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July 12, 1956

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Orioles 4 6 1

Bob Nieman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .323
OBP .500 .408
At Bats 2 201
Hits 1 65
• Singles 0 45
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 1 8
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 3 41

Tom Gorman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 1
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Memorial Stadium - July 12, 1956
Out
Tom Gorman
Joe Ginsberg
Vic Power
Jim Finigan
Hector Lopez
Mike Baxes
Gus Zernial
Harry Simpson
Lou Skizas
Bob Nieman
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Nieman hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Tom Gorman now pitching. Kell hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnny Groth pinch hits for Troy Herriage. Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 5 Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ginsberg moves to third.
Top 5 Baxes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ginsberg moves to second.
Top 5 Ginsberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Francona hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Wight strikes out.
Top 4 Lopez strikes out.
Top 4 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.
Top 4 Zernial hits a line drive towards the mound. Wight reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Miranda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes Pyburn trying to get to third. Zernial throws the ball in to Lopez, who tags Pyburn for the out.
Bottom 3 Gardner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Pyburn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields the ball and throws to Herriage covering. Safe.
Bottom 3 Troy Herriage now pitching. Triandos hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona juggles the ball. That's an error on Francona. Finigan moves to third. Power moves to second.
Top 3 Eddie Robinson pinch hits for Art Ditmar. Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robinson for the out. Baxes moves to third. Finigan moves to second.
Top 3 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baxes moves to second.
Top 3 Baxes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Kell takes first base on ball four. Francona moves to second.
Bottom 2 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Wight hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power has Gardner trapped. There's the throw to Ginsberg and over to Lopez, who tags Gardner for the out. Miranda goes all the way around to score. Wight moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Miranda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gardner moves to third.
Bottom 2 Gardner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Simpson. Gardner reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Ginsberg strikes out.
Top 2 Lopez is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simpson for the out.
Bottom 1 Pyburn hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Triandos hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nieman hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Kell hits a fly ball towards center. Simpson settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Simpson. Francona moves to third. Kell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Francona takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Skizas hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.