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June 8, 1956

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Giants	7	10	1
Braves	2	7	3

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Giants	7	10	1
Braves	2	7	3

Hank Aaron Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.250	.308
OBP	.250	.340
At Bats	4	130
Hits	1	40
• Singles	1	24
• Doubles	0	5
• Triples	0	4
• Home Runs	0	7
Walks	0	7
RBI’s	0	23

Windy McCall Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
0	2	2

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County Stadium - June 8, 1956

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Out

Windy McCall

Wes Westrum

Bill White

Daryl Spencer

Foster Castleman

Al Dark

Whitey Lockman

Willie Mays

Don Mueller

Hank Aaron

Eddie Mathews

Johnny Logan

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
New York Giants	7	10	1	9
Milwaukee Braves	2	7	3	11
Winning Pitcher	Steve Ridzik
Losing Pitcher	Ray Crone
Save	Windy McCall
Game Winning RBI	Bill White
Attendance	33,360
Time of Game	3 hours 11 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Aaron hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Mathews takes first base on ball four. Logan moves to second.

Bottom 9 Logan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 9 Jim Pendleton pinch hits for Taylor Phillips. Pendleton hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 9 O'Connell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 9 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 White strikes out.

Bottom 8 Crandall hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Adcock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 8 Bruton hits a fly ball into center field. Mays settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Covington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Mays strikes out.

Top 8 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 8 Dark hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Aaron hits a fly ball into right field. Mueller settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Mathews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 7 Taylor Phillips now pitching. Lockman is called out on strikes.

Top 7 McCall hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Westrum is walked intentionally.

Top 7 Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. O'Connell scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Mays scores. White moves to third. Castleman moves to second.

Top 7 Castleman takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.

Top 7 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mays moves to third.

Top 7 Ernie Johnson now pitching. Danny O'Connell now playing second base. Mays takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 6 Windy McCall now pitching. Bobby Thomson pinch hits for Jack Dittmer. Thomson hits a popup towards first. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Andy Pafko pinch hits for Dave Jolly. Pafko takes first base on ball four. Covington moves to third. Crandall moves to second.

Bottom 6 Crandall takes first base on ball four. Covington moves to second.

Bottom 6 Adcock is called out on strikes.

Bottom 6 Bruton hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Covington takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Mueller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Dark hits a popup, foul, towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Lockman takes first base on ball four.

Top 6 Ridzik strikes out.

Bottom 5 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards third. Castleman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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

Bottom 5 Logan takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Spencer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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

Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.

Top 5 Dave Jolly now pitching. Mays hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

Bottom 4 Dittmer hits a popup towards short. Dark settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Chuck Tanner pinch hits for Red Murff. Tanner strikes out.

Bottom 4 Crandall takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Steve Ridzik now pitching. Adcock strikes out.

Bottom 4 Bruton hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lockman. Bruton reaches second base with a double. Aaron scores. Covington moves to third.

Bottom 4 Covington hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mathews scores. Aaron moves to third.

Bottom 4 Aaron hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mathews moves to second.

Bottom 4 Mathews takes first base on ball four.

Top 4 Mueller strikes out.

Top 4 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Logan. Dark moves to second.

Top 4 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Lockman for the out.

Top 4 Worthington strikes out.

Bottom 3 Logan strikes out.

Bottom 3 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards second. Spencer throws to second for one, and Dark throws to first, and White drops the ball.

Bottom 3 Murff hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Crandall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Westrum settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Red Murff now pitching. Westrum hits a ball on the ground towards third. Mathews fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 3 Spencer takes first base on ball four. Mueller scores. Mays moves to third. Castleman moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 3 Castleman is walked intentionally.

Top 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. Dark scores. Mueller moves to third. Mays moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 3 Mays hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan misplays the ball. That's an error on Logan. Dark moves to third. Mueller moves to second.

Top 3 Lou Sleater now pitching. Mueller hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lockman scores. Dark moves to second.

Top 3 Dark hits a ball on the ground towards first. Adcock juggles the ball. That's an error on Adcock. Worthington scores. Lockman moves to third.

Top 3 Lockman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Aaron. Lockman reaches second base with a double. Worthington moves to third.

Top 3 Worthington hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Adcock strikes out.

Bottom 2 Bruton strikes out. Westrum drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bruton out.

Bottom 2 Covington hits a popup, foul, towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Westrum hits a popup towards first. Adcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 2 Castleman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Logan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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

Top 2 Mays hits a fly ball into center field. Bruton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Aaron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Spencer fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Mathews takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Logan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dark scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Dittmer hits a popup towards third. Castleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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

Top 1 Dark hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Crandall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Lockman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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