Pirates @ Cubs
May 6, 1956

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Bottom 3 R H E
Pirates 0 1 1
Cubs 3 4 0
Bottom 3 R H E
Pirates 0 1 1
Cubs 3 5 0

Gene Baker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .283
OBP 1.000 .397
At Bats 1 53
Hits 1 15
• Singles 1 11
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 1

Red Swanson Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼
Wrigley Field - May 6, 1956
•
Single
Red Swanson
Toby Atwell
Dale Long
Gene Freese
Preston Ward
Dick Groat
Frank Thomas
Lee Walls
Bob Skinner
Gene Baker
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Baker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 3 Walls hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it and throws to second for the out. Skinner moves to third.
Top 3 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Long takes first base on ball four. Skinner moves to second.
Top 3 Skinner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Drake hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jones bunts towards the mound. Swanson fields it and throws to first for the out. Hoak moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hoak hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Red Swanson now pitching. Landrith strikes out. Atwell drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Landrith out.
Top 2 Freese strikes out.
Top 2 Curt Roberts pinch hits for Bob Friend. Roberts strikes out.
Top 2 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Atwell hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fondy for the out.
Bottom 1 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 1 Banks hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 King hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with Freese covering, for the out. Drake scores. Baker moves to second.
Bottom 1 Baker hits a ball on the ground into center field. Walls picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Walls. Drake moves to third.
Bottom 1 Drake hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Ward takes first base on ball four. Long moves to third. Thomas moves to second.
Top 1 Thomas takes first base on ball four. Long moves to second.
Top 1 Long hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Skinner hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Freese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.