Dodgers @ Giants
September 2, 1956

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Bottom 7 R H E
Dodgers 1 3 0
Giants 4 8 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Dodgers 1 3 0
Giants 4 8 0

Willie Mays Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .281
OBP 1.000 .362
At Bats 2 434
Hits 2 122
• Singles 0 71
• Doubles 1 18
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 1 26
Walks 1 55
RBI’s 1 61

Don Drysdale Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 0
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼
Polo Grounds - September 2, 1956
•
Out
Don Drysdale
Roy Campanella
Gil Hodges
Charlie Neal
Jackie Robinson
Pee Wee Reese
Sandy Amoros
Duke Snider
Jim Gilliam
Willie Mays
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Roy Campanella now catching. Don Drysdale now pitching. Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Randy Jackson pinch hits for Ken Lehman. Jackson hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Roy Campanella pinch hits for Rube Walker. Campanella hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dick Littlefield now pitching. Neal hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hodges hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Amoros moves to second.
Top 7 Amoros takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Gilliam. Schoendienst reaches second base with a double. There goes Worthington trying to get to home. Gilliam throws the ball in to Neal who relays the ball to Walker, who tags Worthington, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a popup towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Worthington bunts towards the mound. Lehman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Ken Lehman now pitching. Westrum hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Reese takes first base on ball four. Mitchell moves to second.
Top 6 Gilliam hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dale Mitchell pinch hits for Ed Roebuck. Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Spencer strikes out.
Bottom 5 Castleman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Amoros. Castleman reaches second base with a double. Schoendienst scores. Mays scores. White moves to third.
Bottom 5 White is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Ed Roebuck now pitching. Brandt strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mays hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Amoros. Mays reaches second base with a double. Schoendienst moves to third.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mueller for the out.
Top 5 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 5 Neal hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hodges takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Worthington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Gilliam settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Castleman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Amoros hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Snider hits a popup towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Reese hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Bottom 3 Brandt takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to third. Mays moves to second.
Bottom 3 Mays takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Mueller hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Worthington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Worthington covering, for the out.
Top 3 Koufax strikes out.
Top 3 Walker strikes out.
Bottom 2 Westrum strikes out. There goes White. The throw from Walker to second, and they've got White trapped. There's the throw to Neal, and White is out.
Bottom 2 Spencer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Castleman bunts towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Gilliam. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Neal hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hodges for the out.
Top 2 Amoros hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brandt hits a fly ball into right field. Gilliam settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Snider hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Reese hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.