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May 8, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 5 9 0
Reds 4 8 4
Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 5 9 0
Reds 4 8 4

Ed Bailey Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .475
OBP .667 .562
At Bats 3 40
Hits 2 19
• Singles 1 13
• Doubles 1 3
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 7

Don Liddle Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Crosley Field - May 8, 1956
Out
Don Liddle
Ray Katt
Bill White
Daryl Spencer
Foster Castleman
Al Dark
Whitey Lockman
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Ed Bailey

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 5 9 0 6
Cincinnati Reds 4 8 4 3
Winning Pitcher Jim Hearn
Losing Pitcher Art Fowler
Save Don Liddle
Game Winning RBI Ray Katt
Attendance 11,314
Time of Game 2 hours 11 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Don Liddle now pitching. Bailey hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Thurman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 9 Wally Post pinch runs for Ray Jablonski. Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kluszewski for the out. Robinson scores. Post moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jablonski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Robinson moves to third.
Bottom 9 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Hearn covering, for the out. Robinson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hal Jeffcoat now pitching. Rocky Bridges now playing shortstop. Hearn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Jablonski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Al Silvera pinch runs for George Crowe. Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 George Crowe pinch hits for Frank Smith. Crowe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bailey scores.
Bottom 8 Smoky Burgess pinch hits for Roy McMillan. Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bailey moves to third.
Bottom 8 Bailey hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Bailey reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Thurman strikes out.
Top 8 Castleman hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Spencer tags and scores.
Top 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Spencer moves to third.
Top 8 Spencer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Spencer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Kluszewski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jablonski hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it, throws to second, with McMillan covering, for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Frank Smith now pitching. Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Matt Batts pinch hits for Art Fowler. Batts hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hearn strikes out.
Top 6 Castleman hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 5 Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Hearn covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 There goes White. The throw from Bailey and he is safe. White steals second.
Top 5 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mays goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Katt hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dark scores.
Top 5 Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Jablonski hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lockman hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hearn strikes out.
Top 4 Bailey fires to second and picks off Mueller for the out.
Top 4 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan misplays the ball. That's an error on McMillan. Mueller moves to second.
Top 4 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fowler strikes out.
Bottom 3 McMillan strikes out.
Top 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 3 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan misplays the ball. That's an error on McMillan.
Bottom 2 Bailey hits a fly ball towards center. Mays catches it and throws to second to double up Thurman.
Bottom 2 Thurman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kluszewski hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mays hits a popup towards third. Jablonski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockman moves to third.
Top 2 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Hearn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Castleman strikes out.
Bottom 1 Jablonski hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Robinson. The throw from Katt and he is out, Dark applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 White takes first base on ball four. Spencer moves to second.
Top 1 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan misplays the ball. That's an error on McMillan. Katt scores. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Katt hits a line drive into right field. Thurman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Thurman. Mays goes all the way around to score. Katt moves to second.
Top 1 Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fowler fields it and throws to first for the out.