Giants @ Cubs
August 23, 1956

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Bottom 7 R H E
Giants 8 13 0
Cubs 5 7 1
Bottom 7 R H E
Giants 8 13 0
Cubs 5 7 1

Dee Fondy Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .269
OBP .667 .280
At Bats 3 386
Hits 2 104
• Singles 2 78
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 0 34

Hoyt Wilhelm Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 7 5
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Wrigley Field - August 23, 1956
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Out
Hoyt Wilhelm
Wes Westrum
Bill White
Red Schoendienst
Foster Castleman
Daryl Spencer
Jackie Brandt
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Dee Fondy
Solly Drake
Pete Whisenant
Eddie Miksis

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 8 13 0 12
Chicago Cubs 5 7 1 4
Winning Pitcher Max Surkont
Losing Pitcher Warren Hacker
Save Hoyt Wilhelm
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 12,500
Time of Game 2 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Fondy hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Hoak strikes out.
Bottom 7 Drake takes first base on ball four. Miksis moves to third. Whisenant moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Frank Kellert pinch hits for Russ Meyer. Kellert hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Pete Whisenant pinch hits for Jerry Kindall. Whisenant hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 7 Windy McCall now pitching. Eddie Miksis pinch hits for Hobie Landrith. Miksis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Baker hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 7 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hoak scores. Fondy moves to third. King moves to second.
Bottom 7 King hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hoak moves to third. Fondy moves to second.
Bottom 7 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hoak moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hoak hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 7 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Russ Meyer now pitching. Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Drake hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Monte Irvin pinch hits for Jim Brosnan. Irvin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kindall hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Surkont hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Westrum strikes out.
Top 6 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Brandt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Landrith 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 Baker hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Westrum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Don Mueller now playing right field. Jackie Brandt now playing left field. Moryn strikes out.
Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Don Mueller pinch hits for Dusty Rhodes. Mueller takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 There goes Mays. The throw from Landrith and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Top 5 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 King 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 4 Fondy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hoak strikes out.
Bottom 4 Drake hits a fly ball into left field. Rhodes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Castleman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Surkont takes first base on ball four. Brandt moves to second.
Top 4 Westrum hits a fly ball into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Spencer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brandt hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Brosnan strikes out.
Bottom 3 Kindall hits a fly ball into right field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Landrith is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Jim Brosnan now pitching. White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Landrith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rhodes takes first base on ball four. Castleman scores. Schoendienst moves to third. Mays moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Castleman moves to third. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 3 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kindall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Surkont scores. Castleman moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Castleman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Westrum scores. Surkont moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Surkont hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brandt scores. Westrum moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Westrum takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Jim Hughes now pitching. Spencer hits a popup towards short. Kindall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brandt hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn who is chasing the ball. Brandt reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 White hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 3 Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy juggles the ball. That's an error on Fondy. Schoendienst scores. Mays moves to third.
Top 3 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 3 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy fields the ball and throws to Hacker covering. Safe.
Top 3 Castleman hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moryn strikes out.
Bottom 2 King 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 2 Surkont hits a popup towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Westrum hits a popup towards third. Hoak settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Hoak hits a fly ball into right field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Drake hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Surkont fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Brandt is called out on strikes.
Top 1 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Rhodes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Rhodes reaches second base with a double. Mays moves to third.
Top 1 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Castleman strikes out.