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Athletics 7 @ Orioles 2
Memorial Stadium
August 22, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Kansas City Athletics, played on August 22, 1956 at Memorial Stadium. The home team Orioles were bested by the visiting Athletics with a score of 7 to 2.

Game Summary

DateAugust 22, 1956 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 7 H: 11 E: 4 LOB: 9
Runs: 7
Hits: 11
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Baltimore Orioles
R: 2 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 2
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Winning PitcherWally Burnette  
Losing PitcherBilly Loes  
SaveTom Gorman  
Game Winning RBIVic Power 

Game Info

DateAugust 22, 1956 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Athletics 
Home TeamBaltimore Orioles 
Visiting Starting PitcherWally Burnette  
Home Starting PitcherMike Fornieles  
BallparkMemorial Stadium 
CityBaltimore 
StateMD 
Attendance7,607 
Time of Game3 hours 4 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John Rice
1B: Red Flaherty
2B: Bill Summers
3B: Bill McKinley

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Lou Skizas  Left Fielder 
Harry Simpson  Right Fielder 
Hal Smith  Catcher 
Al Pilarcik  Center Fielder 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Clete Boyer  Second Baseman 
Wally Burnette  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

Baltimore Orioles Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dick Williams  Center Fielder 
Bob Boyd  First Baseman 
George Kell  Third Baseman 
Bob Nieman  Left Fielder 
Tito Francona  Right Fielder 
Joe Ginsberg  Catcher 
Billy Gardner  Shortstop 
Grady Hatton  Second Baseman 
Mike Fornieles  Pitcher 
Paul Richards  Manager 

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Athletics 7 @ Orioles 2
Memorial Stadium
August 22, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 8/22/1956 -- Kansas City at Baltimore (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    Baltimore          AB  R  H RBI
Power V, 1b           5  1  3  3   Williams D, cf        5  0  2  0   
Lopez H, 3b           5  0  1  1   Boyd B, 1b            5  1  1  0   
Skizas L, lf          4  0  1  0   Kell G, 3b            5  1  0  0   
Groth J, lf           2  1  1  2   Nieman B, lf          4  0  2  0   
Simpson H, rf         5  1  1  0   Francona T, rf        3  0  2  1   
Smith H, c            4  0  1  0   Ginsberg J, c         4  0  0  0   
Pilarcik A, cf        4  1  1  0   Gardner B, ss         4  0  0  0   
DeMaestri J, ss       4  1  1  1   Hatton G, 2b          4  0  1  0   
Boyer C, 2b           3  1  1  0   Fornieles M, p        1  0  0  0   
Slaughter E, ph       1  0  0  0   Zuverink G, p         0  0  0  0   
Gorman T, p           0  0  0  0   Frazier J, ph         1  0  0  0   
Burnette W, p         2  0  0  0   Loes B, p             1  0  0  0   
Robinson E, ph        0  0  0  0                                      
Finigan J, pr-2b      0  1  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39  7 11  7                        37  2  8  1

Kansas City      000 100 100 05 --  7
Baltimore        000 200 000 00 --  2

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Burnette W (W)       10.0  7  2  0  1  5
Gorman T (S)          1.0  1  0  0  0  0

  Baltimore            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fornieles M           6.2  5  2  2  3  1
Zuverink G            0.1  1  0  0  0  0
Loes B (L)            4.0  5  5  5  2  1

E -- Boyer C 2, Skizas L, Smith H
DP -- Kansas City 2, Baltimore 1
LOB -- Kansas City 9, Baltimore 4
2B -- Skizas L, Lopez H, Pilarcik A
HR -- Groth J
SB -- DeMaestri J
CS -- Francona T, Kell G
SH -- Fornieles M, Burnette W 2, DeMaestri J, Lopez H
HBP -- by Loes B (Power V)
WP -- Fornieles M
T -- 3:04
A -- 7607

    

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