Giants @ Reds
June 1, 1956

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Giants	3	7	0
Reds	2	10	1

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Giants	3	7	0
Reds	2	10	1

Roy McMillan Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.306
OBP	.500	.392
At Bats	2	124
Hits	0	38
• Singles	0	29
• Doubles	0	5
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	2
Walks	2	16
RBI’s	0	18

Windy McCall Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	2	0

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Crosley Field - June 1, 1956

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Out

Windy McCall

Jim Mangan

Bill White

Wayne Terwilliger

Daryl Spencer

Al Dark

Dusty Rhodes

Willie Mays

Whitey Lockman

Roy McMillan

Ed Bailey

Alex Grammas

Jim Dyck

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
New York Giants	3	7	0	9
Cincinnati Reds	2	10	1	15
Winning Pitcher	Steve Ridzik
Losing Pitcher	Joe Nuxhall
Save	Windy McCall
Game Winning RBI	(none)
Attendance	18,909
Time of Game	3 hours 29 minutes

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Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ed Bailey pinch runs for Smoky Burgess. McMillan hits a line drive towards right. Lockman catches it and throws to home to double up Dyck.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Windy McCall now pitching. Alex Grammas pinch runs for Ray Jablonski. Burgess hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bell scores. Dyck moves to third. Grammas moves to second.

Bottom 9 Jim Mangan now catching. Jablonski takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 9 Jim Dyck pinch runs for Ted Kluszewski. Post bunts towards third. Spencer fields it and throws to first for the out. Bell moves to third. Dyck moves to second.

Bottom 9 Hoyt Wilhelm now pitching. Kluszewski takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 9 Whitey Lockman now playing right field. Dusty Rhodes now playing left field. Wes Westrum now catching. Bell hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Mays. Bell reaches second base with a double.

Top 9 Mays hits a fly ball into right field. Post settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bridges scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Art Fowler now pitching. Rocky Bridges now playing second base. Lockman strikes out.

Bottom 8 Robinson is called out on strikes.

Bottom 8 Temple hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Temple reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 8 Joe Frazier pinch hits for Joe Nuxhall. Frazier hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Frazier for the out.

Bottom 8 Wayne Terwilliger now playing second base. Daryl Spencer now playing third base. McMillan strikes out.

Top 8 Ridzik strikes out.

Top 8 Katt strikes out.

Top 8 White strikes out.

Bottom 7 Burgess hits a ball on the ground towards first. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Ridzik covering, for the out.

Bottom 7 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Post moves to third.

Bottom 7 Post hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mays. Post reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 7 Dusty Rhodes now playing right field. Kluszewski hits a line drive towards short. Dark reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Dusty Rhodes pinch runs for Don Mueller. Spencer strikes out.

Top 7 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and has Mays trapped. There's the throw to Jablonski and over to Temple, who tags Mays for the out. Mueller moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 7 Hofman bunts towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Temple covering, for the out. Mays moves to second.

Top 7 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 6 Bell 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 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hofman fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Temple is called out on strikes.

Top 6 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops it up and throws to first, with Nuxhall covering, for the out.

Top 6 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Temple misplays the ball. That's an error on Temple. Spencer scores. White scores. Katt moves to third. Lockman moves to second. Two runs are unearned.

Top 6 Ridzik strikes out.

Top 6 Katt takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.

Top 6 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Spencer moves to third.

Top 6 Spencer bunts towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 6 Mueller takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Nuxhall hits a popup towards third. Hofman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 McMillan takes first base on ball four. Burgess moves to second.

Bottom 5 Burgess takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Jablonski hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Post strikes out.

Top 5 Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Dark hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockman moves to second.

Top 5 Lockman takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Ridzik strikes out.

Top 5 Katt hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 4 Kluszewski 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 4 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Lockman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Robinson takes first base on ball four. Temple moves to second.

Bottom 4 Temple takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Nuxhall strikes out.

Top 4 White is called out on strikes.

Top 4 Spencer strikes out.

Top 4 Mueller hits a line drive towards short. McMillan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Steve Ridzik now pitching. McMillan strikes out.

Bottom 3 Burgess takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to third. Jablonski moves to second.

Bottom 3 Jablonski hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.

Bottom 3 Post hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Kluszewski hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Bell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 3 Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. McMillan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Lockman moves to third.

Top 3 Dark hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lockman moves to second.

Top 3 Lockman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hofman fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 2 Temple bunts towards the mound. Margoneri 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.

Bottom 2 Burgess hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 2 Jablonski hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hofman fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Margoneri hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nuxhall fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Katt takes first base on ball four.

Top 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Kluszewski scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. Mueller moves to second.

Top 2 Spencer strikes out.

Top 2 Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Post hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hofman fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Kluszewski hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell moves to second.

Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 1 Robinson strikes out. There goes Temple. The throw from Katt to second, and Temple is out.

Bottom 1 Temple takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Hofman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Jablonski fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Mays takes first base on ball four.

Top 1 Dark strikes out.

Top 1 Lockman strikes out.

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