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July 8, 1956

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Tigers 8 18 1
White Sox 4 9 2
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Tigers 8 18 1
White Sox 4 9 2

Sammy Esposito Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .250
OBP .000 .391
At Bats 1 104
Hits 0 26
• Singles 0 21
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 23
RBI’s 0 15

Frank Lary Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 10 0
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Comiskey Park - July 8, 1956
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Walk
Frank Lary
Red Wilson
Jack Phillips
Frank Bolling
Ray Boone
Jim Brideweser
Charlie Maxwell
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Sammy Esposito
Walt Dropo
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Esposito takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 The ball gets by Wilson for a passed ball. Dropo moves to third.
Bottom 9 Dropo hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Dropo reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards third. Esposito fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio misplays the ball. That's an error on Aparicio. Boone scores. Tuttle moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Bolling strikes out.
Top 9 Tuttle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boone moves to third.
Top 9 Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Esposito fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brideweser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 8 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jim Brideweser now playing shortstop. Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Maxwell strikes out.
Top 8 Jim Brideweser pinch runs for Harvey Kuenn. Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Esposito fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Jack Harshman now pitching. Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jim Delsing pinch hits for Paul LaPalme. Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lary hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Bolling hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Esposito hits a popup, foul, towards first. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dropo hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lollar hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Paul LaPalme now pitching. Boone strikes out.
Top 6 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Phillips scores. Maxwell moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Maxwell hits a popup, foul, in back of third. Aparicio settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Aparicio.
Top 6 Phillips hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivera. Phillips reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 There goes Kuenn. The throw from Lollar and he is out, Fox applying the tag.
Top 6 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lary scores.
Top 6 Lary hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Lary reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Sammy Esposito now playing third base. Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Philley hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Minoso hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivera tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivera moves to third.
Bottom 5 Rivera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Pierce hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pierce for the out.
Top 5 Bolling hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Tuttle hits a line drive towards third. Hatfield reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kaline moves to second.
Top 5 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Maxwell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hatfield hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 4 Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Lollar hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bolling catches it and throws to first to double up Philley.
Bottom 3 Philley hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 3 Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rivera is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Pierce hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Aparicio hits a popup, foul, towards first. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Maxwell hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 2 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second.
Top 2 Lary strikes out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Hatfield hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Dropo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Philley scores. Lollar scores.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Philley moves to third. Lollar moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lollar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fox scores. Philley moves to second.
Bottom 1 Philley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 1 Minoso hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Bolling hits a line drive into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There's a wild pitch. Tuttle is attempting to get to home. There's the throw to Pierce and Tuttle is out.
Top 1 Tuttle hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivera. Tuttle reaches second base with a double. Boone scores.
Top 1 Boone hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Philley who is chasing the ball. Boone reaches third base with a triple. Maxwell scores. Kaline goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Phillips scores. Maxwell moves to third.
Top 1 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Phillips moves to second.
Top 1 Phillips hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kuenn strikes out.