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May 8, 1956

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Phillies 1 3 0
Cardinals 9 10 0
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Phillies 1 3 0
Cardinals 9 10 0

Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .277
OBP .667 .365
At Bats 1 65
Hits 0 18
• Singles 0 13
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 2 9
RBI’s 0 7

Willard Schmidt Season Stats

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1 0 0
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Sportsman's Park - May 8, 1956
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Out
Willard Schmidt
Hal Smith
Wally Moon
Red Schoendienst
Ken Boyer
Don Blasingame
Rip Repulski
Bill Virdon
Stan Musial
Richie Ashburn
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Ashburn hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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Bottom 7 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Negray fields it and throws to first for the out. Musial moves to third.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ron Negray now pitching. Musial hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gorbous. Musial reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Roy Smalley pinch hits for Bob Ross. Smalley hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kazanski strikes out.
Top 7 Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Schoendienst hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 6 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Schmidt strikes out.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Virdon bunts towards the mound. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out. Repulski moves to third.
Bottom 6 Repulski hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn. Repulski reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Jones hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gorbous hits a line drive into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ennis hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ross fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bob Ross now pitching. Musial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hamner hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blaylock hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wally Westlake pinch hits for Duane Pillette. Westlake takes first base on ball four. Kazanski moves to second.
Top 5 Kazanski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Gorbous hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 3 Duane Pillette now pitching. Virdon hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Repulski hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Moon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial scores. Boyer moves to third.
Bottom 3 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn who is chasing the ball. Musial reaches third base with a triple. Blasingame goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Ennis strikes out.
Top 3 Hamner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out. Ashburn moves to third. Blaylock moves to second.
Top 3 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Ashburn moves to second.
Top 3 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Schmidt hits a line drive into right field. Gorbous settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Virdon scores.
Bottom 2 Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moon scores. Virdon moves to second.
Bottom 2 Repulski hits a line drive into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Moon. The throw from Seminick and he is safe. Moon steals second.
Bottom 2 Moon hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Kazanski strikes out.
Top 2 Seminick strikes out.
Top 2 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 1 Musial strikes out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst strikes out.
Bottom 1 Blasingame hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gorbous hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gorbous for the out.
Top 1 Ennis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hamner 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 1 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Ashburn goes all the way around to score. Blaylock moves to second.
Top 1 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.