Giants @ Reds
August 28, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Giants 1 11 2
Reds 11 14 1
Top 9 R H E
Giants 1 11 2
Reds 11 14 1

Bill Sarni Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .276
OBP .500 .325
At Bats 3 304
Hits 1 84
• Singles 0 57
• Doubles 1 14
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 1 23
RBI’s 0 38

Joe Nuxhall Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 8 3
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Crosley Field - August 28, 1956
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Out
Joe Nuxhall
Bruce Edwards
George Crowe
Johnny Temple
Alex Grammas
Rocky Bridges
Stan Palys
Gus Bell
Wally Post
Bill Sarni
Jackie Brandt
Red Schoendienst

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 1 11 2 14
Cincinnati Reds 11 14 1 10
Winning Pitcher Joe Nuxhall
Losing Pitcher Ruben Gomez
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Frank Robinson
Attendance 11,632
Time of Game 2 hours 44 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Brandt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to third.
Top 9 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mays hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Edwards settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Edwards.
Top 9 Bruce Edwards now catching. Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Nuxhall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bridges takes first base on ball four. Bailey moves to third. Grammas moves to second.
Bottom 8 Grammas takes first base on ball four. Bailey moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bailey takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Post hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Crowe hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Margoneri hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Spencer hits a fly ball into left field. Palys settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Stan Palys now playing left field. George Crowe now playing first base. Rocky Bridges now playing shortstop. Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 7 Temple hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Grammas tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Grammas moves to third. Nuxhall moves to second.
Bottom 7 Nuxhall hits a fly ball towards right. Mueller settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Mueller.
Bottom 7 McMillan hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Grammas hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Grammas reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Sarni hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bailey for the out.
Bottom 6 Post takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Kluszewski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Joe Margoneri now pitching. Robinson hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Steve Ridzik pinch hits for Windy McCall. Ridzik strikes out.
Bottom 5 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Nuxhall bunts towards the mound. McCall fields it and throws to first for the out. McMillan moves to second.
Bottom 5 McMillan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Grammas hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Spencer hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Sarni hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bailey hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Post strikes out.
Bottom 4 Kluszewski hits a popup towards short. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Brandt hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mays hits a popup towards third. Grammas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Schoendienst strikes out.
Top 4 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spencer moves to third. McCall moves to second.
Top 4 McCall bunts towards the mound. Nuxhall fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Spencer moves to second.
Top 4 Alex Grammas now playing third base. Spencer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Temple hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. McMillan scores.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Grammas scores. McMillan moves to third.
Bottom 3 Windy McCall now pitching. Nuxhall bunts towards the mound. McCall fields it and throws to first for the out. McMillan moves to second.
Bottom 3 Alex Grammas pinch runs for Ray Jablonski. McMillan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grammas moves to third.
Bottom 3 Jablonski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brandt. Jablonski reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Bailey hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 3 Post hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kluszewski moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kluszewski takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Castleman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Sarni takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.
Top 3 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Brandt hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Post who is chasing the ball. Brandt reaches third base with a triple. Schoendienst goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Mays strikes out.
Top 3 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Mueller hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Temple hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. McMillan moves to second.
Bottom 2 Nuxhall bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 2 McMillan takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Worthington strikes out.
Top 2 Spencer is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Castleman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Temple settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Sarni hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Robinson. Sarni reaches second base with a double. Brandt moves to third.
Top 2 White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Kluszewski settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brandt hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Jablonski strikes out.
Bottom 1 Bailey hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bailey for the out. Kluszewski moves to third.
Bottom 1 Post hits a line drive towards first. White reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Al Worthington now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Bell scores. Kluszewski moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kluszewski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Temple hits a line drive into center field. Mays picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Mays. Temple moves to third.
Top 1 Mays hits a fly ball into left field. Robinson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Mueller hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.