Dodgers @ Cardinals
August 21, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 2 8 0
Cardinals 1 6 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Dodgers 2 8 0
Cardinals 1 6 1

Ray Katt Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .221
OBP .500 .257
At Bats 2 163
Hits 1 36
• Singles 1 24
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 17

Don Bessent Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 2 2
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Sportsman's Park - August 21, 1956
Out
Don Bessent
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Charlie Neal
Randy Jackson
Pee Wee Reese
Jim Gilliam
Duke Snider
Carl Furillo
Ray Katt

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Brooklyn Dodgers 2 8 0 9
St. Louis Cardinals 1 6 1 6
Winning Pitcher Carl Erskine
Losing Pitcher Herm Wehmeier
Save Don Bessent
Game Winning RBI Duke Snider
Attendance 22,429
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Katt hits a fly ball into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Neal scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Reese strikes out.
Top 9 Gilliam hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Bessent 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 8 Moon strikes out.
Bottom 8 Musial hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Neal settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Don Bessent now pitching. Charlie Neal now playing second base. Carl Furillo now playing right field. Jim Gilliam now playing left field. Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Hodges is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Charlie Neal pinch runs for Jackie Robinson. Campanella bunts towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Neal moves to second.
Top 8 Larry Jackson now pitching. Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hank Sauer pinch hits for Herm Wehmeier. Carl Furillo now playing left field. Jim Gilliam now playing right field. Sauer strikes out.
Bottom 7 Lockman hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Katt bunts towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Snider is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Dark. Gilliam moves to third. Reese moves to second.
Top 7 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Erskine hits a line drive into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Nelson hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Furillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Moon moves to second.
Bottom 6 Moon hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Blasingame scores.
Bottom 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Blasingame moves to third.
Bottom 6 Dark takes first base on ball four. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 6 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Jackson hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Campanella takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Whitey Lockman now playing center field. Robinson hits a line drive into left field. Nelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wehmeier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco. Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Erskine fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Moon moves to third. Nelson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moon moves to second.
Bottom 5 Moon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snider for the out.
Top 5 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gilliam moves to third.
Top 5 Gilliam hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon. Gilliam reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Blasingame strikes out. Campanella drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Blasingame out.
Top 4 Erskine hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wehmeier fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Campanella takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Wehmeier hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Del Greco strikes out.
Bottom 3 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Furillo takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Top 3 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Wehmeier covering, for the out. Gilliam moves to third. Reese moves to second.
Top 3 Reese takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Gilliam hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon. Gilliam reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Erskine hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 2 Nelson hits a fly ball into left field. Gilliam settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Hodges hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Campanella takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Musial strikes out. There goes Blasingame. The throw from Campanella to Reese, and Blasingame is out.
Bottom 1 Dark bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Campanella settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Blasingame bunts towards first. Hodges fields the ball and throws to Erskine covering. Safe.
Top 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Furillo hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Reese moves to third.
Top 1 Snider hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Gilliam scores. Reese moves to second.
Top 1 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gilliam moves to second.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.