Pirates @ Phillies
September 9, 1956

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Pirates 5 10 3
Phillies 5 14 2
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Pirates 5 10 3
Phillies 6 14 2

Elmer Valo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .279
OBP .250 .381
At Bats 4 262
Hits 1 73
• Singles 1 55
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 41
RBI’s 0 29

Cholly Naranjo Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 0
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Connie Mack Stadium - September 9, 1956
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Cholly Naranjo
Hank Foiles
Dale Long
Bill Mazeroski
Frank Thomas
Dick Groat
Lee Walls
Bill Virdon
Roberto Clemente
Elmer Valo
Marv Blaylock

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 10 3 11
Philadelphia Phillies 6 14 2 8
Winning Pitcher Robin Roberts
Losing Pitcher Cholly Naranjo
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Elmer Valo
Attendance 11,104
Time of Game 2 hours 24 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Valo hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blaylock tags and scores. That run is unearned.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 There goes Blaylock. The throw from Foiles and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 10 Blaylock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Cholly Naranjo now pitching. Ennis hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Thomas hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Johnny O'Brien pinch hits for Roy Face. O'Brien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Mazeroski bunts towards first. Blaylock scoops it up and throws to first, with Hemus covering, for the out. Virdon moves to second.
Top 10 Virdon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Lopata strikes out.
Bottom 9 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Hemus 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 9 Ashburn hits a line drive into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Foiles strikes out.
Top 9 Long takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Clemente hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Roberts hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Hamner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Face fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Roy Face now pitching. Blaylock hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Walls strikes out.
Top 8 Thomas strikes out.
Top 8 Dick Hall pinch hits for Ron Kline. Hall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mazeroski hits a popup towards short. Hamner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ennis hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foiles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lopata bunts for a double play.
Bottom 7 Jones takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Hemus hits a line drive into right field. Clemente picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Clemente. Ashburn goes all the way around to score. Hemus moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Ashburn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Virdon strikes out.
Top 7 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Foiles hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Roberts fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Long hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn. Long reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Robin Roberts now pitching. Clemente hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Greengrass pinch hits for Jack Meyer. Greengrass hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Long fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Ron Kline now pitching. Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Walls strikes out.
Top 6 Thomas hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jack Meyer now pitching. Dick Cole pinch hits for Bob Friend. Cole hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hamner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ennis hits a popup towards short. Groat settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lopata hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas juggles the ball. That's an error on Thomas. Baumholtz scores. Jones moves to third. Lopata moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Jones hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baumholtz moves to third.
Bottom 5 Hemus hits a popup, foul, towards first. Long settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ashburn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Foiles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Hank Foiles now catching. Frank Baumholtz pinch hits for Ron Negray. Baumholtz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Mazeroski hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lopata settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Virdon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Clemente scores. Long moves to second.
Top 5 Groat hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Walls tags and scores. Clemente tags and moves to third.
Top 5 Ron Negray now pitching. Bob Skinner pinch hits for Jack Shepard. Skinner is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Long takes first base on ball four. Clemente moves to second.
Top 5 Clemente hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas scores. Walls moves to third.
Top 5 Walls hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third.
Top 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 4 Hamner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ennis scores. There goes Blaylock trying to get to third. Virdon throws the ball in to Thomas, who tags Blaylock for the out.
Bottom 4 Valo hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Blaylock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ennis moves to third.
Bottom 4 Ennis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Lopata hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Friend hits a fly ball into center field. Ashburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mazeroski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Hemus hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Ashburn 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 Haddix hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Shepard hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Long takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hamner hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Blaylock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mazeroski fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Ennis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jones juggles the ball. That's an error on Jones. Mazeroski scores. Friend moves to third. Thomas moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Friend bunts towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to home to get Virdon. Mazeroski moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Mazeroski takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Virdon hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Ashburn, who is chasing the ball. Virdon reaches third base with a triple. Shepard scores.
Top 2 Groat hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Haddix fields it and throws to first for the out. Shepard moves to second.
Top 2 Shepard hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lopata strikes out.
Bottom 1 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Thomas fields it and throws to first for the out. Ashburn scores.
Bottom 1 Hemus strikes out.
Bottom 1 Ashburn hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Virdon, who is chasing the ball. Ashburn reaches third base with a triple.
Top 1 Long hits a fly ball into right field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Clemente strikes out.
Top 1 Walls hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Thomas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hemus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.