GAME LOG Pittsburgh @ Brooklyn
Sunday, 8/20/1956
Batting: Pittsburgh, top of 1st.
Pitching: Bill Henry
SS Gene Mauch:
Base on balls.
C Hobie Landrith:
Flies out to right-center.
1B Charlie Maxwell:
Flies out to left field.
CF Willie Mays:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 0, Pittsburgh 0
Batting: Brooklyn, bottom of 1st.
Pitching: Bill Macdonald
LF Cal Abrams:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
3B Willie Jones:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
RF Hank Aaron:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 0, Pittsburgh 0
Batting: Pittsburgh, top of 2nd.
Pitching: Bill Henry
RF Wally Westlake:
Flies out to right field.
3B Jack Phillips:
SOLO HOMERUN down the left field line. (340 feet)
LF Wally Post:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
2B Stan Rojek:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... one run, one hit, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 1, Brooklyn 0
Batting: Brooklyn, bottom of 2nd.
Pitching: Bill Macdonald
1B Gil Hodges:
SINGLES to the gap in right-center.
2B Bobby Morgan:
Flies out to short left field.
C Bruce Edwards:
2-RUN HOMERUN to deep left field. (398 feet)
CF George Shuba:
Base on balls.
SS Daryl Spencer:
Grounds into fielders choice to the shortstop, Shuba out at 2nd base.
P Bill Henry:
Flies out to short right-center.
Inning over... 2 runs, 2 hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh 1
Batting: Pittsburgh, top of 3rd.
Pitching: Bill Henry
P Bill Macdonald:
Strikes out swinging.
SS Gene Mauch:
Base on balls.
C Hobie Landrith:
Flies out to deep left-center.
1B Charlie Maxwell:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh 1
Batting: Brooklyn, bottom of 3rd.
Pitching: Bill Macdonald
LF Cal Abrams:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
3B Willie Jones:
Grounds out to the pitcher.
RF Hank Aaron:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh 1
Batting: Pittsburgh, top of 4th.
Pitching: Bill Henry
CF Willie Mays:
Flies out to left field.
RF Wally Westlake:
SINGLES to right
3B Jack Phillips:
Flies into double play, 9-3!
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh 1
Batting: Brooklyn, bottom of 4th.
Pitching: Bill Macdonald
1B Gil Hodges:
Flies out to right field.
2B Bobby Morgan:
Strikes out swinging.
C Bruce Edwards:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh 1
Batting: Pittsburgh, top of 5th.
Pitching: Bill Henry
LF Wally Post:
Base on balls.
2B Stan Rojek:
Grounded into double play, 6-4-3.
P Bill Macdonald:
SINGLES to left
SS Gene Mauch:
Strikes out swinging.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh 1
Batting: Brooklyn, bottom of 5th.
Pitching: Bill Macdonald
CF George Shuba:
Lines out to the third baseman.
SS Daryl Spencer:
SINGLES to left
P Bill Henry:
Strikes out for bunting the ball foul with 2 strikes.
LF Cal Abrams:
Grounds into fielders choice to the shortstop, Spencer out at 2nd base.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh 1
Batting: Pittsburgh, top of 6th.
Pitching: Bill Henry
C Hobie Landrith:
Strikes out looking.
1B Charlie Maxwell:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
CF Willie Mays:
DOUBLES to the gap in left-center.
RF Wally Westlake:
Base on balls.
3B Jack Phillips:
Base on balls.
W. Mays to third.
W. Westlake to second.
LF Wally Post:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
Inning over... no runs, one hit, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 2, Pittsburgh 1
Batting: Brooklyn, bottom of 6th.
Pitching: Bill Macdonald
3B Willie Jones:
Flies out to right-center.
RF Hank Aaron:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep left-center. (414 feet)
1B Gil Hodges:
Flies out to short right-center.
2B Bobby Morgan:
Lines out to the second baseman.
Inning over... one run, one hit, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 3, Pittsburgh 1
Batting: Pittsburgh, top of 7th.
Pitching: Bill Henry
2B Stan Rojek:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep left field. (388 feet)
P Bill Macdonald:
Strikes out swinging.
SS Gene Mauch:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
C Hobie Landrith:
SINGLES to right
1B Charlie Maxwell:
2-RUN HOMERUN to deep left-center. (403 feet)
CF Willie Mays:
Base on balls.
PH Les Moss:
SINGLES down the right field line.
W. Mays to second.
Mays tries to advance to third...
Aaron throws to third...
SAFE at third base.
3B Jack Phillips:
Base on balls.
L. Moss to second.
PH Gus Bell:
SINGLES to center
W. Mays scores.
L. Moss to third.
J. Phillips to second.
L. Moss scores.
J. Phillips to third.
PH Vic Power:
Grounds into fielders choice to the shortstop, Bell out at 2nd base.
Inning over... 5 runs, 5 hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 6, Brooklyn 3
Batting: Brooklyn, bottom of 7th.
Pitching: Bill Macdonald
C Bruce Edwards:
New 2B: Danny O'connell.
New C : Les Moss.
New LF: Gus Bell.
New RF: Vic Power.
Base on balls.
CF George Shuba:
Bunted into fielders choice, Edwards out at second.
PH Billy Goodman:
Wild pitch.
G. Shuba to second.
Grounds out to the second baseman.
G. Shuba to third.
PH Chico Carrasquel:
Strikes out swinging.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 6, Brooklyn 3
Batting: Pittsburgh, top of 8th.
Pitching: Bill Henry
New pitcher: Bud Podbielan.
P Bill Macdonald:
New SS: Tommy Brown.
Popped out to the first baseman.
SS Gene Mauch:
Grounds out to the pitcher.
2B Danny O'connell:
Grounds out to the shortstop.
Inning over... no runs, no hits, no errors.
Score: Pittsburgh 6, Brooklyn 3
Batting: Brooklyn, bottom of 8th.
Pitching: Bill Macdonald
LF Cal Abrams:
SINGLES to the gap in left-center.
3B Willie Jones:
DOUBLES down the left field line.
C. Abrams to third.
RF Hank Aaron:
3-RUN HOMERUN to deep center field. (434 feet)
1B Gil Hodges:
Base on balls.
2B Bobby Morgan:
Reaches on a fielding error by the first baseman.
G. Hodges to second.
C Bruce Edwards:
Base on balls.
G. Hodges to third.
B. Morgan to second.
PH Duke Snider:
Flies out to center field.
Hodges tags up at third...
He scores without a throw.
SS Tommy Brown:
3-RUN HOMERUN to deep right-center. (400 feet)
New pitcher: Bob Hooper.
P Bud Podbielan:
PH Andy Pafko:
Flies out to right-center.
LF Cal Abrams:
Grounds out to the second baseman.
Inning over... 7 runs, 4 hits, one error.
Score: Brooklyn 10, Pittsburgh 6
Batting: Pittsburgh, top of 9th.
Pitching: Bud Podbielan
New pitcher: Erv Palica.
1B Charlie Maxwell:
New CF: Duke Snider.
Flies out to short center field.
CF Willie Mays:
SOLO HOMERUN to deep right field. (364 feet)
C Les Moss:
SINGLES down the left field line.
3B Jack Phillips:
Flies out to right-center.
LF Gus Bell:
2-RUN HOMERUN to deep right-center. (420 feet)
New pitcher: Tom Morgan.
RF Vic Power:
Grounds out to the third baseman.
Inning over... 3 runs, 3 hits, no errors.
Score: Brooklyn 10, Pittsburgh 9
Game over. Score: Brooklyn 10, Pittsburgh 9
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