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August 18, 1956

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Cubs 8 11 0
Cardinals 1 5 1
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Cubs 8 11 0
Cardinals 1 5 1

Rocky Nelson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .219
OBP .333 .260
At Bats 2 114
Hits 0 25
• Singles 0 15
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 1 7
RBI’s 0 22

Turk Lown Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 5 8
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Sportsman's Park - August 18, 1956
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Out
Turk Lown
Hobie Landrith
Dee Fondy
Eddie Miksis
Don Hoak
Jerry Kindall
Jim King
Solly Drake
Walt Moryn
Rocky Nelson
Wally Moon
Stan Musial
Al Dark
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Nelson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Turk Lown now pitching. Moon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Musial reaches second base with a double. Blasingame scores. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 8 Dark takes first base on ball four. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 8 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Fondy hits a fly ball into left field. Nelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes Hoak. The throw from Katt and he is safe. Hoak steals second.
Top 8 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kindall scores.
Top 8 Drake hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Konstanty, and towards Dark, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Kindall moves to third.
Top 8 Drabowsky bunts towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Blasingame covering, for the out. Kindall moves to second.
Top 8 Jim Konstanty now pitching. Kindall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bobby Morgan pinch hits for Don Liddle. Morgan hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Katt hits a line drive into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Del Greco hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nelson for the out.
Top 7 Landrith hits a fly ball towards right. Moon catches it and throws to first to double up Miksis.
Top 7 Miksis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Moryn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 King bunts towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out. Fondy moves to second.
Top 7 Don Liddle now pitching. Fondy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Moon hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. Blasingame moves to third. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 6 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Jackie Collum. Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Drake takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Drabowsky hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kindall hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Katt hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Del Greco is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Boyer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Nelson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Landrith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miksis is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Moryn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon. Moryn reaches second base with a double. Fondy moves to third.
Top 5 King strikes out.
Top 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Hoak hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Drabowsky covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Musial hits a fly ball into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Drake hits a fly ball into left field. Nelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Drabowsky hits a fly ball into left field. Nelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Collum fires to first and picks off Kindall.
Top 4 Kindall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Collum hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Katt strikes out.
Top 3 Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Collum covering, for the out.
Top 3 Miksis takes first base on ball four. Moryn moves to second.
Top 3 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it and throws to second for the out. Hoak scores. That run is unearned.
Top 3 King hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Drake scores. Hoak moves to third.
Top 3 Jackie Collum now pitching. Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Collum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hoak hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon. Hoak reaches second base with a double. Kindall scores. Drabowsky scores. Drake moves to third.
Top 3 Drake takes first base on ball four. Kindall moves to third. Drabowsky moves to second.
Top 3 Drabowsky hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial fields the ball and throws to Schmidt covering. Safe. Kindall moves to second.
Top 3 Kindall hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial juggles the ball. That's an error on Musial.
Bottom 2 Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Landrith 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 2 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Dark strikes out.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 King hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fondy hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Hoak strikes out. There goes Drake. The throw from Katt to second, and Drake is out.
Top 1 Drake takes first base on ball four.