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July 1, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 7 12 5
Pirates 6 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Giants 7 12 5
Pirates 6 8 1

Lee Walls Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .305
OBP .500 .366
At Bats 4 177
Hits 2 54
• Singles 1 29
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 6
• Home Runs 1 7
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 3 31

Marv Grissom Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 1
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Forbes Field - July 1, 1956
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Marv Grissom
Bill Sarni
Bobby Hofman
Daryl Spencer
Foster Castleman
Eddie Bressoud
Jackie Brandt
Willie Mays
Bill White
Lee Walls
Eddie O'Brien

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Giants 7 12 5 10
Pittsburgh Pirates 6 8 1 6
Winning Pitcher Windy McCall
Losing Pitcher Luis Arroyo
Save Marv Grissom
Game Winning RBI Willie Mays
Attendance 23,459
Time of Game 3 hours 11 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Walls hits a line drive towards third. Castleman reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Eddie O'Brien pinch runs for Dale Long. Virdon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grissom fields it and throws to first for the out. O'Brien moves to second.
Bottom 9 Dale Long pinch hits for Bob Friend. Long hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Bobby Hofman now playing first base. Marv Grissom now pitching. Bill White now playing right field. O'Brien hits a popup towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Sarni hits a ball on the ground towards short. Groat scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Spencer hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bob Friend now pitching. Johnny O'Brien now playing second base. Bobby Hofman pinch hits for Bob Lennon. Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Brien scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Shepard strikes out.
Bottom 8 Skinner strikes out.
Bottom 8 Groat hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Thomas moves to third.
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.