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Athletics 3 @ White Sox 4
Comiskey Park
August 7, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Athletics, played on August 7, 1956 at Comiskey Park. The home team White Sox beat the visiting Athletics with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateAugust 7, 1956 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 3 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 4 H: 11 E: 2 LOB: 18
Runs: 4
Hits: 11
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 18
Winning PitcherPaul LaPalme  
Losing PitcherTroy Herriage  
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Game Winning RBIWalt Dropo 

Game Info

DateAugust 7, 1956 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Athletics 
Home TeamChicago White Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherLou Kretlow  
Home Starting PitcherJim McDonald  
BallparkComiskey Park 
CityChicago 
StateIL 
Attendance5,397 
Time of Game3 hours 15 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Summers
1B: Bill McKinley
2B: John Rice
3B: Red Flaherty

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  Second Baseman 
Al Pilarcik  Center Fielder 
Lou Skizas  Left Fielder 
Harry Simpson  Right Fielder 
Eddie Robinson  First Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Joe Ginsberg  Catcher 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Lou Kretlow  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Rivera  Right Fielder 
Nellie Fox  Second Baseman 
Larry Doby  Center Fielder 
Sherm Lollar  Catcher 
Walt Dropo  First Baseman 
Minnie Minoso  Left Fielder 
Fred Hatfield  Third Baseman 
Luis Aparicio  Shortstop 
Jim McDonald  Pitcher 
Marty Marion  Manager 

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Athletics 3 @ White Sox 4
Comiskey Park
August 7, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/7/1956, game 2 -- Kansas City at Chicago (D)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Chicago            AB  R  H RBI
Power V, 2b           5  1  2  2   Rivera J, rf          5  0  0  0   
Pilarcik A, cf        4  0  0  0   Fox N, 2b             4  1  3  0   
Skizas L, lf          5  0  1  0   Doby L, cf            4  2  1  1   
Simpson H, rf         5  0  2  0   Lollar S, c           5  0  3  1   
Robinson E, 1b        2  0  0  0   Dropo W, 1b           5  0  1  2   
Lopez H, 3b           4  0  0  0   Minoso M, lf-3b       3  0  1  0   
Ginsberg J, c         4  1  1  0   Hatfield F, 3b-ss     2  0  1  0   
DeMaestri J, ss       4  1  1  0   Aparicio L, ss        3  0  0  0   
Kretlow L, p          0  0  0  0   Northey R, ph         1  0  0  0   
Crimian J, p          1  0  0  0   Esposito S, ss        0  0  0  0   
Slaughter E, ph       1  0  1  1   Donovan D, ph         0  0  0  0   
Herriage T, p         1  0  0  0   Phillips B, lf        0  0  0  0   
                                   McDonald J, p         2  1  0  0   
                                   Wilson J, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Delsing J, ph         1  0  1  0   
                                   Kinder E, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Harshman J, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   LaPalme P, p          0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  3  8  3                        36  4 11  4

Kansas City      001 001 100 0 --  3
Chicago          001 020 000 1 --  4
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kretlow L             4.2  4  3  3  8  1
Crimian J             1.1  1  0  0  0  1
Herriage T (L)        3.1  6  1  1  4  0

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
McDonald J            6.1  7  3  3  1  4
Wilson J              1.2  1  0  0  1  0
Kinder E              1.0  0  0  0  0  1
LaPalme P (W)         1.0  0  0  0  0  2

E -- McDonald J, Fox N
DP -- Kansas City 2, Chicago 1
LOB -- Kansas City 7, Chicago 18
2B -- Lollar S, Delsing J, Minoso M
3B -- Fox N
HR -- Power V
SB -- Rivera J
SH -- Kretlow L, Robinson E
SF -- Dropo W
HBP -- by Herriage T (Fox N)
T -- 3:15
A -- 5397

    

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