Pirates @ Cardinals
August 24, 1956

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Pirates 2 5 2
Cardinals 4 5 1
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Hank Sauer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .297
OBP .667 .417
At Bats 2 128
Hits 1 38
• Singles 1 30
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 24
RBI’s 0 18

Fred Waters Season Stats

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1 1 0
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Sportsman's Park - August 24, 1956
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Single
Fred Waters
Hank Foiles
Dale Long
Bill Mazeroski
Frank Thomas
Dick Groat
Bob Skinner
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Hank Sauer
Stan Musial
Al Dark
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark scores. There goes Musial trying to get to home. Skinner throws the ball in to Thomas who relays the ball to Foiles who tags Musial who's trying to score from second, for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark moves to third. Musial moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Blasingame hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Foiles hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Waters hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Dickson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Del Greco hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Groat strikes out. Katt drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Groat out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Clemente hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Del Greco. Clemente reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Moon hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foiles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Sauer hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Long hits a popup towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Foiles hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Waters hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Musial 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 4 Dark hits a line drive into right field. Clemente picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Clemente. Katt scores. Del Greco goes all the way around to score. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 4 Blasingame hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dickson hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Del Greco takes first base on ball four. Katt moves to second.
Bottom 4 Katt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Groat hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thomas hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Clemente hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Skinner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Virdon hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Long hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Skinner hits a line drive into right field. Moon picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Moon. Mazeroski scores. Foiles moves to third. Skinner moves to second.
Top 3 Foiles takes first base on ball four. Mazeroski moves to second.
Top 3 Mazeroski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Waters hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Waters for the out.
Bottom 2 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Blasingame reaches second base with a double. Del Greco moves to third.
Bottom 2 Dickson hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat.
Bottom 2 Katt hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Moon strikes out.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Dark tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Sauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Blasingame scores. Dark moves to third.
Bottom 1 Musial bunts towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. Blasingame moves to third. Dark moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dark is hit by the pitch. Blasingame moves to second.
Bottom 1 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Virdon strikes out.
Top 1 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.