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August 2, 1956

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Bill Virdon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .289
OBP .333 .347
At Bats 2 270
Hits 0 78
• Singles 0 59
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 24
RBI’s 0 21

Jim Konstanty Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 8
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Forbes Field - August 2, 1956
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Single
Jim Konstanty
Hal Smith
Stan Musial
Don Blasingame
Ken Boyer
Al Dark
Whitey Lockman
Bobby Del Greco
Wally Moon
Bill Virdon
Jack Shepard
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Shepard moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jim Konstanty now pitching. Shepard takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Musial moves to second.
Top 9 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Cole hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Long hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walls tags and scores.
Bottom 8 Thomas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Walls moves to third.
Bottom 8 Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Groat scores.
Bottom 8 Groat hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Groat reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Whitey Lockman now playing left field. Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops it up and throws to first, with King covering, for the out.
Top 8 Wehmeier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moon scores. Del Greco scores. Smith moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat misplays the ball. That's an error on Groat. Moon moves to third. Del Greco moves to second.
Top 8 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas juggles the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Moon moves to second.
Top 8 Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Rip Repulski. Lockman hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Moon takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Boyer for the out.
Top 8 Nellie King now pitching. Musial hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Eddie O'Brien pinch hits for Howie Pollet. O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Shepard takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Dark hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Wehmeier strikes out.
Bottom 6 Cole strikes out.
Bottom 6 Long hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Bobby Del Greco now playing center field. Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bobby Del Greco pinch hits for Charlie Peete. Del Greco hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pollet fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pollet fields it and throws to first for the out. Musial moves to second.
Top 5 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Howie Pollet now pitching. Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas juggles the ball. That's an error on Thomas.
Bottom 4 Bob Skinner pinch hits for Bob Friend. Skinner strikes out.
Bottom 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Virdon for the out. Shepard moves to second.
Bottom 4 Shepard takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Cole hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Blasingame hits a popup, foul, towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wehmeier hits a popup towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dale Long now playing first base. Smith is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Dale Long pinch hits for Dick Hall. Long hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Walls takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Groat hits a fly ball into right field. Moon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Peete hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Repulski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Moon hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Musial moves to third. Boyer moves to second.
Top 3 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark scores. Musial moves to second.
Top 3 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to third.
Top 3 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame scores.
Top 3 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field. Clemente picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Clemente. Smith scores. Wehmeier scores. Blasingame moves to third.
Top 3 Wehmeier hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente. Wehmeier reaches second base with a double. Smith moves to third.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Peete hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Friend hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Repulski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Hall scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Virdon is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Herm Wehmeier now pitching. Shepard hits a ball on the ground for an out.
Bottom 2 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark misplays the ball. That's an error on Dark. Hall moves to third. Cole moves to second.
Bottom 2 Hall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Repulski is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cole scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Boyer hits a popup towards first. Hall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a fly ball into center field. Peete settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moon. Groat reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hall scoops it up and throws to first, with Friend covering, for the out.
Top 1 Dark strikes out.
Top 1 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Friend fields it and throws to first for the out.