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August 9, 1956

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Dodgers 6 9 0
Pirates 3 5 3
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Dodgers 6 10 0
Pirates 3 5 3

Jim Gilliam Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .288
OBP .667 .398
At Bats 2 393
Hits 2 113
• Singles 1 93
• Doubles 1 8
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 71
RBI’s 1 31

Nellie King Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 4
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Forbes Field - August 9, 1956
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Single
Nellie King
Jack Shepard
Dale Long
Bill Mazeroski
Frank Thomas
Dick Groat
Lee Walls
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Jim Gilliam
Ed Roebuck
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roebuck moves to second.

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Top 6 Roebuck hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Nellie King now pitching. Walker hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Long hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ed Roebuck now pitching. Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Cole moves to third.
Bottom 5 Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mazeroski scores. Cole moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dick Cole pinch hits for Cholly Naranjo. Cole hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mazeroski moves to third.
Bottom 5 Mazeroski takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Amoros strikes out.
Top 5 Hodges hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Naranjo fires over to first and Long drops the ball. That's an error on Long. Reese scores. Furillo moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Furillo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Reese moves to third.
Top 5 Snider strikes out.
Top 5 Cholly Naranjo now pitching. Reese takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Shepard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Groat hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Amoros. Groat reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Virdon bunts towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out.
Bottom 4 Long hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Walker. The throw from Shepard and they have the runner in a rundown. Groat applies the tag, and Walker is out.
Top 4 Gilliam hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Amoros tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Erskine bunts towards the mound. Waters fields it and throws to first for the out. Amoros moves to third. Walker moves to second.
Top 4 Walker hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Amoros moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Amoros takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Waters strikes out.
Top 3 Hodges hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jackson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There go the runners. The throw from Shepard to Mazeroski covering second. The throw back to home, and Snider is out at the plate. Furillo moves to second.
Top 3 Furillo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reese scores. Snider moves to third.
Top 3 Fred Waters now pitching. Snider hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gilliam scores. Reese moves to second.
Top 3 Reese hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gilliam moves to third.
Top 3 Gilliam hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Gilliam reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Erskine bunts towards the mound. Hall fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Mazeroski hits a popup towards first. Hodges settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Shepard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards second. Gilliam scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 2 Groat hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Walker hits a line drive towards center. Virdon catches it and throws to second to double up Hodges.
Top 2 Amoros hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hodges hits a line drive off the glove of Mazeroski, and into shallow right field. Hodges reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Long takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Furillo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Snider hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Reese tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Reese hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Walls chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Groat. Groat fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Groat. Gilliam goes all the way around to score. Reese moves to third.
Top 1 Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.