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September 13, 1956

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Ken Boyer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .301
OBP .333 .343
At Bats 3 528
Hits 1 159
• Singles 1 110
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 23
Walks 0 34
RBI’s 0 86

Dick Littlefield Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 6 2
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Polo Grounds - September 13, 1956
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Home Run
Dick Littlefield
Bill Sarni
Bill White
Red Schoendienst
Foster Castleman
Daryl Spencer
Jackie Brandt
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Ken Boyer
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Dick Littlefield now pitching. Boyer hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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Bottom 8 Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Marv Grissom. Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Spencer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 White strikes out.
Bottom 8 Bobby Del Greco now playing center field. Whitey Lockman now playing left field. Rip Repulski now playing right field. Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Repulski 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 8 Moon takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to second.
Top 8 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Blasingame is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Sarni strikes out.
Bottom 7 Brandt hits a line drive towards short. Dark catches it and throws to first to double up Mays.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grissom fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Katt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brandt throws the ball in to Spencer who relays the ball to Schoendienst who tags Katt trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Boyer scores. Lockman moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer moves to third.
Top 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman juggles the ball. That's an error on Castleman. Boyer moves to second.
Top 7 Marv Grissom now pitching. Repulski 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 6 Schoendienst hits a line drive towards first. Musial catches it and steps on first to double up Mueller.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Al Worthington. Rhodes strikes out.
Top 6 Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mays throws the ball in to Spencer who tags Moon trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. White fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Worthington covering. It's a double play.
Top 6 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 White hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Castleman hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mizell hits a line drive towards short. Spencer catches it and throws to first to double up Katt.
Top 5 Katt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sarni hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brandt hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Repulski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Moon 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 3 Mueller strikes out.
Bottom 3 Worthington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Musial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dark hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Sarni hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mizell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Worthington fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Katt strikes out.
Top 2 Lockman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller who is chasing the ball. Lockman reaches third base with a triple. Repulski scores. Boyer goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sarni fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Repulski moves to second.
Top 2 Repulski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Moon hits a line drive into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brandt hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 That's a pickoff.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Schoendienst fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.