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April 20, 1956

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Richie Ashburn Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .308
OBP .750 .357
At Bats 3 13
Hits 2 4
• Singles 2 4
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 1
RBI’s 0 0

Hoyt Wilhelm Season Stats

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0 0 0
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Connie Mack Stadium - April 20, 1956
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Walk
Hoyt Wilhelm
Bobby Hofman
Gail Harris
Daryl Spencer
Hank Thompson
Al Dark
Whitey Lockman
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Richie Ashburn
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Bobby Hofman now catching. Ashburn takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Thompson strikes out.
Top 10 Ruben Gomez pinch runs for Ray Katt. There goes Gomez. The throw from Seminick and he is safe. Gomez steals second.
Top 10 Katt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 10 Jack Meyer now pitching. Mays hits a popup, foul, towards third. Morgan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Marv Blaylock pinch hits for Herm Wehmeier. Blaylock hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Wilhelm scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Blaylock for the out.
Bottom 9 Kazanski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and tags Greengrass, for the out. Seminick moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 9 Seminick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Greengrass moves to third.
Bottom 9 Lopata bunts towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it and throws to first for the out. Greengrass moves to second.
Bottom 9 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Greengrass takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan fields it and throws to home to get Lennon. Lockman moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Lockman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lennon moves to third.
Top 9 Bob Lennon pinch hits for Marv Grissom. Lennon takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ennis hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hamner hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Morgan bunts towards first. Harris scoops it up and throws to first, with Spencer covering, for the out. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 8 Ashburn takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Spencer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thompson takes first base on ball four. Dark moves to second.
Top 8 Katt hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dark takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Wehmeier strikes out.
Bottom 7 Kazanski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Katt settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Whitey Lockman now playing left field. Ray Katt now catching. Marv Grissom now pitching. Seminick hits a line drive into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mueller hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Seminick fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Whitey Lockman pinch hits for Jim Hearn. Lockman hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 George Wilson pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Harris moves to second.
Top 7 Harris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thompson moves to third.
Top 7 Spencer hits a popup in front of the plate. Seminick settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thompson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Lopata hits a popup towards third. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Greengrass hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ennis bunts towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out. Hamner moves to second.
Bottom 6 Hamner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Rhodes hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Ennis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan juggles the ball. That's an error on Morgan.
Top 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Morgan hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Wehmeier hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Hearn hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Harris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kazanski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Seminick takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Greengrass strikes out.
Top 4 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thompson takes first base on ball four. Dark moves to third. Mays moves to second.
Top 4 Rhodes hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mays hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dark moves to second.
Top 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski misplays the ball. That's an error on Kazanski.
Top 4 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kazanski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ennis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Hamner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Morgan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hearn fields it and throws to first for the out. Ashburn moves to second.
Bottom 3 Ashburn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Hearn strikes out.
Top 3 Westrum hits a fly ball into right field. Greengrass settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Harris is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Wehmeier hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Kazanski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Seminick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson throws towards first. Harris fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Harris. Seminick moves to second.
Bottom 2 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thompson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Greengrass hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Spencer is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lopata scoops it up and throws to first, with Wehmeier covering, for the out.
Top 2 Rhodes strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ennis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hamner hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Morgan strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Mays strikes out.
Top 1 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Lopata scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Dark for the out.
Top 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards third. Morgan fields it and throws to first for the out.