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May 27, 1956

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Ernie Banks Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .283
OBP .500 .366
At Bats 4 99
Hits 2 28
• Singles 1 14
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 10
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 2 19

Lindy McDaniel Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 0 0
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Sportsman's Park - May 27, 1956
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Triple
Lindy McDaniel
Hal Smith
Wally Moon
Red Schoendienst
Ken Boyer
Don Blasingame
Hank Sauer
Jackie Brandt
Stan Musial
Ernie Banks
Gene Baker
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Banks hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Musial who is chasing the ball. Banks reaches third base with a triple. Baker goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Fondy strikes out.
Top 8 Baker hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Miksis hits a line drive towards third. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Moon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Sauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Sauer reaches second base with a double. Musial scores.
Bottom 7 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Musial moves to second.
Bottom 7 Musial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Turk Lown now pitching. Schoendienst hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Don Hoak pinch hits for Jim Davis. Hoak hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Landrith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Whisenant hits a line drive towards the mound. McDaniel reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Blasingame is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 McDaniel strikes out. The ball gets by Landrith. He chases the ball to the backstop. There goes Moon. He's safe. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Brandt strikes out.
Bottom 6 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes Moon. The throw from Landrith and he is safe. Moon steals third.
Bottom 6 Moon hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Moon reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Irvin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blasingame fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Moryn hits a line drive towards first. Moon reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Banks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fondy moves to second.
Top 6 Fondy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Sauer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Musial moves to third.
Bottom 5 Musial hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. There goes Schoendienst trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Musial moves to second.
Bottom 5 Schoendienst takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Moryn. Blasingame reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Jim Davis now pitching. McDaniel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Baker hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lindy McDaniel now pitching. Miksis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Harry Chiti pinch hits for Don Kaiser. Chiti hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Brandt who is chasing the ball. Chiti reaches third base with a triple. Moryn scores. Whisenant scores. Landrith goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Landrith takes first base on ball four. Whisenant moves to second.
Top 5 Whisenant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Moryn moves to third.
Top 5 Irvin is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Larry Jackson now pitching. Moryn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson juggles the ball. That's an error on Jackson.
Top 5 Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon fields the ball and throws to Poholsky covering. Safe.
Bottom 4 Brandt hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Baker reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a popup, foul, towards third. Miksis settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Baker settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Sauer moves to third.
Bottom 4 Don Kaiser now pitching. Sauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Sauer reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Baker hits a line drive into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Miksis hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Landrith moves to third. Kellert moves to second.
Top 4 Frank Kellert pinch hits for Jim Hughes. Kellert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Landrith moves to second.
Top 4 Landrith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Whisenant is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Irvin hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 4 Moryn is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Musial hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Poholsky tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Jim Hughes now pitching. Schoendienst hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Baker fields it and throws to second for the out. Poholsky moves to third.
Bottom 3 Blasingame hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Smith scores. Brandt scores. Poholsky moves to second.
Bottom 3 Poholsky hits a ball on the ground towards third. Miksis fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Smith moves to third. Brandt moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brandt takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Irvin. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Moon scoops it up and throws to first, with Poholsky covering, for the out.
Top 3 Baker strikes out.
Bottom 2 Moon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fondy scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moon for the out.
Bottom 2 Sauer is hit by the pitch. Musial moves to second.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Irvin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Blasingame tags and scores.
Bottom 2 Musial is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Schoendienst hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Moryn throws the ball in to Banks who tags Schoendienst trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Blasingame moves to third.
Bottom 2 Vito Valentinetti now pitching. Blasingame takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Miksis hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jim King pinch hits for Paul Minner. King hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whisenant scores. Landrith moves to third.
Top 2 Landrith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Whisenant moves to third.
Top 2 Whisenant takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Irvin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Moryn hits a fly ball into left field. Sauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Poholsky hits a fly ball into center field. Whisenant settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brandt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Banks has Moon trapped. There's the throw to Landrith and over to Miksis, who tags Moon for the out. Smith moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Musial scores. Sauer scores. Moon moves to third.
Bottom 1 Moon takes first base on ball four. Schoendienst scores. Musial moves to third. Sauer moves to second.
Bottom 1 Sauer takes first base on ball four. Musial moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boyer hits a fly ball into right field. Moryn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Schoendienst moves to third.
Bottom 1 Musial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blasingame scores. Schoendienst moves to second.
Bottom 1 Schoendienst hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Blasingame moves to third.
Bottom 1 Blasingame is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Banks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Fondy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Schoendienst fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Baker hits a fly ball into right field. Musial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Miksis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Poholsky fields it and throws to first for the out.