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September 11, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 11 14 1
Giants 5 10 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Reds 11 14 1
Giants 5 10 0

Don Mueller Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .266
OBP .500 .282
At Bats 4 372
Hits 2 99
• Singles 1 84
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 5
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 1 34

Hersh Freeman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 5 10
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Polo Grounds - September 11, 1956
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Out
Hersh Freeman
Ed Bailey
Ted Kluszewski
Johnny Temple
Alex Grammas
Roy McMillan
Frank Robinson
Gus Bell
Wally Post
Don Mueller
Daryl Spencer

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cincinnati Reds 11 14 1 9
New York Giants 5 10 0 5
Winning Pitcher Art Fowler
Losing Pitcher Joe Margoneri
Save Hersh Freeman
Game Winning RBI Ed Bailey
Attendance 3,173
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Hank Thompson pinch hits for Hoyt Wilhelm. Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bell hits a line drive towards first. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McMillan scores.
Top 9 Freeman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McMillan moves to third.
Top 9 McMillan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brandt. McMillan reaches second base with a double. Grammas goes all the way around to score.
Top 9 Grammas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bailey 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 8 Castleman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 White bunts towards the mound. Freeman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Brandt hits a popup, foul, towards third. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Post hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilhelm fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Top 8 Kluszewski is walked intentionally. Bell moves to second.
Top 8 Robinson strikes out.
Top 8 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Temple moves to third.
Top 8 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Temple hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Hersh Freeman now pitching. Schoendienst hits a popup, foul, towards third. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mueller hits a line drive into right field. Post picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Post. Rhodes moves to third. Mueller moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Steve Ridzik. Rhodes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Spencer strikes out.
Top 7 Fowler hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Grammas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Grammas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sarni hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Brandt hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bailey 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 6 Post takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Steve Ridzik now pitching. Bell hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Ridzik covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Fowler covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnny Antonelli pinch hits for Dick Littlefield. Antonelli hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Fowler is called out on strikes.
Top 5 McMillan hits a popup, foul, towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Castleman hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sarni strikes out.
Bottom 4 The ball gets by Bailey for a passed ball. White moves to second.
Bottom 4 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Grammas 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 4 Bailey strikes out.
Top 4 Post hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brandt. Post reaches second base with a double. Bell scores. Robinson goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Kluszewski strikes out.
Top 4 Robinson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Top 4 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Brandt strikes out.
Bottom 3 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Schoendienst hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Temple hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Fowler bunts towards the mound. Littlefield fields it and throws to first for the out. Grammas moves to third. McMillan moves to second.
Top 3 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Dick Littlefield now pitching. Grammas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brandt. Grammas reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Bailey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 3 Post takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to third. Robinson moves to second.
Top 3 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.
Top 3 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Margoneri strikes out.
Bottom 2 Art Fowler now pitching. Spencer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Stan Palys pinch hits for Larry Jansen. Palys is called out on strikes.
Top 2 McMillan takes first base on ball four. Grammas moves to second.
Top 2 Grammas takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Bailey hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Castleman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Sarni hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brandt scores.
Bottom 1 White hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Temple reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brandt hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Brandt reaches second base with a double. Schoendienst scores.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst bunts towards the mound. Jansen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Post is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bell bunts in front of the plate. Sarni fields it and throws to first for the out. Temple moves to second.
Top 1 Temple takes first base on ball four.