Phillies @ Giants
August 7, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 3 10 2
Giants 1 4 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 3 10 2
Giants 1 4 0

Eddie Bressoud Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .219
OBP .333 .277
At Bats 3 137
Hits 1 30
• Singles 1 25
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 7

Curt Simmons Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 6 0
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Polo Grounds - August 7, 1956
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Out
Curt Simmons
Andy Seminick
Marv Blaylock
Ted Kazanski
Willie Jones
Granny Hamner
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Jim Greengrass
Eddie Bressoud
Bill White

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 3 10 2 12
New York Giants 1 4 0 6
Winning Pitcher Curt Simmons
Losing Pitcher Johnny Antonelli
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Andy Seminick
Attendance 7,648
Time of Game 2 hours 24 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bressoud hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Castleman hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. Mays tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner misplays the ball. That's an error on Hamner. Mays moves to third.
Bottom 9 Mays hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Marv Blaylock now playing first base. Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Hank Thompson. Hofman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jones hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Sarni fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ennis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Ruben Gomez now pitching. Lopata hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Brandt hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ruben Gomez pinch hits for Johnny Antonelli. Gomez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hamner hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Simmons moves to second.
Top 8 Simmons takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Kazanski hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bill Sarni now catching. Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bill Sarni pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Castleman hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 White strikes out.
Top 7 Greengrass hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jones takes first base on ball four. Ashburn moves to third. Lopata moves to second.
Top 7 Ennis hits a fly ball into right field. Thompson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lopata is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it and throws to first for the out. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 7 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Simmons 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 6 Kazanski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Antonelli hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Westrum takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bressoud hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Antonelli covering, for the out.
Top 5 Jones is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Ennis hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Ennis reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 White is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ashburn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Simmons bunts towards first. White fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Kazanski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Seminick strikes out.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Simmons, and towards Kazanski, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brandt strikes out.
Top 3 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopata scores. Ennis moves to second.
Top 3 Ennis takes first base on ball four. Lopata moves to second.
Top 3 Lopata hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hamner 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 2 Antonelli strikes out.
Bottom 2 Westrum is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Hamner. Bressoud moves to second.
Bottom 2 Castleman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ashburn strikes out.
Top 2 Simmons strikes out.
Top 2 Kazanski is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Seminick hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thompson. Seminick reaches second base with a double. Ennis scores. Jones moves to third.
Top 2 Greengrass strikes out.
Top 2 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ennis moves to third.
Top 2 Ennis hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopata hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Westrum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hamner strikes out.
Top 1 Ashburn strikes out.