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Orioles
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
September 16, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles, played on September 16, 1956 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 16, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Athletics
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 16, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Fornieles |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Art Ditmar |
| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 11,761 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 8 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill McKinley 1B: Bill Summers 2B: John Rice 3B: Red Flaherty |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Gardner | Second Baseman |
| Bob Boyd | First Baseman |
| Dick Williams | Center Fielder |
| Bob Nieman | Left Fielder |
| Tito Francona | Right Fielder |
| Gus Triandos | Catcher |
| Brooks Robinson | Third Baseman |
| Willie Miranda | Shortstop |
| Mike Fornieles | Pitcher |
| Paul Richards | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Vic Power | Second Baseman |
| Al Pilarcik | Center Fielder |
| Lou Skizas | Left Fielder |
| Harry Simpson | Right Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Eddie Robinson | First Baseman |
| Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
| Joe DeMaestri | Shortstop |
| Art Ditmar | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Orioles
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
September 16, 1956
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Ditmar
Gardner hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyd vs. Ditmar
Boyd hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Ditmar
Williams hits a popup towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Fornieles
Power hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Fornieles
Pilarcik hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skizas vs. Fornieles
Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda misplays the ball. That's an error on Miranda. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simpson vs. Fornieles
Simpson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skizas moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Smith vs. Fornieles
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fornieles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Ditmar
Nieman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Ditmar
Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Triandos vs. Ditmar
Triandos hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Ditmar
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Fornieles
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Fornieles
Lopez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Fornieles
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Robinson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lopez moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ditmar vs. Fornieles
Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Fornieles, and towards Miranda, who fields it and throws to first for the out. Lopez moves to third. DeMaestri moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Power vs. Fornieles
Power hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Lopez scores. DeMaestri scores. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pilarcik vs. Fornieles
Pilarcik hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Ditmar
Miranda is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fornieles vs. Ditmar
Fornieles hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Ditmar
Gardner hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skizas vs. Fornieles
Skizas hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Williams. Skizas reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Simpson vs. Fornieles
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Skizas moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Fornieles
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skizas scores. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Robinson vs. Fornieles
Fornieles fires to first and picks off Smith. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Fornieles
Robinson hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyd vs. Ditmar
Boyd hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Ditmar
Williams bunts towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Ditmar
Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Fornieles
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda misplays the ball. That's an error on Miranda. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeMaestri vs. Fornieles
The ball gets by Triandos for a passed ball. Lopez moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DeMaestri vs. Fornieles
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boyd scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats DeMaestri for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Ditmar vs. Fornieles
Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda has Lopez trapped. There's the throw to Triandos and over to Robinson, who tags Lopez for the out. Ditmar moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Power vs. Fornieles
Power hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Ditmar
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Francona for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Triandos vs. Ditmar
Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Ditmar
Robinson is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pilarcik vs. Fornieles
Pilarcik hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Francona. Pilarcik reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Skizas vs. Fornieles
Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Simpson vs. Fornieles
Simpson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Fornieles
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Robinson vs. Fornieles
Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Ditmar
Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fornieles vs. Ditmar
Fornieles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Ditmar
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Fornieles
Lopez hits a popup, foul, towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Fornieles
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ditmar vs. Fornieles
Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fornieles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boyd vs. Ditmar
Boyd 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 -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Ditmar
Williams hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Ditmar
Nieman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Fornieles
Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Power reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Pilarcik vs. Fornieles
Pilarcik takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skizas vs. Fornieles
Skizas bunts in front of the plate. Triandos fields it and throws to first for the out. Power moves to third. Pilarcik moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Simpson vs. Fornieles
Simpson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Fornieles
Smith hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Power scores. Pilarcik scores. Simpson moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Robinson vs. Ferrarese
Don Ferrarese now pitching.
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out. Simpson scores. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lopez vs. Ferrarese
Lopez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Ditmar
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Triandos vs. Ditmar
Triandos hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Robinson vs. Ditmar
Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Ferrarese
DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ditmar vs. Ferrarese
Ditmar strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Ferrarese
Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DeMaestri moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Pilarcik vs. Ferrarese
Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ferrarese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. DeMaestri moves to third. Power moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Skizas vs. Ferrarese
Skizas hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Williams. Skizas reaches second base with a double. DeMaestri scores. Power scores. Pilarcik goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Simpson vs. Moeller
Ron Moeller now pitching.
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boyd scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simpson for the out. Skizas moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Smith vs. Moeller
There's a wild pitch. Skizas scores. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Moeller
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Causey vs. Ditmar
Wayne Causey pinch hits for Willie Miranda.
Causey hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Ditmar
Tex Nelson pinch hits for Ron Moeller.
Nelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Ditmar
Gardner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boyd vs. Ditmar
Boyd hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nelson moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Williams vs. Ditmar
Williams hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/16/1956, game 2 -- Baltimore at Kansas City (D)
Baltimore AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Gardner B, 2b 4 0 0 0 Power V, 2b 5 2 3 2
Boyd B, 1b 4 0 1 0 Pilarcik A, cf 4 2 2 0
Williams D, cf 4 0 0 0 Skizas L, lf 4 2 3 3
Nieman B, lf 3 0 0 0 Simpson H, rf 4 1 1 0
Francona T, rf 3 0 0 0 Smith H, c 5 0 2 3
Triandos G, c 3 1 1 1 Robinson E, 1b 4 0 0 1
Robinson B, 3b 3 0 0 0 Lopez H, 3b 3 1 0 0
Miranda W, ss 2 0 0 0 DeMaestri J, ss 4 2 2 0
Causey W, ph 1 0 0 0 Ditmar A, p 4 0 0 0
Fornieles M, p 2 0 1 0
Ferrarese D, p 0 0 0 0
Moeller R, p 0 0 0 0
Nelson T, ph 1 0 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 1 4 1 37 10 13 9
Baltimore 010 000 000 -- 1
Kansas City 021 000 34x -- 10
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Fornieles M (L) 6.1 9 6 6 3 0
Ferrarese D 1.0 4 4 4 0 1
Moeller R 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Ditmar A (W) 9.0 4 1 1 0 3
E -- Miranda W 2
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Baltimore 2, Kansas City 7
2B -- Skizas L 2, Pilarcik A, Power V
HR -- Triandos G
SH -- Skizas L
WP -- Moeller R
PB -- Triandos G
T -- 2:08
A -- 11761
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