GAME LOG St. Louis (N) @ Pittsburgh
Friday, 8/4/1956
Batting: St. Louis (N), top of 1st.
Pitching: Vern Law
SS Solly Hemus:
Flies out to deep left-center.
RF Dick Wakefield:
Flies out to deep right-center.
1B Steve Bilko:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 0, St. Louis (N) 0
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 1st.
Pitching: Leo Kiely
SS Gene Mauch:
DOUBLES down the right field line.
C Hobie Landrith:
SINGLES to right
G. Mauch to third.
G. Mauch scores.
1B Dale Coogan:
Strikes out swinging.
LF Charlie Maxwell:
2-RUN HOMERUN down the left field line. (447 feet)
RF Wally Westlake:
Base on balls.
3B Jack Phillips:
Grounded into double play, 4-6-3.
Inning over... 3 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis (N) 0
Batting: St. Louis (N), top of 2nd.
Pitching: Vern Law
LF Danny Gardella:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
C Joe Garagiola:
Base on balls.
3B Grady Hatton:
Flies out to shallow center field.
CF Bob Talbot:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis (N) 0
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 2nd.
Pitching: Leo Kiely
CF Wally Post:
SINGLES to center
2B George Strickland:
2-RUN HOMERUN to deep right-center. (411 feet)
P Vern Law:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
SS Gene Mauch:
Lines out to the third baseman.
C Hobie Landrith:
Flies out to the gap in left-center.
Inning over... 2 runs, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis (N) 0
Batting: St. Louis (N), top of 3rd.
Pitching: Vern Law
2B Reno Bertoia:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
P Leo Kiely:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
SS Solly Hemus:
SINGLES to right
RF Dick Wakefield:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis (N) 0
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 3rd.
Pitching: Leo Kiely
1B Dale Coogan:
Strikes out swinging.
LF Charlie Maxwell:
Base on balls.
RF Wally Westlake:
Maxwell steals second.
Base on balls.
3B Jack Phillips:
Base on balls.
C. Maxwell to third.
W. Westlake to second.
CF Wally Post:
SINGLES to shallow left-center.
C. Maxwell scores.
W. Westlake to third.
J. Phillips to second.
Westlake tries to score...
He scores without a throw.
2B George Strickland:
SINGLES to shallow right field.
J. Phillips to third.
W. Post to second.
Phillips tries to score...
He scores without a throw.
New pitcher: Harry Byrd.
P Vern Law:
Flies out to deep right field.
SS Gene Mauch:
Flies out to short center field.
Inning over... 3 runs, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 8, St. Louis (N) 0
Batting: St. Louis (N), top of 4th.
Pitching: Vern Law
1B Steve Bilko:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
PH Bobby Del greco:
DOUBLES to the gap in right-center.
C Joe Garagiola:
Flies out to left field.
3B Grady Hatton:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 8, St. Louis (N) 0
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 4th.
Pitching: Harry Byrd
C Hobie Landrith:
New LF: Bobby Del greco.
Flies out to the gap in left-center.
1B Dale Coogan:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep left field. (361 feet)
PH Danny O'connell:
Flies out to the gap in left-center.
RF Wally Westlake:
Base on balls.
3B Jack Phillips:
Base on balls.
W. Westlake to second.
CF Wally Post:
Strikes out looking.
Inning over... one run, one hit, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis (N) 0
Batting: St. Louis (N), top of 5th.
Pitching: Vern Law
CF Bob Talbot:
New LF: Gus Bell.
Strikes out swinging.
2B Reno Bertoia:
SINGLES to right
P Harry Byrd:
Grounds into fielders choice to the first baseman, Bertoia out at 2nd base.
SS Solly Hemus:
Base on balls.
H. Byrd to second.
RF Dick Wakefield:
SINGLES down the first-base line.
H. Byrd to third.
S. Hemus to second.
H. Byrd scores.
1B Steve Bilko:
SINGLES to right
S. Hemus to third.
D. Wakefield to second.
S. Hemus scores.
D. Wakefield to third.
LF Bobby Del greco:
SINGLES to shallow right field.
D. Wakefield scores.
S. Bilko to second.
Bilko tries to advance to third...
Westlake throws to third...
SAFE at third base.
C Joe Garagiola:
SINGLES down the right field line.
S. Bilko scores.
B. Del greco to second.
Del greco tries to advance to third...
He reaches third base safely without a throw.
3B Grady Hatton:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
Inning over... 4 runs, 5 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 9, St. Louis (N) 4
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 5th.
Pitching: Harry Byrd
2B George Strickland:
SINGLES to center
P Vern Law:
SAC BUNT.
Strickland advances to second.
SS Gene Mauch:
Flies out to left-center.
C Hobie Landrith:
2-RUN HOMERUN to deep right field. (371 feet)
1B Dale Coogan:
Base on balls.
New pitcher: Hoyt Wilhelm.
LF Gus Bell:
2-RUN HOMERUN to deep right-center. (388 feet)
RF Wally Westlake:
Strikes out swinging.
Inning over... 4 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 13, St. Louis (N) 4
Batting: St. Louis (N), top of 6th.
Pitching: Vern Law
CF Bob Talbot:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
2B Reno Bertoia:
Flies out to short center field.
P Hoyt Wilhelm:
Strikes out swinging.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 13, St. Louis (N) 4
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 6th.
Pitching: Hoyt Wilhelm
3B Jack Phillips:
Grounds out to the pitcher.
CF Wally Post:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
2B George Strickland:
Base on balls.
P Vern Law:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 13, St. Louis (N) 4
Batting: St. Louis (N), top of 7th.
Pitching: Vern Law
SS Solly Hemus:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
RF Dick Wakefield:
Base on balls.
1B Steve Bilko:
SINGLES to left
D. Wakefield to second.
LF Bobby Del greco:
Strikes out swinging.
New pitcher: Fred Sanford.
C Joe Garagiola:
3-RUN HOMERUN down the left field line. (369 feet)
3B Grady Hatton:
SINGLES down the right field line.
CF Bob Talbot:
Hatton caught stealing at second.
Inning over... 3 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 13, St. Louis (N) 7
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 7th.
Pitching: Hoyt Wilhelm
SS Gene Mauch:
SOLO HOMERUN down the left field line. (348 feet)
C Hobie Landrith:
SINGLES to left
1B Dale Coogan:
Base on balls.
H. Landrith to second.
LF Gus Bell:
DOUBLES to deep left field.
H. Landrith scores.
D. Coogan to third.
New pitcher: Dick Hall.
RF Wally Westlake:
Flies out to the gap in left-center.
Coogan tags up at third...
He scores without a throw.
3B Jack Phillips:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
G. Bell to third.
CF Wally Post:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
Inning over... 3 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 16, St. Louis (N) 7
Batting: St. Louis (N), top of 8th.
Pitching: Fred Sanford
CF Bob Talbot:
Flies out to deep right-center.
PH Frank Kellert:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
P Dick Hall:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 16, St. Louis (N) 7
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 8th.
Pitching: Dick Hall
2B George Strickland:
New 2B: Jack Dittmer.
Grounds out to the shortstop.
PH Les Moss:
SINGLES to shallow right field.
SS Gene Mauch:
Flies out to left field.
C Hobie Landrith:
SINGLES to center
L. Moss to second.
L. Moss to third.
1B Dale Coogan:
SINGLES to shallow right-center.
L. Moss scores.
H. Landrith to second.
Landrith tries to advance to third...
Talbot throws to third...
SAFE at third base.
LF Gus Bell:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
Inning over... one run, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 17, St. Louis (N) 7
Batting: St. Louis (N), top of 9th.
Pitching: Fred Sanford
New pitcher: Bill Werle.
SS Solly Hemus:
Base on balls.
RF Dick Wakefield:
Strikes out looking.
1B Steve Bilko:
Base on balls.
S. Hemus to second.
LF Bobby Del greco:
SINGLES to the gap in right-center.
S. Hemus to third.
S. Bilko to second.
Hemus tries to score...
He scores without a throw.
C Joe Garagiola:
Grounds into fielders choice to the shortstop, Del greco out at 2nd base.
S. Bilko to third.
3B Grady Hatton:
Flies out to left-center.
Inning over... one run, one hit, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 17, St. Louis (N) 8
Game over. Score: Pittsburgh 17, St. Louis (N) 8
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