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July 26, 1956

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Ted Williams Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .368
OBP .250 .494
At Bats 4 204
Hits 1 75
• Singles 1 50
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 50
RBI’s 1 40

Bobby Shantz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 6
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Municipal Stadium - July 26, 1956
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Home Run
Bobby Shantz
Tim Thompson
Vic Power
Clete Boyer
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Lou Skizas
Al Pilarcik
Harry Simpson
Ted Williams
Ted Lepcio
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Williams hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 10 Ted Lepcio pinch hits for Billy Klaus. Lepcio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Shantz strikes out.
Bottom 9 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Delock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 DeMaestri strikes out.
Top 9 Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Delock strikes out.
Top 9 Buddin hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Delock fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to home to get Skizas. Simpson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 8 Simpson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Skizas moves to third.
Bottom 8 Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Pilarcik takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Daley hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bobby Shantz now pitching. Piersall hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pilarcik. Piersall reaches second base with a double. Pilarcik throws the ball in to Lopez who tags Piersall trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Vernon scores. Jensen goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Jensen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Vernon moves to second.
Top 8 Vernon takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Williams hits a line drive towards first. Power reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 7 Herriage hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ike Delock now pitching. Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Klaus hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Goodman strikes out.
Top 7 Gene Stephens pinch hits for Frank Sullivan. Stephens strikes out.
Bottom 6 DeMaestri hits a line drive towards short. Buddin reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Power strikes out.
Bottom 6 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops it up and throws to first, with Sullivan covering, for the out.
Top 6 Buddin hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Daley hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Piersall hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Skizas hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Herriage hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Vernon hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Goodman scores. Klaus moves to second.
Top 5 Klaus hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Goodman moves to second.
Top 5 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 DeMaestri hits a popup towards third. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Buddin hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Daley strikes out.
Top 4 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jensen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Vernon moves to second.
Top 4 Vernon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Power for the out.
Bottom 3 Simpson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Skizas hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pilarcik hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Klaus takes first base on ball four. Sullivan moves to third. Goodman moves to second.
Top 3 Goodman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Sullivan moves to second.
Top 3 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Buddin hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Daley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Herriage bunts towards the mound. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to second.
Bottom 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sullivan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Piersall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Vernon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simpson scores. There goes Power trying to get to third. Jensen throws the ball in to Klaus, who tags Power for the out.
Bottom 1 Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simpson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Simpson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pilarcik scores.
Bottom 1 Skizas hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pilarcik hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Piersall. Pilarcik reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Klaus hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.