GAME LOG Brooklyn @ Pittsburgh
Thursday, 9/21/1956
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 1st.
Pitching: Ray Crone
LF Cal Abrams:
Flies out to left-center.
3B Willie Jones:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
CF Duke Snider:
DOUBLES down the left field line.
RF Hank Aaron:
SINGLES to center
D. Snider to third.
D. Snider scores.
1B Gil Hodges:
2-RUN HOMERUN to deep right-center. (391 feet)
2B Bobby Morgan:
Base on balls.
C Bruce Edwards:
Base on balls.
B. Morgan to second.
SS Daryl Spencer:
Grounds out to the pitcher.
Inning over... 3 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 3, Pittsburgh 0
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 1st.
Pitching: Ralph Branca
3B Dale Coogan:
Flies out to center field.
1B Vic Power:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep left-center. (390 feet)
CF Willie Mays:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
LF Jack Phillips:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
Inning over... one run, one hit, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 3, Pittsburgh 1
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 2nd.
Pitching: Ray Crone
P Ralph Branca:
DOUBLES to deep right field.
LF Cal Abrams:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
3B Willie Jones:
Flies out to center field.
CF Duke Snider:
Base on balls.
RF Hank Aaron:
Base on balls.
R. Branca to third.
D. Snider to second.
1B Gil Hodges:
GRAND SLAM HOMERUN to deep center field. (446 feet)
2B Bobby Morgan:
SINGLES down the left field line.
C Bruce Edwards:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... 4 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 7, Pittsburgh 1
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 2nd.
Pitching: Ralph Branca
SS George Strickland:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep left-center. (392 feet)
RF Gus Bell:
DOUBLES to the gap in right-center.
C Les Moss:
SINGLES to right
G. Bell to third.
G. Bell scores.
2B Gene Mauch:
Grounded into double play, 3-6-3.
P Ray Crone:
Strikes out swinging.
Inning over... 2 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 7, Pittsburgh 3
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 3rd.
Pitching: Ray Crone
SS Daryl Spencer:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
P Ralph Branca:
Strikes out looking.
LF Cal Abrams:
Flies out to deep center field.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 7, Pittsburgh 3
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 3rd.
Pitching: Ralph Branca
3B Dale Coogan:
SINGLES to shallow right field.
1B Vic Power:
SINGLES to right
D. Coogan to second.
CF Willie Mays:
Grounded into double play, 4-6-3.
D. Coogan to third.
LF Jack Phillips:
DOUBLES to deep center field.
D. Coogan scores.
SS George Strickland:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
Inning over... one run, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 7, Pittsburgh 4
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 4th.
Pitching: Ray Crone
3B Willie Jones:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
CF Duke Snider:
Base on balls.
RF Hank Aaron:
Flies out to the gap in right-center.
1B Gil Hodges:
Snider steals second.
Flies out to left-center.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 7, Pittsburgh 4
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 4th.
Pitching: Ralph Branca
RF Gus Bell:
Base on balls.
C Les Moss:
Strikes out swinging.
2B Gene Mauch:
Base on balls.
G. Bell to second.
P Ray Crone:
SAC BUNT.
Bell advances to third.
Mauch advances to second.
3B Dale Coogan:
SINGLES to center
G. Bell scores.
G. Mauch to third.
G. Mauch scores.
1B Vic Power:
SINGLES down the first-base line.
D. Coogan to second.
CF Willie Mays:
DOUBLES down the left field line.
D. Coogan scores.
V. Power scores.
LF Jack Phillips:
Strikes out looking.
Inning over... 4 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 8, Brooklyn 7
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 5th.
Pitching: Ray Crone
2B Bobby Morgan:
Base on balls.
C Bruce Edwards:
DOUBLES to deep left field.
B. Morgan to third.
SS Daryl Spencer:
SINGLES down the third-base line.
B. Morgan scores.
B. Edwards to third.
Edwards tries to score...
He scores without a throw.
New pitcher: Roger Craig.
P Ralph Branca:
PH George Shuba:
Base on balls.
D. Spencer to second.
LF Cal Abrams:
BUNT SINGLE.
Spencer advances to third.
Shuba advances to second.
3B Willie Jones:
SINGLES to center
D. Spencer scores.
G. Shuba to third.
C. Abrams to second.
CF Duke Snider:
Grounded into double play, 4-6-3.
G. Shuba scores.
C. Abrams to third.
RF Hank Aaron:
Flies out to shallow right-center.
Inning over... 4 runs, 4 hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 11, Pittsburgh 8
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 5th.
Pitching: Ralph Branca
New pitcher: Bob Miller.
SS George Strickland:
Strikes out swinging.
RF Gus Bell:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
C Les Moss:
SINGLES to short left-center.
2B Gene Mauch:
Reaches on a fielding error by the shortstop.
L. Moss to second.
PH Joe Caffie:
Base on balls.
L. Moss to third.
G. Mauch to second.
3B Dale Coogan:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, one error.
Score: Brooklyn 11, Pittsburgh 8
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 6th.
Pitching: Roger Craig
New pitcher: Vern Bickford.
1B Gil Hodges:
Flies out to left field.
2B Bobby Morgan:
DOUBLES down the left field line.
C Bruce Edwards:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
SS Daryl Spencer:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 11, Pittsburgh 8
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 6th.
Pitching: Bob Miller
1B Vic Power:
SINGLES to center
CF Willie Mays:
Grounded into double play, 5-4-3.
LF Jack Phillips:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 11, Pittsburgh 8
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 7th.
Pitching: Vern Bickford
PH Billy Goodman:
Base on balls.
LF Cal Abrams:
SAC BUNT.
Goodman advances to second.
3B Willie Jones:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
CF Duke Snider:
Grounds out to the pitcher.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 11, Pittsburgh 8
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 7th.
Pitching: Bob Miller
New pitcher: Bud Podbielan.
SS George Strickland:
Reaches on a throwing error by the shortstop.
PH Charlie Maxwell:
2-RUN HOMERUN to deep center field. (431 feet)
C Les Moss:
Flies out to deep center field.
2B Gene Mauch:
Flies out to center field.
PH Wally Post:
DOUBLES to the gap in right-center.
PH Hobie Landrith:
Wild pitch.
W. Post to third.
Grounds out to the first baseman.
Inning over... 2 runs, 2 hits, one error.
Score: Brooklyn 11, Pittsburgh 10
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 8th.
Pitching: Vern Bickford
New pitcher: Bill Werle.
RF Hank Aaron:
New 3B: Danny O'connell.
New 1B: Charlie Maxwell.
New RF: Wally Westlake.
Grounds out to the third baseman.
1B Gil Hodges:
SINGLES to right
PH Roy Campanella:
Strikes out swinging.
C Bruce Edwards:
Grounds out to the pitcher.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 11, Pittsburgh 10
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 8th.
Pitching: Bud Podbielan
3B Danny O'connell:
New C : Roy Campanella.
New 2B: Tommy Brown.
Flies out down the right field line.
CF Willie Mays:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
LF Jack Phillips:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 11, Pittsburgh 10
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 9th.
Pitching: Bill Werle
SS Daryl Spencer:
Hit by pitch.
PH Chico Carrasquel:
Flies out to short left-center.
PH Andy Pafko:
Spencer caught stealing at second.
Grounds out to the shortstop.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 11, Pittsburgh 10
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 9th.
Pitching: Bud Podbielan
New pitcher: Tom Morgan.
SS George Strickland:
New 2B: Chico Carrasquel.
SINGLES to left
1B Charlie Maxwell:
Grounds out to the first baseman.
S. Rojek to second.
RF Wally Westlake:
Strikes out swinging.
2B Gene Mauch:
SINGLES to center
S. Rojek to third.
S. Rojek scores.
PH Roman Mejias:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... one run, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 11, Brooklyn 11
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 10th.
Pitching: Bill Werle
New pitcher: Luis Arroyo.
3B Willie Jones:
New SS: Stan Rojek.
Flies out to deep left-center.
CF Duke Snider:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
RF Hank Aaron:
Popped out to the second baseman.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 11, Brooklyn 11
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 10th.
Pitching: Tom Morgan
C Hobie Landrith:
Grounds out to the pitcher.
3B Danny O'connell:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
CF Willie Mays:
DOUBLES down the left field line.
LF Jack Phillips:
Reaches on a fielding error by the pitcher.
W. Mays to third.
SS Stan Rojek:
Flies out to right-center.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, one error.
Score: Pittsburgh 11, Brooklyn 11
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 11th.
Pitching: Luis Arroyo
1B Gil Hodges:
Strikes out swinging.
C Roy Campanella:
Strikes out swinging.
P Tom Morgan:
Strikes out looking.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 11, Brooklyn 11
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 11th.
Pitching: Tom Morgan
1B Charlie Maxwell:
Strikes out looking.
RF Wally Westlake:
Popped out to the first baseman.
2B Gene Mauch:
SINGLES to left
P Luis Arroyo:
SINGLES to short left-center.
G. Mauch to second.
Mauch tries to advance to third...
Snider throws to third...
SAFE at third base.
C Hobie Landrith:
Base on balls.
L. Arroyo to second.
3B Danny O'connell:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... no runs, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 11, Brooklyn 11
Batting: Brooklyn, top of 12th.
Pitching: Luis Arroyo
SS Daryl Spencer:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
2B Chico Carrasquel:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
LF Andy Pafko:
SINGLES to left
3B Willie Jones:
SINGLES down the left field line.
A. Pafko to second.
CF Duke Snider:
SINGLES to right
A. Pafko to third.
W. Jones to second.
A. Pafko scores.
W. Jones to third.
RF Hank Aaron:
Snider steals second.
Throwing error by the catcher, runner to third.
W. Jones scores.
D. Snider to third.
Base on balls.
1B Gil Hodges:
Flies out to deep right-center.
Inning over... 2 runs, 3 hits, one error.
Score: Brooklyn 13, Pittsburgh 11
Batting: Pittsburgh, bottom of 12th.
Pitching: Tom Morgan
CF Willie Mays:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
LF Jack Phillips:
SINGLES down the third-base line.
SS Stan Rojek:
Grounded into double play, 6-4-3.
Game over. Score: Brooklyn 13, Pittsburgh 11
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