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August 28, 1956

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Sammy Esposito Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .217
OBP .500 .361
At Bats 2 157
Hits 1 34
• Singles 1 26
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 0 20

Chuck Stobbs Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
12 10 1
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Griffith Stadium - August 28, 1956
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Triple
Chuck Stobbs
Clint Courtney
Pete Runnels
Herb Plews
Eddie Yost
Jose Valdivielso
Roy Sievers
Whitey Herzog
Jim Lemon
Sammy Esposito
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Esposito hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Herzog who is chasing the ball. Esposito reaches third base with a triple.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Stobbs is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sievers scores. Lemon moves to third. Plews moves to second.
Bottom 6 Plews takes first base on ball four. Sievers moves to third. Lemon moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sievers moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dixie Howell now pitching. Courtney hits a line drive towards short. Aparicio catches it and throws to second to double up Runnels.
Bottom 6 Sievers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 6 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McDonald fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Rivera hits a popup, foul, towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Moss hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Dropo hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Doby strikes out.
Bottom 5 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Jim McDonald now pitching. Stobbs takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Aparicio hits a popup, foul, towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bubba Phillips pinch hits for Bob Keegan. Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Esposito moves to third.
Top 5 Esposito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivera for the out.
Bottom 4 Valdivielso hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keegan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Plews hits a line drive towards short. Aparicio reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lemon hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Courtney hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 4 Sievers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Runnels moves to third. Sievers moves to second.
Bottom 4 Runnels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Moss hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dropo is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Minoso strikes out.
Bottom 3 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herzog for the out.
Bottom 3 Yost hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Stobbs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Doby strikes out.
Top 3 Fox bunts in front of the plate. Courtney fields it and throws to first for the out. Keegan moves to third. Aparicio moves to second.
Top 3 Aparicio hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Keegan moves to second.
Top 3 Keegan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Esposito hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Valdivielso hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Plews hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Lemon hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Esposito fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moss hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dropo hits a popup towards first. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sievers hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo throws to second for one, and Aparicio throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Herzog moves to second.
Bottom 1 Yost hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Minoso strikes out.
Top 1 Doby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doby for the out. Fox moves to second.
Top 1 Fox takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.