Pirates @ Phillies
August 15, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 5 12 0
Phillies 1 5 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 5 12 0
Phillies 1 5 0

Elmer Valo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .290
OBP .000 .402
At Bats 3 217
Hits 0 63
• Singles 0 45
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 38
RBI’s 0 26

Ron Kline Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 8 2
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Connie Mack Stadium - August 15, 1956
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Out
Ron Kline
Hank Foiles
Bob Skinner
Bill Mazeroski
Frank Thomas
Dick Groat
Lee Walls
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Elmer Valo

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 12 0 11
Philadelphia Phillies 1 5 0 4
Winning Pitcher Ron Kline
Losing Pitcher Jack Meyer
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 12,337
Time of Game 2 hours 32 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Valo for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 9 Blaylock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Walls moves to third.
Top 9 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Skinner tags and scores.
Top 9 Walls bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Skinner moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 There's a wild pitch. Skinner moves to second.
Top 9 Ben Flowers now pitching. Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hamner for the out.
Bottom 8 Ashburn bunts towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Bob Miller. Baumholtz hits a line drive into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bob Miller now pitching. Virdon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Foiles scores. Kline moves to second.
Top 8 Kline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazeroski scores. Foiles moves to second.
Top 8 Foiles is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Mazeroski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Clemente goes all the way around to score. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 8 Clemente hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walls tags and scores.
Top 8 There's a wild pitch. Walls moves to third.
Top 8 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kazanski hits a popup towards first. Skinner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Meyer, and towards Jones, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kline strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Valo. The throw from Foiles and he is out, Mazeroski applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to home to get Blaylock. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 6 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Blaylock hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Virdon who is chasing the ball. Blaylock reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Foiles hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Kazanski scores. Meyer moves to second.
Bottom 5 Meyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kazanski moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kazanski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Greengrass hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a line drive, foul, into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes Skinner. The throw from Lopata and he is safe. Skinner steals second.
Top 5 Skinner hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Virdon hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Valo hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopata takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Blaylock hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hamner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Skinner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Foiles is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn. Mazeroski reaches second base with a double. Thomas moves to third.
Top 4 Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Walls hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Meyer strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kazanski strikes out.
Top 3 Skinner hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Greengrass strikes out.
Bottom 2 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Valo for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopata strikes out.
Top 2 Kline strikes out.
Top 2 Foiles takes first base on ball four. Thomas moves to third. Clemente moves to second.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into left field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Thomas moves to second.
Top 2 Thomas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 1 Blaylock is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Hamner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Meyer covering. It's a double play.
Top 1 Groat hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Virdon hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.