcock pinch hits for Lou Sleater. Adcock hits a fly ball into left field. O'Brien settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wes Covington pinch hits for Del Rice. Covington is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Dittmer hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Logan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Aaron scores. Mathews scores. Logan moves to second.
Top 8 Thomson bunts in front of the plate. Shepard fields it and throws to first for the out. Aaron moves to third. Mathews moves to second.
Top 8 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aaron moves to second.
Top 8 Eddie O'Brien now playing left field. Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Groat hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Walls moves to second.
Bottom 7 Walls hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Lou Sleater now pitching. Virdon is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Torre 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 7 Bruton strikes out.
Top 7 Roy Face now pitching. Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Ernie Johnson. Tanner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Clemente strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bob Skinner pinch hits for Red Munger. Skinner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Mazeroski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Shepard hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Shepard reaches third base with a triple. Thomas goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Long scores.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Long hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Bruton who is chasing the ball. Long reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Rice hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dittmer hits a popup in front of the plate. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Red Munger now pitching. Logan hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Walls hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Walls reaches second base with a double. Aaron throws the ball in to Rice who tags Walls trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Virdon goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Dick Cole pinch hits for Ron Kline. Cole hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mazeroski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bruton strikes out.
Top 4 Burdette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Burdette covering, for the out. Clemente scores. Virdon moves to third. Walls moves to second.
Bottom 3 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to home to get Kline. Clemente moves to third. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kline moves to third. Clemente moves to second.
Bottom 3 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kline moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Dittmer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Logan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Logan reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Thomson is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Shepard strikes out.
Bottom 2 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Long moves to third.
Bottom 2 Long hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There's a wild pitch. Bruton scores. Torre moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Torre hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Burdette scores. Bruton moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski misplays the ball. That's an error on Mazeroski. Burdette moves to second.
Top 2 Burdette bunts towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Rice hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dittmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Virdon. The throw from Rice and he is out, Dittmer applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Logan 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 1 Thomson hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torre tags and scores. Aaron tags and moves to third.
Top 1 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Torre moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Top 1 Aaron hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torre moves to second.
Top 1 Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.