Pirates @ Reds
July 22, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 13 1
Reds 6 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Pirates 8 13 1
Reds 6 11 0

Gus Bell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .289
OBP .250 .361
At Bats 3 339
Hits 0 98
• Singles 0 59
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 18
Walks 1 38
RBI’s 0 49

Red Munger Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 1
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Crosley Field - July 22, 1956
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Out
Red Munger
Jack Shepard
Dale Long
Bill Mazeroski
Dick Cole
Eddie O'Brien
Lee Walls
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Gus Bell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 8 13 1 8
Cincinnati Reds 6 11 0 6
Winning Pitcher Red Munger
Losing Pitcher Hersh Freeman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jack Shepard
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 24 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Robinson bunts in front of the plate. Shepard fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Dick Cole now playing third base. Temple hits a line drive towards short. O'Brien reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Shepard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Virdon scores. Walls scores. Clemente moves to second.
Top 9 Bob Skinner pinch hits for Frank Thomas. Skinner hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Long strikes out.
Top 9 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Virdon moves to third. Walls moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Walls takes first base on ball four. Virdon moves to second.
Top 9 Rocky Bridges now playing third base. Virdon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Freeman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Munger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 McMillan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Jablonski hits a line drive into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Bailey hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Munger strikes out.
Top 8 Mazeroski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bell. Mazeroski reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 O'Brien 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 8 Hersh Freeman now pitching. Shepard hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kluszewski hits a popup towards third. Thomas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon. Robinson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Temple hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 George Crowe pinch hits for Don Gross. Crowe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thomas strikes out.
Top 7 Long hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Clemente hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Walls strikes out.
Bottom 6 McMillan strikes out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Jablonski moves to third.
Bottom 6 Jablonski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Jablonski reaches second base with a double. Thurman goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Thurman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Virdon 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 6 Munger hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Bell. Munger reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Mazeroski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Don Gross now pitching. O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Stan Palys pinch hits for Joe Black. Palys strikes out.
Top 5 Shepard is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Long hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Bailey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McMillan hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Jablonski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kluszewski scores.
Bottom 4 Thurman hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Kluszewski moves to third.
Bottom 4 Bailey hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Kluszewski moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Walls hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Virdon hits a fly ball into right field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Munger hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Red Munger now pitching. Temple hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Munger fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Long moves to second.
Top 3 Shepard hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thomas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Long hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Black hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bailey scores. Jablonski scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 2 Jablonski hits a fly ball towards left. Walls settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Walls. Bailey moves to third. Jablonski moves to second.
Bottom 2 Thurman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bailey hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Joe Black now pitching. Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Law scores. Virdon moves to second.
Top 2 Virdon takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Law hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Thurman. Law reaches second base with a double. Shepard scores. O'Brien goes all the way around to score.
Top 2 Mazeroski hits a fly ball into right field. Thurman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 O'Brien hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shepard moves to second.
Top 2 Shepard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Long 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 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fowler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Walls strikes out.
Top 1 Virdon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.