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June 15, 1956

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Gene Baker Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .289
OBP .500 .352
At Bats 4 180
Hits 2 52
• Singles 2 35
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 2 15

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Connie Mack Stadium - June 15, 1956
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Ben Flowers
Stan Lopata
Marv Blaylock
Granny Hamner
Willie Jones
Roy Smalley
Del Ennis
Richie Ashburn
Elmer Valo
Gene Baker
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Granny Hamner now playing second base. Baker hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Jim Greengrass pinch hits for Ted Kazanski. Greengrass strikes out.
Bottom 7 Jones hits a popup towards third. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miksis fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Ennis moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jim Davis now pitching. Ennis hits a fly ball towards left. Irvin settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Irvin. Blaylock scores. Lopata moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Lopata takes first base on ball four. Blaylock moves to second.
Bottom 7 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Valentinetti strikes out.
Top 7 McCullough bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Moryn moves to third. Whisenant moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 7 Whisenant takes first base on ball four. Moryn moves to second.
Top 7 Ben Flowers now pitching. Moryn is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Ashburn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Solly Hemus pinch hits for Ron Negray. Hemus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Smalley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kazanski hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Irvin strikes out.
Top 6 Lopata fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Lopata. Kellert scores. Banks moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Banks is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Ron Negray now pitching. Kellert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Ennis. Kellert reaches second base with a double. Baker goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miksis scores.
Top 6 There goes Miksis. The throw from Lopata and he is safe. Miksis steals second.
Top 6 Miksis takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Valentinetti hits a popup, foul, towards first. Blaylock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 McCullough hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Bob Miller now pitching. Whisenant hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Irvin moves to second.
Top 6 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Valo is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Ennis hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Whisenant. Ennis reaches second base with a double. Blaylock goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Lopata hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Blaylock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kellert hits a popup towards short. Smalley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Simmons hits a line drive towards third. Miksis reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Smalley hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kazanski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. McCullough settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Miksis strikes out.
Top 4 Valentinetti strikes out.
Top 4 McCullough hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Whisenant hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jones hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Valo. The throw from McCullough and he is safe. Valo steals second.
Bottom 3 Valo takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lopata is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Moryn hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Banks takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Blaylock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smalley scores. There goes Simmons trying to get to home. Moryn throws the ball in to McCullough who tags Simmons who's trying to score from second, for the out. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ashburn takes first base on ball four. Jones scores. Smalley moves to third. Simmons moves to second.
Bottom 2 Vito Valentinetti now pitching. Frank Kellert now playing first base. Clyde McCullough now catching. Simmons takes first base on ball four. Smalley moves to second.
Bottom 2 Smalley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kazanski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Jones. The throw from Chiti and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 2 Jones hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Valo hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Ennis hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Fondy strikes out.
Top 2 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miksis scores.
Top 2 Miksis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Ashburn who is chasing the ball. Miksis reaches third base with a triple. Hacker goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Hacker bunts towards first. Blaylock fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Chiti hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Whisenant hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hacker fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Blaylock takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Irvin throws the ball in to Banks who tags Ashburn trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 1 Moryn hits a line drive into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Irvin takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Smalley. Miksis moves to third. Banks moves to second.
Top 1 Fondy strikes out.
Top 1 Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Miksis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.