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July 29, 1956

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Cardinals 2 8 1
Giants 2 7 0
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Al Dark Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .750 .283
OBP .750 .305
At Bats 4 381
Hits 3 108
• Singles 2 84
• Doubles 1 17
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 37

Hoyt Wilhelm Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 5 4
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Polo Grounds - July 29, 1956
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Single
Hoyt Wilhelm
Wes Westrum
Bill White
Red Schoendienst
Foster Castleman
Daryl Spencer
Jackie Brandt
Willie Mays
Don Mueller
Al Dark
Don Blasingame
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Blasingame hits a ball on the ground towards short. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 10 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Grady Hatton pinch hits for Tom Poholsky. Hatton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Marv Grissom. There goes Castleman. The throw from Cooper and he is safe. Castleman steals second.
Bottom 9 Castleman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Spencer moves to third.
Bottom 9 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Westrum is called out on strikes.
Bottom 9 Charlie Peete now playing center field. White strikes out.
Top 9 Charlie Peete pinch hits for Bobby Del Greco. Peete is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grissom fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Lockman hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Mueller hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Repulski hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out.
Top 8 Wes Westrum now catching. Foster Castleman now playing third base. Marv Grissom now pitching. Daryl Spencer now playing shortstop. Dark strikes out.
Bottom 7 Foster Castleman pinch runs for Hank Thompson. George Wilson pinch hits for Johnny Antonelli. Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hank Thompson pinch hits for Eddie Bressoud. Thompson takes first base on ball four. Spencer moves to second.
Bottom 7 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer juggles the ball. That's an error on Boyer. Mays scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 7 Dusty Rhodes pinch hits for Bill Sarni. Rhodes hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 White hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Mays moves to second.
Bottom 7 Mays hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Blasingame 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 7 Poholsky hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Del Greco hits a fly ball into left field. Brandt settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards first. Musial scoops it up and throws to first, with Poholsky covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Mueller hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Whitey Lockman now playing right field. Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Whitey Lockman pinch runs for Hank Sauer. Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Antonelli fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Top 6 Hank Sauer pinch hits for Wally Moon. Sauer is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Repulski hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brandt. Repulski reaches second base with a double. Boyer moves to third.
Top 6 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dark scores.
Top 6 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. Dark moves to third.
Top 6 Dark hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Brandt. Dark reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Antonelli hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Spencer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Blasingame 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 5 Poholsky hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Del Greco hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 White takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Mueller hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Moon hits a popup towards short. Bressoud settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Repulski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Boyer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Brandt hits a fly ball into center field. Del Greco settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Antonelli hits a popup towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Musial hits a popup towards third. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Blasingame moves to second.
Top 3 Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Poholsky is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Del Greco hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Spencer strikes out. Cooper drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Spencer out.
Bottom 2 Sarni hits a popup, foul, towards first. Musial settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Cooper hits a ball on the ground towards third. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Moon strikes out.
Top 2 Repulski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brandt hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Blasingame settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Musial hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Musial for the out. Dark moves to second.
Top 1 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Blasingame is called out on strikes.