Braves @ Reds
May 12, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Braves 6 13 2
Reds 10 13 2
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Braves 6 13 2
Reds 10 13 2

Wes Covington Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .800
OBP .000 .833
At Bats 0 5
Hits 0 4
• Singles 0 2
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 3

Joe Black Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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Crosley Field - May 12, 1956
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Out
Joe Black
Smoky Burgess
Ted Kluszewski
Johnny Temple
Ray Jablonski
Roy McMillan
Frank Robinson
Gus Bell
Wally Post
Wes Covington
Bobby Thomson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Milwaukee Braves 6 13 2 9
Cincinnati Reds 10 13 2 9
Winning Pitcher Brooks Lawrence
Losing Pitcher Bob Buhl
Save Joe Black
Game Winning RBI Ray Jablonski
Attendance 7,225
Time of Game 2 hours 25 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Wes Covington pinch hits for Dave Jolly. Covington hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Burgess hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Post strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kluszewski hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Jablonski hits a popup towards first. Torre settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Black covering, for the out.
Top 8 Logan hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 O'Connell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rice moves to second.
Top 8 Torre hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Rice hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Rice settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 7 Temple hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Black strikes out.
Bottom 7 Dave Jolly now pitching. McMillan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bruton strikes out.
Top 7 Hank Aaron pinch hits for Humberto Robinson. Joe Black now pitching. Aaron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thomson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Pafko hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mathews hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on McMillan. Logan moves to second.
Bottom 6 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Post takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Jablonski. The throw from Rice and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 6 Kluszewski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Bell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lawrence fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Torre hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Lawrence covering, for the out.
Top 6 Rice hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Temple bunts towards the mound. Robinson fields it and throws to first for the out. Lawrence moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lawrence hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Humberto Robinson now pitching. McMillan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torre scoops it up and throws to first, with Robinson covering, for the out.
Top 5 Bruton 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 5 Jack Dittmer pinch hits for Bob Trowbridge. Dittmer hits a popup towards third. Jablonski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thomson hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Pafko hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Burgess hits a fly ball into right field. Pafko settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Post is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Del Rice now catching. Frank Torre now playing first base. Bob Trowbridge now pitching. Kluszewski hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mathews hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torre scores. O'Connell moves to second.
Top 4 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Torre moves to second.
Top 4 Frank Torre pinch hits for Chet Nichols. Torre hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bruton scores. Crandall moves to second.
Top 4 Crandall takes first base on ball four. Bruton moves to second.
Top 4 Bruton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Adcock hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a line drive into center field. Bruton picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Bruton. Temple scores. Robinson moves to third. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Lawrence strikes out. Crandall drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Lawrence out.
Bottom 3 McMillan hits a popup towards short. Logan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Thomson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Pafko hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Logan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Burgess hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pafko throws the ball in to O'Connell who tags Burgess trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Post moves to third.
Bottom 2 Post hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Jablonski trying to get to home. Thomson throws the ball in to Crandall who tags Jablonski, who's trying to score from second, for the out. Post moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kluszewski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kluszewski for the out. Jablonski moves to second.
Bottom 2 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Chet Nichols now pitching. Bell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 O'Connell hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Ernie Johnson. Tanner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Crandall hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Thomson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Bruton. Temple reaches second base with a double. McMillan scores.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. McMillan moves to third.
Bottom 1 Lawrence strikes out.
Bottom 1 McMillan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson. McMillan reaches second base with a double. Kluszewski scores. Post scores. Burgess goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Burgess hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jablonski scores. Kluszewski moves to third. Post moves to second.
Bottom 1 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to home to get Bell. Jablonski moves to third. Kluszewski moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kluszewski is walked intentionally.
Bottom 1 Jablonski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomson. Jablonski reaches second base with a double. Temple scores. Robinson scores. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bell bunts towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Temple moves to third. Robinson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Temple moves to second.
Bottom 1 Temple takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bruton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lawrence fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Adcock takes first base on ball four. O'Connell scores. Logan moves to third. Thomson moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 1 Thomson takes first base on ball four. O'Connell moves to third. Logan moves to second.
Top 1 Pafko hits a popup towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mathews hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski juggles the ball. That's an error on Kluszewski. O'Connell moves to second.
Top 1 O'Connell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.