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July 20, 1956

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Giants 4 9 2
Cubs 7 10 1
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Giants 4 9 2
Cubs 7 10 1

Hank Thompson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .261
OBP .500 .364
At Bats 4 111
Hits 2 29
• Singles 2 17
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 18

Jim Davis Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 4 1
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Wrigley Field - July 20, 1956
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Jim Davis
Harry Chiti
Dee Fondy
Gene Baker
Eddie Miksis
Ernie Banks
Monte Irvin
Solly Drake
Walt Moryn
Hank Thompson
Willie Mays

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 4 9 0 9
Chicago Cubs 7 10 1 8
Winning Pitcher Jim Brosnan
Losing Pitcher Windy McCall
Save Jim Davis
Game Winning RBI Harry Chiti
Attendance 6,318
Time of Game 2 hours 41 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Mays hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brandt scores.
Top 9 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Davis fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Brandt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Drake. Brandt reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Jim Mangan pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Mangan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Fondy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Rhodes. Fondy reaches second base with a double. Drake scores. There goes Baker trying to get to home. Rhodes throws the ball in to Sarni, who tags Baker for the out. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Baker hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Davis scores. Drake moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Drake strikes out. The ball gets by Sarni. He chases the ball to the backstop. There goes Davis. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Bottom 8 Davis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Chiti hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Eddie Bressoud now playing shortstop. Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Daryl Spencer. Hofman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Chiti settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rhodes for the out. Mays scores. Thompson moves to third. White moves to second.
Top 8 White takes first base on ball four. Thompson moves to second.
Top 8 There goes Mays. The throw from Chiti and he is safe. Mays steals third.
Top 8 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mays moves to second.
Top 8 Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Moryn hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Irvin strikes out.
Bottom 7 Banks strikes out. The ball gets by Sarni. He chases the ball to the backstop.
Bottom 7 Bill Sarni now catching. Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Fondy 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 7 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Baker fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Brandt hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnny Antonelli pinch runs for Don Mueller. Jim Davis now pitching. Foster Castleman pinch hits for Jim Hearn. Castleman hits a fly ball into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Don Mueller pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Mueller takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Baker hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Drake takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Brosnan hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Brosnan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Chiti hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Hearn, and towards Thompson, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rhodes hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fondy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Brosnan covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Moryn 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 Irvin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fondy hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thompson hits a line drive into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Mays strikes out.
Top 5 Schoendienst hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Baker hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Drake hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields it and throws to second for the out. Moryn scores. Miksis moves to third.
Bottom 4 Jim Hearn now pitching. Brosnan strikes out.
Bottom 4 Chiti hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Irvin scores. Moryn moves to third. Miksis moves to second.
Bottom 4 Miksis takes first base on ball four. Irvin moves to third. Moryn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Moryn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Irvin moves to second.
Bottom 4 Irvin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 McCall is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miksis juggles the ball. That's an error on Miksis. Thompson scores. Rhodes moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Spencer hits a popup towards third. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rhodes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson moves to second.
Top 4 White hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Banks hits a fly ball into right field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fondy hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays who is chasing the ball. Fondy reaches third base with a triple. Baker goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Baker hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Drake bunts in front of the plate. Westrum fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brosnan 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 3 Mays strikes out.
Top 3 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Brandt is called out on strikes.
Top 3 McCall strikes out.
Bottom 2 Chiti hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Miksis hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moryn takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Irvin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 2 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Westrum hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Spencer hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Rhodes hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops it up and throws to first, with Brosnan covering, for the out.
Bottom 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. McCall scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fondy for the out.
Bottom 1 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Drake hits a fly ball into right field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Drake settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mays is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a popup towards short. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Brandt hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Drake. Brandt reaches second base with a double.