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Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
July 7, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Cleveland Indians, played on July 7, 1956 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | July 7, 1956 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | July 7, 1956 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Herb Score |
Home Starting Pitcher | Art Ditmar |
Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
City | Kansas City |
State | MO |
Attendance | 16,342 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 5 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bill Summers 1B: Bill McKinley 2B: Red Flaherty 3B: John Rice |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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George Strickland | Second Baseman |
Gene Woodling | Left Fielder |
Al Smith | Right Fielder |
Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
Al Rosen | Third Baseman |
Jim Busby | Center Fielder |
Chico Carrasquel | Shortstop |
Jim Hegan | Catcher |
Herb Score | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
Name | Position |
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Vic Power | First Baseman |
Lou Skizas | Right Fielder |
Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
Harry Simpson | Center Fielder |
Hector Lopez | Second Baseman |
Joe Ginsberg | Catcher |
Jim Finigan | Third Baseman |
Mike Baxes | Shortstop |
Art Ditmar | Pitcher |
Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
July 7, 1956
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Ditmar
Strickland strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Ditmar
Woodling hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Ditmar
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Ditmar
Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Score
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skizas vs. Score
Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Score
Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Score
Simpson strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Ditmar
Rosen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial who is chasing the ball. Rosen reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Busby vs. Ditmar
Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Rosen scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Ditmar
Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Ditmar
Hegan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Score vs. Ditmar
Score strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Score
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ginsberg vs. Score
Ginsberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Finigan vs. Score
Finigan hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lopez tags and scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. Score
Baxes strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ditmar vs. Score
Ditmar strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Ditmar
Strickland takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodling vs. Ditmar
Woodling strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Ditmar
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Ditmar
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Score
Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skizas vs. Score
Skizas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Power moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zernial vs. Score
Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simpson vs. Score
Simpson strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Score
Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Ditmar
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Ditmar
Busby strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Ditmar
Carrasquel hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ginsberg vs. Score
Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finigan vs. Score
Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. Score
Baxes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Finigan moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ditmar vs. Score
Ditmar hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Score
Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Power reaches second base with a double. Finigan scores. Baxes goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Skizas vs. Score
There's a wild pitch. Power moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Skizas vs. Score
Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Power scores. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zernial vs. Score
There's a wild pitch. Skizas is attempting to get to third. There's the throw and Skizas is out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Ditmar
Hegan strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Ditmar
Dale Mitchell pinch hits for Herb Score.
Mitchell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Ditmar covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Ditmar
Strickland hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Aguirre
Hank Aguirre now pitching.
Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simpson vs. Aguirre
There goes Zernial. The throw from Hegan and he is safe. Zernial steals second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Simpson vs. Aguirre
Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lopez vs. Aguirre
Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Zernial moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ginsberg vs. Aguirre
Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ginsberg for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Woodling vs. Ditmar
Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Ditmar
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Ditmar
Wertz strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Ditmar
Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finigan vs. Aguirre
Finigan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Aguirre
Baxes strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ditmar vs. Aguirre
Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel misplays the ball. That's an error on Carrasquel. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Aguirre
Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Ditmar
Busby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Ditmar
Carrasquel hits a popup, foul, towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Ditmar
Hegan hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skizas vs. Aguirre
Skizas takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zernial vs. Aguirre
Zernial hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simpson vs. Aguirre
Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Aguirre
Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Ditmar
Preston Ward pinch hits for Hank Aguirre.
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Ditmar covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Strickland vs. Ditmar
Strickland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Woodling vs. Ditmar
Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Ditmar
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ginsberg vs. Feller
Bob Feller now pitching.
Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finigan vs. Feller
Finigan strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Feller
Baxes hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Ditmar
Wertz hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Ditmar
Rosen hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Ditmar
Busby hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Ditmar
Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 7/7/1956 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (N) Cleveland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI Strickland G, 2b 3 0 1 0 Power V, 1b 4 1 2 2 Woodling G, lf 4 0 1 0 Skizas L, rf 3 0 2 1 Smith A, rf 4 0 1 0 Zernial G, lf 4 1 2 1 Wertz V, 1b 4 1 1 1 Simpson H, cf 4 0 0 0 Rosen A, 3b 4 1 1 0 Lopez H, 2b 3 1 0 0 Busby J, cf 4 0 0 1 Ginsberg J, c 4 0 1 0 Carrasquel C, ss 4 0 0 0 Finigan J, 3b 3 1 1 1 Hegan J, c 3 0 1 0 Baxes M, ss 4 1 1 0 Score H, p 1 0 0 0 Ditmar A, p 3 0 0 0 Mitchell D, ph 1 0 0 0 Aguirre H, p 0 0 0 0 Ward P, ph 1 0 0 0 Feller B, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 2 6 2 32 5 9 5 Cleveland 010 000 001 -- 2 Kansas City 110 300 00x -- 5 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Score H (L) 4.0 8 5 5 1 4 Aguirre H 3.0 1 0 0 1 1 Feller B 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Ditmar A (W) 9.0 6 2 2 1 6 E -- Carrasquel C LOB -- Cleveland 5, Kansas City 6 2B -- Power V 3B -- Rosen A HR -- Zernial G, Wertz V SB -- Zernial G SF -- Finigan J WP -- Score H 2 T -- 2:05 A -- 16342
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