Giants @ Pirates
May 31, 1956

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Bottom 8 R H E
Giants 0 4 1
Pirates 3 4 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Giants 0 4 1
Pirates 3 4 0

Gene Freese Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .252
OBP .333 .319
At Bats 3 107
Hits 1 27
• Singles 0 19
• Doubles 1 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 3 12

Marv Grissom Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 1
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Forbes Field - May 31, 1956
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Strikeout
Marv Grissom
Wes Westrum
Bill White
Daryl Spencer
Hank Thompson
Al Dark
Dusty Rhodes
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Gene Freese

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 0 4 1 3
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 4 0 3
Winning Pitcher Ron Kline
Losing Pitcher Jim Hearn
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gene Freese
Attendance 15,123
Time of Game 1 hour 57 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Wes Westrum now catching. Marv Grissom now pitching. Freese strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 George Wilson pinch hits for Al Worthington. Wilson hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Jim Mangan. Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first, with Kline covering, for the out.
Top 8 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kline strikes out.
Bottom 7 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Foiles strikes out.
Top 7 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Rhodes hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mays is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Al Worthington now pitching. Long strikes out.
Top 6 Dark hits a fly ball into right field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Curt Roberts now playing second base. Johnny Antonelli pinch hits for Jim Hearn. Antonelli hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Roberts settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Walls hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Mangan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Freese hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rhodes. Freese reaches second base with a double. Virdon scores. Foiles scores. Skinner goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Kline is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Bob Skinner pinch hits for Johnny O'Brien. Skinner takes first base on ball four. Foiles moves to second.
Bottom 5 Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. Virdon moves to third.
Bottom 5 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Mangan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Spencer hits a popup in front of the plate. Foiles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Long is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Walls bunts towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 White strikes out.
Top 4 Rhodes hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mays hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Freese for the out.
Bottom 3 Kline strikes out.
Bottom 3 O'Brien hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dark hits a line drive towards the mound. Kline catches it and throws to first to double up Mueller.
Top 3 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hearn hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Foiles strikes out.
Bottom 2 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Mangan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Freese fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Spencer hits a line drive towards third. Freese reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first, with Kline covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Long hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 White is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Rhodes hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark moves to second.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.