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September 8, 1956

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Don Hoak Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .208
OBP .333 .270
At Bats 3 312
Hits 1 65
• Singles 1 45
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 27
RBI’s 0 32

Lew Burdette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
15 8 1
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Wrigley Field - September 8, 1956
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Out
Lew Burdette
Del Crandall
Joe Adcock
Jack Dittmer
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Andy Pafko
Bill Bruton
Hank Aaron
Don Hoak
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Jack Dittmer now playing second base. Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Pafko hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Drabowsky fields it and throws to home to get Logan.
Top 8 Adcock hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mathews is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Logan moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Top 8 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Frank Torre pinch hits for Danny O'Connell. Torre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Fondy hits a line drive towards short. Logan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Drabowsky hits a popup in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Del Crandall now catching. Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Burdette strikes out.
Top 7 Wes Covington pinch hits for Del Rice. Covington hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Banks moves to second.
Bottom 6 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 6 Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Pafko hits a line drive into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Adcock strikes out.
Top 6 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Logan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of King. Logan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Drabowsky hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 O'Connell 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 5 Burdette hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rice hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Whisenant strikes out.
Bottom 4 King hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bruton strikes out.
Top 4 Pafko hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Pafko reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Adcock hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Banks is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards second. O'Connell throws to second for one, and Logan throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hoak hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fondy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Aaron 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 3 Logan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 O'Connell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Drabowsky strikes out.
Bottom 2 Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burdette fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Whisenant hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Burdette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pafko scores. Bruton moves to third.
Top 2 Bruton takes first base on ball four. Pafko moves to second.
Top 2 Pafko takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 King hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bruton. King reaches second base with a double. Banks scores. There goes Moryn trying to get to home. Pafko throws the ball in to Logan who relays the ball to Rice, who tags Moryn, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 1 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hoak scores. Banks moves to third.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hoak moves to second.
Bottom 1 Baker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fondy for the out.
Top 1 Aaron 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 1 Logan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.