Cubs @ Reds
August 9, 1956

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Bottom 10 R H E
Cubs 3 9 0
Reds 3 10 3
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Cubs 3 9 0
Reds 5 11 3

Gus Bell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .289
OBP .250 .356
At Bats 4 422
Hits 1 122
• Singles 0 74
• Doubles 1 24
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 21
Walks 0 44
RBI’s 0 59

Turk Lown Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 8
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Crosley Field - August 9, 1956
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Home Run
Turk Lown
Harry Chiti
Dee Fondy
Eddie Miksis
Don Hoak
Ernie Banks
Monte Irvin
Solly Drake
Walt Moryn
Gus Bell
Frank Robinson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 3 9 0 11
Cincinnati Reds 5 11 3 7
Winning Pitcher Brooks Lawrence
Losing Pitcher Turk Lown
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gus Bell
Attendance 8,763
Time of Game 2 hours 57 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 10 Chiti hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Drake hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Alex Grammas now playing third base. Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 9 Temple hits a line drive into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bob Thurman pinch hits for Rocky Bridges. Turk Lown now pitching. Thurman hits a fly ball into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 McMillan bunts towards first. Fondy fields the ball and throws to Kaiser covering. Safe. Lawrence moves to second.
Bottom 9 Lawrence takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Bailey hits a line drive into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Irvin hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brooks Lawrence now pitching. Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Fondy bunts towards the mound. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. Hoak moves to second.
Top 9 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Solly Drake now playing center field. Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kaiser strikes out.
Top 8 Solly Drake pinch runs for Frank Kellert. Chiti is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Jim King pinch hits for Pete Whisenant. Don Gross now pitching. Frank Kellert pinch hits for Jim King. Kellert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Kellert reaches second base with a double. Banks scores. Moryn moves to third.
Top 8 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski juggles the ball. That's an error on Kluszewski. Banks moves to third.
Top 8 Tom Acker now pitching. Irvin bunts towards the mound. Acker fields it and throws to first for the out. Banks moves to second.
Top 8 Rocky Bridges now playing third base. Hersh Freeman now pitching. Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Freeman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Hal Jeffcoat pinch runs for Smoky Burgess. There goes Jeffcoat. The throw from Chiti and he is out, Banks applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Joe Nuxhall. Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 McMillan hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jablonski strikes out.
Top 7 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. McMillan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Hoak hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kaiser strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Post hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kluszewski is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Bell reaches second base with a double. Robinson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Temple hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chiti hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Whisenant hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to third for the out. Irvin moves to second.
Top 6 Irvin takes first base on ball four. Banks moves to second.
Top 6 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski juggles the ball. That's an error on Jablonski.
Bottom 5 Nuxhall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McMillan strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes Jablonski. The throw from Chiti and he is out, Miksis applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Jablonski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Fondy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hoak is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Post hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kaiser strikes out.
Top 4 Chiti hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Whisenant hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nuxhall bunts towards the mound. Kaiser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Moryn hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Hoak. The throw from Bailey and he is out, Jablonski applying the tag. Banks moves to second.
Top 3 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miksis scores. Hoak moves to second.
Top 3 Fondy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miksis moves to second.
Top 3 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bailey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Post hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kaiser strikes out.
Top 2 Chiti is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Whisenant hits a line drive into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kluszewski hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fondy scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Fondy hits a line drive into center field. Bell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Fondy moves to second.
Top 1 Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Miksis hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.