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August 26, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
White Sox 5 5 1
Orioles 1 6 0
Bottom 9 R H E
White Sox 5 5 1
Orioles 1 6 0

Bob Nieman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .327
OBP .333 .437
At Bats 3 342
Hits 1 112
• Singles 1 79
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 4
• Home Runs 0 14
Walks 0 69
RBI’s 0 54

Gerry Staley Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 0
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Memorial Stadium - August 26, 1956
Out
Gerry Staley
Sherm Lollar
Walt Dropo
Nellie Fox
Fred Hatfield
Luis Aparicio
Minnie Minoso
Larry Doby
Jim Rivera
Bob Nieman

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago White Sox 5 5 1 2
Baltimore Orioles 1 6 0 3
Winning Pitcher Gerry Staley
Losing Pitcher Hal Brown
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Fred Hatfield
Attendance 12,757
Time of Game 2 hours 10 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Boyd hits a line drive towards short. Aparicio reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first, with Zuverink covering, for the out.
Top 9 Lollar hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 George Zuverink now pitching. Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Zuverink fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Ginsberg pinch hits for Hal Brown. Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Miranda hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Triandos hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Doby hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gardner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Fox hits a popup towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield juggles the ball. That's an error on Hatfield. Kell moves to second.
Bottom 7 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rivera hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Staley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Fox fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 6 Miranda hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Walt Dropo now playing first base. Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Hatfield hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lollar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Philley hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Francona hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hatfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Nieman hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Doby 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 5 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rivera hits a popup, foul, towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Boyd hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Staley hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Philley scores. Lollar scores. Aparicio moves to second.
Top 4 There goes Lollar. The throw from Triandos and he is safe. Lollar steals second.
Top 4 Hatfield hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Philley moves to third.
Top 4 Lollar is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Philley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Philley reaches second base with a double. Doby scores.
Top 4 Minoso strikes out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Doby moves to second.
Top 4 Doby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Gardner is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Fox hits a popup, foul, towards first. Boyd settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Staley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Triandos hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Philley scoops it up and throws to first, with Staley covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Nieman is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Aparicio strikes out.
Top 2 Hatfield hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Lollar strikes out.
Top 2 Philley takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Boyd. The throw from Lollar to Aparicio and they have Boyd trapped. The throw over to Philley, who applies the tag for the out.
Bottom 1 Boyd hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Doby hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.