Braves @ Giants
July 25, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 7 12 2
Giants 4 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 7 12 2
Giants 4 10 0

Hank Thompson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .261
OBP .333 .357
At Bats 3 119
Hits 1 31
• Singles 1 19
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 18

Bob Buhl Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
11 4 0
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Polo Grounds - July 25, 1956
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Walk
Bob Buhl
Toby Atwell
Frank Torre
Danny O'Connell
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Bobby Thomson
Bill Bruton
Hank Aaron
Hank Thompson
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Thompson takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jim Hearn now pitching. Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mathews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bruton scores.
Top 9 Bruton hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Bruton reaches second base with a double. O'Connell goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Buhl hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Jackie Brandt now playing left field. Atwell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 White strikes out.
Bottom 8 Rhodes hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Logan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Windy McCall now pitching. Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first, with McCall covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 George Wilson pinch hits for Marv Grissom. Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bressoud hits a popup in front of the plate. Atwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aaron hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mathews hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Frank Torre now playing first base. Rhodes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Atwell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Buhl is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Atwell hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Marv Grissom now pitching. Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Thomson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 6 Adcock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mathews moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Top 6 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mathews moves to second.
Top 6 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Bruton hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards second. O'Connell scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out. Worthington moves to third.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a line drive into left field. Thomson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Thomson. Sarni scores. Bressoud scores. Worthington moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Worthington bunts towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sarni moves to third. Bressoud moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Adcock. Thompson scores. Sarni moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sarni hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 O'Connell is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Buhl strikes out.
Top 5 Atwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops it up and throws to first, with Buhl covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Rhodes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Mays. The throw from Atwell and he is out, Logan applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Thomson hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Aaron bunts towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Mathews hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Atwell fires to first and picks off Schoendienst.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields the ball and throws to Buhl covering. Safe.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Worthington hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Buhl strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bressoud strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 There goes White. The throw from Atwell and he is out, Logan applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a line drive into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Atwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Atwell for the out.
Top 2 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Thomson strikes out.
Top 2 Adcock is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rhodes for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Mays. The throw from Atwell and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bruton hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sarni settles under it and makes the catch for the out.