Pirates @ Braves
June 30, 1957

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Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .245
OBP .000 .285
At Bats 4 249
Hits 0 61
• Singles 0 43
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 15
RBI’s 0 26

Ernie Johnson Season Stats

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3 1 4
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County Stadium - June 30, 1957
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Strikeout
Ernie Johnson
Carl Sawatski
Frank Torre
Felix Mantilla
Eddie Mathews
Johnny Logan
Wes Covington
Bill Bruton
Hank Aaron
Bill Virdon
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Virdon is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Aaron strikes out.
Bottom 8 Luis Arroyo now pitching. Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards second. Mazeroski fields the ball, races to the bag for one, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Sawatski scores. Bruton moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mantilla scores. Sawatski moves to second.
Bottom 8 Sawatski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Logan scores. Mantilla moves to third.
Bottom 8 Mantilla hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mathews scores. Covington scores. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 8 Logan is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Torre bunts towards third. Baker fields it and throws to first for the out. Mathews moves to third. Covington moves to second.
Bottom 8 Covington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mathews moves to second.
Bottom 8 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Law hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rand hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Mejias hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Aaron hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bruton for the out.
Bottom 7 Del Crandall pinch hits for Bob Trowbridge. Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sawatski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fondy hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Mazeroski moves to third.
Top 7 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Covington. Mazeroski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Logan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Torre bunts towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Mazeroski covering, for the out. Covington moves to second.
Bottom 6 Covington bunts towards third. Baker fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Virdon strikes out.
Top 6 Law hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rand moves to second.
Top 6 Rand takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There goes Mejias. The throw from Sawatski and he is out, Logan applying the tag.
Top 6 Mejias takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mathews for the out.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bruton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Trowbridge hits a fly ball into right field. Mejias settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Groat strikes out.
Top 5 Thomas strikes out.
Top 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sawatski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mantilla hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Logan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mejias throws the ball in to Groat who tags Logan trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 4 Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Covington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Law hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rand is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Baker bunts towards the mound. Trowbridge fields it and throws to first for the out. Groat moves to third. Mejias moves to second.
Top 4 Mejias hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla misplays the ball. That's an error on Mantilla. Thomas scores. Groat moves to second.
Top 4 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fondy scores. Thomas moves to third.
Top 4 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fondy moves to second.
Top 4 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Torre hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Covington takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Bruton moves to third. Aaron moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mathews strikes out.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bruton moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Trowbridge hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Law fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Law hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Sawatski is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Mantilla hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rand hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mantilla fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Mejias hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Groat hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Sawatski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Fondy, and towards Mazeroski, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Thomas strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Fondy. The throw from Sawatski and he is safe. Fondy steals second.
Top 1 Fondy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Mazeroski strikes out.
Top 1 Virdon hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.