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August 9, 1956

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Dodgers 7 13 0
Pirates 3 6 3
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Dodgers 7 13 0
Pirates 3 6 3

Duke Snider Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .296
OBP .500 .409
At Bats 2 371
Hits 1 110
• Singles 1 59
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 31
Walks 1 72
RBI’s 2 67

Howie Pollet Season Stats

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3 4 1
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Forbes Field - August 9, 1956
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Howie Pollet
Jack Shepard
Dale Long
Bill Mazeroski
Frank Thomas
Dick Groat
Lee Walls
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Duke Snider
Chico Fernandez
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Chico Fernandez pinch runs for Pee Wee Reese. Snider hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Snider for the out. Fernandez moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Reese hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Reese reaches second base with a double. Gilliam scores.
Top 8 Gilliam hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Walls. Gilliam reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Howie Pollet now pitching. Roebuck strikes out.
Bottom 7 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 7 Johnny O'Brien pinch hits for Roy Face. O'Brien 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 7 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roebuck fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Amoros strikes out.
Top 7 Hodges bunts towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. Jackson moves to second.
Top 7 Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Shepard hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Walker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thomas strikes out.
Bottom 6 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gilliam fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Roy Face now pitching. Furillo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Snider is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Roebuck moves to third. Gilliam moves to second.
Top 6 Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Roebuck moves to second.
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.