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August 31, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 3 6 0
Reds 3 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Cubs 3 6 0
Reds 4 6 0

Smoky Burgess Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .226
OBP .000 .313
At Bats 0 177
Hits 0 40
• Singles 0 25
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 25

Vito Valentinetti Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 1
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Crosley Field - August 31, 1956
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Vito Valentinetti
Hobie Landrith
Dee Fondy
Gene Baker
Don Hoak
Ernie Banks
Jim King
Pete Whisenant
Walt Moryn
Smoky Burgess
Ed Bailey
Wally Post
Bob Thurman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago Cubs 3 6 0 6
Cincinnati Reds 4 6 0 4
Winning Pitcher Hal Jeffcoat
Losing Pitcher Jim Davis
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Smoky Burgess
Attendance 13,245
Time of Game 2 hours 26 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Vito Valentinetti now pitching. Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Ray Jablonski. Burgess hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thurman tags and scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bailey is hit by the pitch. Thurman moves to third. Post moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bob Thurman pinch runs for George Crowe. Post hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thurman moves to second.
Bottom 9 Crowe takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Jim Davis now pitching. Davis fires to first and has Bell trapped. There's the throw to Banks who tags Bell for the out.
Bottom 9 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Robinson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Rush strikes out.
Top 9 Landrith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Whisenant takes first base on ball four. King moves to second.
Top 9 King is hit by the pitch.
Top 9 Moryn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jeffcoat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jeffcoat fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hoak for the out.
Top 8 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jablonski strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bailey hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Crowe scores.
Bottom 7 Post hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Crowe moves to third.
Bottom 7 Crowe hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Crowe reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Rush hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Landrith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Crowe scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Landrith for the out. King moves to third. Whisenant moves to second.
Top 7 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jeffcoat fields it and throws to third for the out. King moves to second.
Top 7 King hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moryn moves to second.
Top 7 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bell 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 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Banks hits a line drive into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ray Jablonski now playing third base. Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Jeffcoat strikes out.
Bottom 5 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to second for the out. Bailey moves to third.
Bottom 5 Ray Jablonski pinch hits for Alex Grammas. Jablonski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bailey moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bailey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Post strikes out.
Top 5 Fondy hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rush strikes out.
Top 5 George Crowe now playing first base. Landrith hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 George Crowe pinch hits for Ted Kluszewski. Crowe hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Whisenant hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 King takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Jeffcoat covering, for the out.
Top 4 Banks strikes out.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jeffcoat bunts, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 McMillan bunts in front of the plate. Landrith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Baker hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hoak is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Grammas hits a line drive into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bailey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Post strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kluszewski 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 2 Rush strikes out.
Top 2 Landrith hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Jeffcoat scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Landrith for the out.
Top 2 Whisenant is called out on strikes.
Top 2 King hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Moryn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Bell 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 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hoak fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rush fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Fondy hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.