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August 31, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Phillies 3 8 2
Pirates 6 15 0
Top 9 R H E
Phillies 3 8 2
Pirates 6 15 0

Marv Blaylock Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .267
OBP .250 .341
At Bats 4 367
Hits 1 98
• Singles 1 73
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 42
RBI’s 0 41

Howie Pollet Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 5 1
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Forbes Field - August 31, 1956
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Strikeout
Howie Pollet
Jack Shepard
Dale Long
Bill Mazeroski
Frank Thomas
Dick Groat
Lee Walls
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Marv Blaylock
Mack Burk
Richie Ashburn
Roy Smalley

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Philadelphia Phillies 3 8 2 9
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 15 0 11
Winning Pitcher Ron Kline
Losing Pitcher Granny Hamner
Save Howie Pollet
Game Winning RBI Lee Walls
Attendance 11,147
Time of Game 2 hours 42 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mack Burk pinch runs for Solly Hemus. Howie Pollet now pitching. Blaylock strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Hemus is hit by the pitch. Baumholtz scores. Smalley moves to third. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 9 Ashburn takes first base on ball four. Smalley moves to second.
Top 9 Andy Seminick pinch hits for Ben Flowers. Seminick hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Smalley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baumholtz moves to third.
Top 9 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Jones hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Virdon hits a fly ball into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Long takes first base on ball four. Clemente moves to second.
Bottom 8 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Flowers fields it and throws to second for the out. Thomas moves to third.
Bottom 8 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 8 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kline fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lopata hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Lopata reaches second base with a double. Ashburn scores.
Top 8 Blaylock hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ashburn moves to third.
Top 8 Hemus strikes out.
Top 8 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Ashburn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ben Flowers now pitching. Kline hits a popup in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Groat hits a line drive into right field. Baumholtz picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Baumholtz. Clemente scores. Virdon goes all the way around to score. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Clemente moves to third.
Bottom 7 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Stu Miller now pitching. Clemente hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Clemente reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Elmer Valo pinch hits for Duane Pillette. Valo is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Smalley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Baumholtz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Mazeroski hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Duane Pillette now pitching. Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lopata hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Greengrass scores. Hemus moves to second.
Top 6 Blaylock hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hemus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Greengrass moves to second.
Top 6 Ashburn strikes out.
Top 6 Jim Greengrass pinch hits for Ron Negray. Greengrass takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kline hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a line drive into right field. Baumholtz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ron Negray now pitching. Virdon is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Long hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn. Long reaches second base with a double. Clemente goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mazeroski scores. Walls scores.
Bottom 5 Walls hits a line drive into left field. Ennis picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ennis. Mazeroski moves to third. Walls moves to second.
Bottom 5 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 5 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Smalley hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Baumholtz hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 4 Shepard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blaylock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Groat moves to second.
Bottom 4 Groat hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Virdon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ennis hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lopata hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blaylock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Hemus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hamner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Shepard scores. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Shepard moves to third.
Bottom 3 Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Shepard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ashburn for the out.
Top 3 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. Smalley moves to second.
Top 3 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Baumholtz hits a line drive into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hemus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a line drive towards short. Smalley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Virdon hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ennis hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lopata hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Long hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Long for the out.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards first. Blaylock fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Granny Hamner now pitching. Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Blaylock is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Hemus hits a line drive towards third. Thomas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.