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July 4, 1956

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Cardinals 6 7 2
Braves 4 6 1
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Cardinals 6 7 2
Braves 4 6 1

Bobby Thomson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .275
OBP .333 .336
At Bats 2 204
Hits 0 56
• Singles 0 38
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 11
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 36

Willard Schmidt Season Stats

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4 4 0
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County Stadium - July 4, 1956
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Strikeout
Willard Schmidt
Hal Smith
Stan Musial
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Al Dark
Rip Repulski
Bobby Del Greco
Wally Moon
Bobby Thomson
Hank Aaron
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Thomson is called out on strikes.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Bobby Del Greco now playing center field. Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Schmidt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Smith hits a popup towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out. Moon moves to third.
Top 8 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Moon moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 8 Taylor Phillips now pitching. Moon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Logan hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 O'Connell 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 7 Willard Schmidt now pitching. Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Dave Jolly. Tanner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Schmidt fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dave Jolly now pitching. Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Musial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Dark hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron who is chasing the ball. Dark reaches third base with a triple. Lockman scores. Blasingame goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned.
Top 7 Blasingame hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon scores. Repulski scores. Lockman moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 7 Grady Hatton pinch hits for Murry Dickson. Hatton hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Repulski hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Repulski reaches second base with a double. Moon moves to third.
Top 7 Frank Torre now playing first base. Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley juggles the ball. That's an error on Conley. Moon moves to second.
Bottom 6 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bruton hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boyer hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Aaron hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Repulski chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards third. Boyer fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Boyer. Logan scores. Mathews goes all the way around to score. Aaron moves all the way to home.
Bottom 5 Mathews takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Logan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Repulski. Logan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Conley hits a fly ball into center field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Dickson strikes out.
Top 5 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 4 Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thomson hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Repulski hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Moon hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Aaron hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 3 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. O'Connell scores.
Bottom 3 O'Connell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lockman who is chasing the ball. O'Connell reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Conley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Rice strikes out.
Top 3 Musial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Mathews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dickson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Adcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Dickson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Thomson is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Smith strikes out.
Top 2 Lockman takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Repulski hits a fly ball into right field. Aaron settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moon moves to second.
Top 2 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Mathews hits a fly ball into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Logan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 O'Connell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Conley fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.