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August 7, 1956

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

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

Wes Covington Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.280
OBP	.000	.356
At Bats	0	93
Hits	0	26
• Singles	0	21
• Doubles	0	3
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	0	10
RBI’s	0	10

Jim Brosnan Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	4	0

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County Stadium - August 7, 1956

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Jim Brosnan

Harry Chiti

Dee Fondy

Gene Baker

Don Hoak

Ernie Banks

Monte Irvin

Pete Whisenant

Walt Moryn

Wes Covington

Joe Adcock

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 1 Out

Covington bunts in front of the plate. Chiti fields it and throws to first for the out. Adcock moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 2 Adcock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Whisenant hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Moryn hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Mathews hits a line drive towards third. Hoak reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Aaron strikes out.

Bottom 1 Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. O'Connell tags and scores.

Bottom 1 O'Connell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn who is chasing the ball. O'Connell reaches third base with a triple.

Top 1 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Fondy hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron who is chasing the ball. Fondy reaches third base with a triple.

Top 1 Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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