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July 12, 1957

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Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .253
OBP .333 .289
At Bats 3 296
Hits 1 75
• Singles 1 53
• Doubles 0 13
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 29

Warren Spahn Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 7 2
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Forbes Field - July 12, 1957
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Single
Warren Spahn
Del Crandall
Frank Torre
Red Schoendienst
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Wes Covington
Hank Aaron
Andy Pafko
Bill Virdon
Gene Freese
Gene Baker
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baker scores. Freese moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Gene Freese pinch hits for Bob Smith. Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 9 Rand is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Baker hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Covington. Baker reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Pafko hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bob Smith now pitching. Torre hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torre for the out. Mathews scores. Covington moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mathews moves to third.
Top 9 Aaron strikes out.
Top 9 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy juggles the ball. That's an error on Fondy.
Top 9 Logan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Skinner for the out.
Bottom 8 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Fondy strikes out.
Top 8 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out.
Top 8 Spahn takes first base on ball four. Pafko moves to second.
Top 8 Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Pafko hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Joe Trimble now pitching. 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.
Bottom 7 Thomas hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Virdon bunts towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Schoendienst covering, for the out. Pendleton moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jim Pendleton pinch hits for Roy Face. Pendleton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Covington strikes out.
Top 7 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mathews tags and scores.
Top 7 Mathews hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner who is chasing the ball. Mathews reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Face fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rand hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan misplays the ball. That's an error on Logan. Fondy scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Thomas scores. Fondy moves to third.
Bottom 6 Groat bunts towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Thomas moves to third. Fondy moves to second.
Bottom 6 Fondy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Spahn strikes out.
Top 6 Crandall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torre moves to second.
Top 6 Roy Face now pitching. Pafko is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Covington scores.
Top 6 Covington hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner who is chasing the ball. Covington reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Aaron hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Law hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mathews strikes out.
Top 5 Logan hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Rand races back for the ball and makes the catch. There goes Schoendienst. The throw to the second, AND Schoendienst is out, for the double play.
Top 5 Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Rand strikes out.
Bottom 4 Baker strikes out.
Bottom 4 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Spahn covering, for the out.
Top 4 Spahn strikes out.
Top 4 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Pafko hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Spahn covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Fondy takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Virdon moves to third.
Bottom 3 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 3 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Law hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Covington hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Spahn moves to third. Mathews moves to second.
Top 3 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Spahn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thomas. Spahn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Rand hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Spahn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Baker strikes out.
Bottom 2 Skinner bunts in front of the plate. Crandall fields it and throws to first for the out. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre fields the ball and throws to Spahn covering. Safe.
Top 2 Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pafko hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torre for the out.
Top 2 Covington strikes out. Rand drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Covington out.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomas takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Virdon is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Aaron 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 Mathews hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skinner. Mathews reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Logan hits a fly ball into right field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Law covering, for the out.