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Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 18, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Athletics, played on August 18, 1956 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | August 18, 1956 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | August 18, 1956 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Athletics |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Lou Kretlow |
Home Starting Pitcher | Early Wynn |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 4,355 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
Umpires | HP: John Rice 1B: Red Flaherty 2B: Bill Summers 3B: Bill McKinley |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Vic Power | Second Baseman |
Al Pilarcik | Center Fielder |
Lou Skizas | Right Fielder |
Harry Simpson | First Baseman |
Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
Tim Thompson | Catcher |
Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
Lou Kretlow | Pitcher |
Lou Boudreau | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Bobby Avila | Second Baseman |
Gene Woodling | Left Fielder |
Al Smith | Center Fielder |
Al Rosen | Third Baseman |
Preston Ward | First Baseman |
Rocky Colavito | Right Fielder |
Jim Hegan | Catcher |
George Strickland | Shortstop |
Early Wynn | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Athletics
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 18, 1956
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Wynn
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Wynn
Pilarcik hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skizas vs. Wynn
Skizas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simpson vs. Wynn
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Kretlow
Avila takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodling vs. Kretlow
Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Avila moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Kretlow
Smith strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rosen vs. Kretlow
Rosen takes first base on ball four. Woodling moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Ward vs. Kretlow
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson fields the ball and throws to second. DeMaestri drops the ball. That's an out and an error on DeMaestri. Avila scores. Woodling scores. Ward moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Colavito vs. Kretlow
Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Wynn
Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Wynn
Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Wynn
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Kretlow
Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson scoops it up and throws to first, with Kretlow covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Kretlow
Strickland strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Kretlow
Wynn strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Wynn
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kretlow vs. Wynn
Kretlow takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Wynn
Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kretlow moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pilarcik vs. Wynn
Pilarcik takes first base on ball four. Kretlow moves to third. Power moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Skizas vs. Wynn
Skizas hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kretlow tags and scores. Power tags and moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Simpson vs. Wynn
Simpson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Kretlow
Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodling vs. Kretlow
Woodling takes first base on ball four. Avila moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Kretlow
Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Smith reaches second base with a double. Avila scores. Woodling moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rosen vs. Kretlow
Rosen hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Woodling tags and scores. Smith scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Shantz
Bobby Shantz now pitching.
Ward strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. Shantz
Colavito hits a popup, foul, towards first. Simpson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Wynn
Zernial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Wynn
Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Wynn
Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito. Thompson reaches second base with a double. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
DeMaestri vs. Wynn
DeMaestri strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Robinson vs. Wynn
Eddie Robinson pinch hits for Bobby Shantz.
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops it up and throws to first, with Wynn covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Herriage
Troy Herriage now pitching.
Hegan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Hegan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Strickland vs. Herriage
Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lopez. Hegan scores. Strickland moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wynn vs. Herriage
Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Avila vs. Herriage
Avila takes first base on ball four. Wynn moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Woodling vs. Herriage
Woodling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Herriage
Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Wynn
Power strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Wynn
Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops it up and throws to first, with Wynn covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skizas vs. Wynn
Skizas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simpson vs. Wynn
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simpson for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Herriage
Rosen takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Herriage
There goes Rosen. The throw from Thompson and he is out, Power applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Herriage
Ward takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Colavito vs. Herriage
Colavito hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Herriage
Hegan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Herriage
Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Wynn
Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Wynn
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland misplays the ball. That's an error on Strickland. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Wynn
Thompson hits a line drive towards short. Strickland catches it and throws to second to double up Lopez. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynn vs. Herriage
Wynn hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Herriage
Avila takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodling vs. Herriage
Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Herriage
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Wynn
DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Slaughter vs. Wynn
Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Troy Herriage.
Slaughter hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Wynn
Power hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Avila reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pilarcik vs. Wynn
Pilarcik takes first base on ball four. DeMaestri moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skizas vs. Wynn
Skizas hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. McMahan
Enos Slaughter now playing right field. Jack McMahan now pitching.
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. McMahan
Ward strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Colavito vs. McMahan
Colavito hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. McMahan
Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Aguirre
Hank Aguirre now pitching.
Simpson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Aguirre
Zernial hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Aguirre
Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. McMahan
Strickland hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Aguirre vs. McMahan
Aguirre hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. McMahan
Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Aguirre
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Aguirre
DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Indians, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Slaughter vs. Aguirre
Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 8/18/1956 -- Kansas City at Cleveland (D) Kansas City AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Power V, 2b 4 0 1 0 Avila B, 2b 2 2 1 0 Pilarcik A, cf 2 0 0 0 Woodling G, lf 3 2 1 0 Skizas L, rf 3 0 2 1 Smith A, cf 4 1 1 1 McMahan J, p 0 0 0 0 Rosen A, 3b 1 0 0 2 Simpson H, 1b 4 0 0 0 Ward P, 1b 3 1 0 1 Zernial G, lf 4 0 0 0 Colavito R, rf 4 0 1 0 Lopez H, 3b 4 0 1 0 Hegan J, c 4 2 2 2 Thompson T, c 4 0 1 0 Strickland G, ss 4 0 1 0 DeMaestri J, ss 4 0 1 0 Wynn E, p 3 0 0 0 Kretlow L, p 0 1 0 0 Aguirre H, p 1 0 0 0 Shantz B, p 0 0 0 0 Robinson E, ph 1 0 0 0 Herriage T, p 0 0 0 0 Slaughter E, ph-rf 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 1 6 1 29 8 7 6 Kansas City 001 000 000 -- 1 Cleveland 203 120 00x -- 8 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Kretlow L (L) 2.1 3 5 4 3 3 Shantz B 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 Herriage T 3.0 3 3 2 4 0 McMahan J 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Wynn E (W) 7.0 6 1 1 3 3 Aguirre H (S) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 E -- DeMaestri J, Lopez H, Strickland G DP -- Cleveland 1 LOB -- Kansas City 8, Cleveland 5 2B -- Smith A, Thompson T, Hegan J HR -- Hegan J SF -- Skizas L, Rosen A T -- 2:16 A -- 4355
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