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May 30, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 11 13 0
Cubs 9 13 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Braves 11 13 0
Cubs 9 13 2

Pete Whisenant Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .262
OBP .500 .318
At Bats 4 61
Hits 2 16
• Singles 1 7
• Doubles 1 4
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 5
RBI’s 3 13

Ernie Johnson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Wrigley Field - May 30, 1956
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Out
Ernie Johnson
Del Crandall
Frank Torre
Jack Dittmer
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Chuck Tanner
Bobby Thomson
Hank Aaron
Pete Whisenant

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 11 13 0 4
Chicago Cubs 9 13 2 7
Winning Pitcher Ray Crone
Losing Pitcher Warren Hacker
Save Ernie Johnson
Game Winning RBI Bobby Thomson
Attendance 29,113
Time of Game 2 hours 32 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Whisenant hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Irvin hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Tanner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Banks hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Tanner hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Jim Davis now pitching. Aaron hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out. Landrith moves to third. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Landrith moves to second.
Bottom 8 Hobie Landrith pinch hits for Jim Hughes. Landrith takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Chiti hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Bob Buhl now pitching. Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Buhl fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Irvin hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Moryn scores.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Crandall for a passed ball. Moryn moves to third.
Bottom 8 Moryn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Thomson. Moryn reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Jim Hughes now pitching. Dittmer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Banks hits a popup in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fondy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Chiti scores. King moves to second.
Bottom 7 Baker hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Miksis hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim King pinch hits for Sam Jones. King takes first base on ball four. Chiti moves to second.
Bottom 7 Chiti hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Crone strikes out.
Top 7 Crandall strikes out.
Top 7 Torre hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomson scores. There goes Tanner trying to get to second. Moryn throws the ball in to Banks who tags Tanner for the out.
Top 7 Tanner hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomson moves to second.
Top 7 Sam Jones now pitching. Thomson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Mathews scores. Aaron scores.
Top 7 Aaron hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Whisenant. Aaron reaches second base with a double. Dittmer scores. Logan scores. Mathews moves to third.
Top 7 Mathews takes first base on ball four. Dittmer moves to third. Logan moves to second.
Top 7 Logan bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Dittmer moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Whisenant hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Moryn strikes out.
Top 6 Crone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Crandall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chiti fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Chiti. Tanner scores.
Top 6 Russ Meyer now pitching. Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tanner moves to second.
Top 6 Tanner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Thomson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker misplays the ball. That's an error on Baker.
Top 6 Mathews hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dittmer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Crone strikes out.
Top 5 Crandall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hacker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Chiti hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron who is chasing the ball. Chiti reaches third base with a triple. Whisenant scores.
Bottom 4 Whisenant hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Whisenant reaches second base with a double. Banks scores. Moryn goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Irvin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 4 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Tanner hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miksis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Aaron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Baker hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Logan hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dittmer hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Hacker hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Crandall scoops up the ball and tags Hacker for the out.
Bottom 2 Crone fires to first and picks off Chiti.
Bottom 2 Chiti takes first base on ball four. Whisenant moves to second.
Bottom 2 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Irvin scores.
Bottom 2 Irvin hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Thomson who is chasing the ball. Irvin reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Crone strikes out.
Top 2 Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Torre hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Tanner hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thomson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Miksis hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Aaron hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dittmer hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.