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September 8, 1956

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Bottom 1	R	H	E
Braves	0	0	0
Cubs	1	3	0

Bottom 1	R	H	E
Braves	0	0	0
Cubs	2	4	0

Jim King Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.221
OBP	.000	.278
At Bats	0	231
Hits	0	51
• Singles	0	29
• Doubles	0	8
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	12
Walks	0	19
RBI’s	0	35

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
15	8	1

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Wrigley Field - September 8, 1956

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Double

Lew Burdette

Del Rice

Joe Adcock

Danny O'Connell

Eddie Mathews

Johnny Logan

Andy Pafko

Bill Bruton

Hank Aaron

Jim King

Walt Moryn

Ernie Banks

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

King hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bruton. King reaches second base with a double. Banks scores. There goes Moryn trying to get to home. Pafko throws the ball in to Logan who relays the ball to Rice, who tags Moryn, who came all the way from first, for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 1 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hoak scores. Banks moves to third.

Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hoak moves to second.

Bottom 1 Baker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fondy for the out.

Top 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 1 Logan takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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