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July 1, 1956

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Giants 7 11 5
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Dick Groat Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .261
OBP .333 .314
At Bats 2 180
Hits 0 47
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 0 8

Hoyt Wilhelm Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 2
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Forbes Field - July 1, 1956
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Single
Hoyt Wilhelm
Bill Sarni
Bill White
Daryl Spencer
Foster Castleman
Eddie Bressoud
Jackie Brandt
Willie Mays
Bob Lennon
Dick Groat
Frank Thomas
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Clemente hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 8 The ball gets by Sarni for a passed ball. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 8 Jackie Brandt now playing left field. Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer misplays the ball. That's an error on Spencer.
Top 8 Rhodes strikes out.
Top 8 Mays hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Virdon. Mays reaches second base with a double. Schoendienst scores. Bressoud scores. White goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Luis Arroyo now pitching. White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Schoendienst moves to third. Bressoud moves to second.
Top 8 Bressoud hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Schoendienst moves to second.
Top 8 Red Schoendienst pinch hits for Windy McCall. Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Top 8 Sarni hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Spencer hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description.
Bottom 7 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Virdon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Jacobs hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Castleman hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Red Munger now pitching. Lennon hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores.
Top 7 Rhodes takes first base on ball four. White moves to third. Mays moves to second.
Top 7 Mays takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.
Top 7 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bressoud hits a fly ball into center field. Virdon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Face hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Shepard hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bill Sarni now catching. Windy McCall now pitching. Skinner hits a fly ball into right field. Lennon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 George Wilson pinch hits for Steve Ridzik. Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 6 Don Mueller pinch hits for Wes Westrum. Mueller hits a fly ball into left field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Spencer takes first base on ball four. Castleman moves to second.
Top 6 Bill Virdon now playing center field. Lee Walls now playing left field. Frank Thomas now playing third base. Roy Face now pitching. Castleman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Groat hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 The runners advance on the error. Clemente moves to second.
Bottom 5 Clemente hits a ball on the ground towards first. White fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud misplays the ball. That's an error on Bressoud. Walls scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Walls hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Pepper scores. Jacobs scores. Walls moves to second.
Bottom 5 Bill Virdon pinch hits for Dick Cole. Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Ridzik fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Ridzik. Pepper moves to third. Jacobs moves to second.
Bottom 5 Steve Ridzik now pitching. Jacobs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pepper moves to second.
Bottom 5 Pepper takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Shepard hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Lennon hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rhodes hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skinner fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. White moves to third.
Top 5 Mays hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bressoud scores. White moves to second.
Top 5 White takes first base on ball four. Bressoud moves to second.
Top 5 Bressoud hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Skinner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Littlefield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Groat takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Clemente strikes out.
Bottom 4 Thomas hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Littlefield strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Spencer. The slide. Shepard applies the tag. Spencer is out.
Top 4 Westrum hits a fly ball into right field. Clemente settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Spencer moves to third.
Top 4 Spencer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Thomas. Spencer reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Walls hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Littlefield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Jacobs. The throw from Westrum and he is out, Bressoud applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Jacobs takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Castleman hits a fly ball into center field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lennon is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Rhodes hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Mays. The throw from Shepard and he is safe. Mays steals second.
Top 3 Mays takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Pepper strikes out.
Bottom 2 Shepard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Skinner strikes out.
Top 2 Bressoud hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cole fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Bob Skinner now playing first base. Jack Shepard now catching. Littlefield hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat fields it and throws to second for the out. Castleman scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Westrum takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Walls settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Castleman moves to third.
Top 2 Castleman hits a line drive into left field. Thomas picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Thomas. Castleman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Groat hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Clemente hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Thomas scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Thomas hits a line drive into left field. Rhodes picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Rhodes. Thomas moves to second.
Bottom 1 Walls hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Cole hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bressoud scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lennon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Cole settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rhodes hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Clemente who is chasing the ball. Rhodes reaches third base with a triple. White scores.
Top 1 Mays hits a popup towards first. Shepard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes White. The throw from Foiles and he is safe. White steals second.
Top 1 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bressoud hits a fly ball into left field. Thomas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.