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White Sox 7 @ Athletics 4
Municipal Stadium
May 29, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Chicago White Sox, played on May 29, 1956 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting White Sox with a score of 7 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 29, 1956 
Visiting Team
Chicago White Sox
R: 7 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 7
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 4 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherJim Wilson  
Losing PitcherMoe Burtschy  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateMay 29, 1956 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamChicago White Sox 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherHowie Pollet  
Home Starting PitcherTom Gorman  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance8,662 
Time of Game3 hours 57 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Eddie Rommel
1B: Frank Tabacchi
2B: Johnny Stevens
3B: Ed Runge

Chicago White Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Fred Hatfield  Third Baseman 
Nellie Fox  Second Baseman 
Larry Doby  Center Fielder 
Dave Philley  First Baseman 
Jim Rivera  Right Fielder 
Jim Delsing  Left Fielder 
Les Moss  Catcher 
Luis Aparicio  Shortstop 
Howie Pollet  Pitcher 
Marty Marion  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Finigan  Second Baseman 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Enos Slaughter  Right Fielder 
Harry Simpson  First Baseman 
Gus Zernial  Left Fielder 
Tim Thompson  Catcher 
Johnny Groth  Center Fielder 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Tom Gorman  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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White Sox 7 @ Athletics 4
Municipal Stadium
May 29, 1956

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         Game of 5/29/1956 -- Chicago at Kansas City (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Hatfield F, 3b        6  0  2  1   Finigan J, 2b         6  0  0  0   
Fox N, 2b             7  2  1  0   Lopez H, 3b           5  0  0  0   
Doby L, cf            2  1  1  0   Slaughter E, rf       4  2  2  1   
Philley D, 1b-lf      5  0  2  1   Simpson H, 1b-cf      4  1  0  0   
Rivera J, rf          4  1  1  1   Zernial G, lf         4  0  0  0   
Delsing J, lf         4  0  0  0   Thompson T, c         5  1  2  0   
Dropo W, 1b           2  1  0  0   Groth J, cf           2  0  1  1   
Moss L, c             5  1  1  1   Power V, ph           1  0  1  1   
Donovan D, ph         0  0  0  0   Jacobs S, pr          0  0  0  0   
Lollar S, c           0  0  0  0   Pless R, 1b           1  0  0  0   
Aparicio L, ss        4  0  0  0   DeMaestri J, ss       3  0  0  0   
Minoso M, ph          1  0  0  0   Ginsberg J, ph        1  0  1  1   
Esposito S, ss        0  0  0  1   Burtschy M, p         0  0  0  0   
Pollet H, p           4  1  2  0   Lasorda T, p          0  0  0  0   
Consuegra S, p        0  0  0  0   Boyer C, ph           1  0  0  0   
Wilson J, p           2  0  0  0   Gorman T, p           2  0  0  0   
                                   Renna B, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Crimian J, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Baxes M, ph-ss        2  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     46  7 10  5                        42  4  8  4

Chicago          010 020 100 003 --  7
Kansas City      010 100 002 000 --  4

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Pollet H*             8.0  5  4  4  3  2
Consuegra S           0.2  2  0  0  0  0
Wilson J (W)          3.1  1  0  0  1  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gorman T              8.0  9  4  2  3  5
Crimian J             1.0  0  0  0  1  1
Burtschy M (L)        2.1  0  3  1  5  0
Lasorda T             0.2  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Finigan J, Zernial G, Lopez H
DP -- Chicago 2, Kansas City 2
LOB -- Chicago 13, Kansas City 6
2B -- Thompson T, Groth J
HR -- Moss L, Slaughter E
SH -- Philley D
Balk -- Gorman T
T -- 3:57
A -- 8662

    

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