Phillies @ Pirates
July 3, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 5 9 2
Pirates 4 8 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Phillies 5 9 2
Pirates 6 9 2

Bob Skinner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .226
OBP .000 .314
At Bats 0 62
Hits 0 14
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 5

Jack Meyer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 3 1
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Forbes Field - July 3, 1956
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Home Run
Jack Meyer
Stan Lopata
Marv Blaylock
Ted Kazanski
Willie Jones
Granny Hamner
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Elmer Valo
Bob Skinner
Hank Foiles

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 5 9 2 8
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 9 2 5
Winning Pitcher Johnny O'Brien
Losing Pitcher Jack Meyer
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Bob Skinner
Attendance 5,804
Time of Game 2 hours 27 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Hank Foiles pinch runs for Jack Shepard. Bob Skinner pinch hits for Johnny O'Brien. Skinner hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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Bottom 9 Eddie O'Brien pinch runs for Dick Groat. Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Meyer fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 9 Groat hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Groat reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Ennis hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lopata strikes out.
Top 9 Blaylock takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Clemente hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Long hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jack Meyer now pitching. Thomas hits a line drive towards short. Hamner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Curt Simmons. Baumholtz hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kazanski hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Hamner hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jacobs hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Virdon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 O'Brien hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnny O'Brien now pitching. Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Valo takes first base on ball four. Ashburn scores. Lopata moves to third. Ennis moves to second.
Top 7 Laurin Pepper now pitching. Ennis takes first base on ball four. Ashburn moves to third. Lopata moves to second.
Top 7 Lopata takes first base on ball four. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 7 Blaylock hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Simmons tags and scores.
Top 7 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simmons moves to third.
Top 7 Simmons hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Red Swanson now pitching. Kazanski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Swanson covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Shepard hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clemente goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner misplays the ball. That's an error on Hamner. Thomas scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock scoops it up and throws to first, with Simmons covering, for the out. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Valo. Thomas reaches second base with a double. Walls scores.
Bottom 6 Walls hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Ennis fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Ennis. Walls moves to third.
Bottom 6 Jacobs strikes out.
Top 6 Hamner hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs catches it and throws to second with Groat covering, to double up Valo.
Top 6 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 The ball gets by Shepard for a passed ball. Valo moves to second.
Top 6 Nellie King now pitching. Valo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Virdon 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 5 Gene Freese pinch hits for Vern Law. Freese hits a popup towards third. Jones settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Shepard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Law spins and fires to second, with Groat covering, and Lopata is picked off.
Top 5 Ennis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopata moves to second.
Top 5 There goes Blaylock. The throw from Shepard and he is out, Thomas applying the tag.
Top 5 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Blaylock moves to second.
Top 5 Blaylock takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashburn for the out.
Bottom 4 Clemente 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 4 Long strikes out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a line drive towards short. Hamner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kazanski hits a ball on the ground for an out. Hamner moves to second.
Top 4 Hamner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hamner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Long.
Top 4 Jones hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Walls hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to third.
Bottom 3 Virdon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Virdon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Law hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lopata hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Blaylock hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Blaylock reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Long strikes out.
Top 2 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Simmons hits a popup towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kazanski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walls. Kazanski reaches second base with a double. Jones scores. Hamner goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Hamner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jones moves to second.
Top 2 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ennis scores.
Top 2 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Valo for the out. Ennis moves to third.
Top 2 Ennis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walls. Ennis reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jacobs bunts towards the mound. Simmons fields it and throws to first for the out. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Lopata hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blaylock strikes out.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.