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August 9, 1956

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Eddie Miksis Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .254
OBP .500 .312
At Bats 4 240
Hits 2 61
• Singles 2 45
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 21

Don Gross Season Stats

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Crosley Field - August 9, 1956
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Out
Don Gross
Ed Bailey
Ted Kluszewski
Johnny Temple
Rocky Bridges
Roy McMillan
Frank Robinson
Gus Bell
Wally Post
Eddie Miksis
Harry Chiti
Solly Drake
Walt Moryn
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Kaiser strikes out.
Top 8 Solly Drake pinch runs for Frank Kellert. Chiti is walked intentionally.
Top 8 Jim King pinch hits for Pete Whisenant. Don Gross now pitching. Frank Kellert pinch hits for Jim King. Kellert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Kellert reaches second base with a double. Banks scores. Moryn moves to third.
Top 8 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski juggles the ball. That's an error on Kluszewski. Banks moves to third.
Top 8 Tom Acker now pitching. Irvin bunts towards the mound. Acker fields it and throws to first for the out. Banks moves to second.
Top 8 Rocky Bridges now playing third base. Hersh Freeman now pitching. Banks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Freeman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Hal Jeffcoat pinch runs for Smoky Burgess. There goes Jeffcoat. The throw from Chiti and he is out, Banks applying the tag.
Bottom 7 Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Joe Nuxhall. Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 McMillan hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jablonski strikes out.
Top 7 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. McMillan fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Hoak hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kaiser strikes out.
Bottom 6 Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Post hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kluszewski is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Bell reaches second base with a double. Robinson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Temple hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chiti hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Whisenant hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to third for the out. Irvin moves to second.
Top 6 Irvin takes first base on ball four. Banks moves to second.
Top 6 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski juggles the ball. That's an error on Jablonski.
Bottom 5 Nuxhall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McMillan strikes out.
Bottom 5 There goes Jablonski. The throw from Chiti and he is out, Miksis applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Jablonski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Fondy hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hoak is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Miksis scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Post hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kaiser strikes out.
Top 4 Chiti hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Whisenant hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Nuxhall bunts towards the mound. Kaiser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Moryn hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 There goes Hoak. The throw from Bailey and he is out, Jablonski applying the tag. Banks moves to second.
Top 3 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miksis scores. Hoak moves to second.
Top 3 Fondy hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miksis moves to second.
Top 3 Miksis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bailey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Post hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kaiser strikes out.
Top 2 Chiti is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Whisenant hits a line drive into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kluszewski hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Banks hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fondy scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Fondy hits a line drive into center field. Bell picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bell. Fondy moves to second.
Top 1 Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Miksis hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.