Giants @ Dodgers
August 14, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 3 7 1
Dodgers 1 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 3 7 1
Dodgers 1 7 0

Jim Gilliam Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .293
OBP .750 .401
At Bats 3 410
Hits 2 120
• Singles 1 96
• Doubles 1 12
• Triples 0 8
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 73
RBI’s 1 32

Marv Grissom Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 5
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Ebbets Field - August 14, 1956
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Marv Grissom
Bill Sarni
Bill White
Red Schoendienst
Foster Castleman
Daryl Spencer
Jackie Brandt
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Jim Gilliam
Charlie Neal
Dixie Howell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 3 7 1 4
Brooklyn Dodgers 1 7 0 9
Winning Pitcher Jim Hearn
Losing Pitcher Clem Labine
Save Marv Grissom
Game Winning RBI Willie Mays
Attendance 18,567
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gilliam for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Charlie Neal pinch hits for Clem Labine. Neal hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Howell moves to third.
Bottom 9 Howell hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Mueller. Howell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Rube Walker pinch hits for Gino Cimoli. Walker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Hodges strikes out.
Top 9 Sarni strikes out.
Top 9 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 White strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Jackie Brandt now playing left field. Marv Grissom now pitching. Don Mueller now playing right field. Snider hits a line drive into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops it up and throws to first, with Labine covering, for the out.
Top 8 Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Eddie Bressoud pinch runs for Hank Thompson. Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Spencer scores. Bressoud moves to third.
Top 8 Hank Thompson pinch hits for Jim Hearn. Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cimoli. Thompson reaches second base with a double. Spencer moves to third.
Top 8 Jim Gilliam now playing left field. Gino Cimoli now playing right field. Clem Labine now pitching. Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gilliam hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Gilliam reaches second base with a double. Amoros scores.
Bottom 7 Dale Mitchell pinch hits for Sal Maglie. Mitchell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Howell bunts towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Schoendienst covering, for the out. Amoros moves to second.
Bottom 7 Amoros takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Sarni strikes out.
Top 7 Castleman hits a fly ball into left field. Amoros settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 White hits a fly ball into right field. Gilliam settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Rhodes hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Snider. Rhodes reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Hodges hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jackson hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Robinson bunts towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Snider takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Mays hits a line drive into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hodges scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Schoendienst for the out.
Top 6 Brandt hits a line drive into right field. Gilliam settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Reese hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Spencer fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Gilliam hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Maglie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Howell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hearn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it, steps on third, and throws to second for the double play.
Top 5 Sarni takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Castleman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Amoros. Castleman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Amoros strikes out.
Bottom 4 Hodges hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 White hits a popup towards first. Hodges reaches out to catch the ball, and throws to second to catch Rhodes attempting to get to second, for the double play.
Top 4 Rhodes takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Snider settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Snider hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Reese strikes out. Sarni drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Reese out.
Bottom 3 There goes Gilliam. The throw from Sarni and he is out, Spencer applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Gilliam takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Schoendienst hits a line drive towards third. Jackson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brandt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spencer moves to second.
Top 3 Hearn strikes out.
Top 3 Spencer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Maglie hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Howell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer misplays the ball. That's an error on Spencer. Amoros moves to third.
Bottom 2 Amoros takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hodges strikes out.
Top 2 Castleman strikes out.
Top 2 White strikes out.
Top 2 Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Jackson for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Reese moves to third.
Bottom 1 Snider hits a line drive into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Reese bunts towards third. Castleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Gilliam hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mays hits a line drive towards third. Jackson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reese scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.