Athletics @ Tigers
August 9, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 5 0
Tigers 3 11 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 5 5 0
Tigers 3 11 0

Frank House Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .260
OBP .000 .312
At Bats 2 269
Hits 0 70
• Singles 0 54
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 40

Art Ditmar Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 13 0
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Briggs Stadium - August 9, 1956
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Out
Art Ditmar
Tim Thompson
Harry Simpson
Vic Power
Clete Boyer
Mike Baxes
Johnny Groth
Al Pilarcik
Lou Skizas
Frank House
Frank Bolling

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 5 5 0 5
Detroit Tigers 3 11 0 5
Winning Pitcher Art Ditmar
Losing Pitcher Virgil Trucks
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Gus Zernial
Attendance 4,485
Time of Game 2 hours 9 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

House hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Baxes fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 9 Tuttle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Power hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Baxes moves to third.
Top 9 Boyer bunts towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. Baxes moves to second.
Top 9 Walt Masterson now pitching. Baxes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Steve Gromek. Belardi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnny Groth now playing left field. Maxwell hits a line drive towards first. Simpson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Zernial hits a line drive towards third. Kennedy reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gromek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Torgeson hits a line drive towards first. Simpson catches it and steps on first to double up Kennedy.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kennedy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Skizas hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pilarcik takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Power hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ditmar hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats House for the out.
Bottom 6 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Tuttle reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Gromek hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boyer hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Baxes hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Earl Torgeson now playing first base. Thompson hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaline is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Jack Phillips. Torgeson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Zernial hits a popup towards first. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Simpson hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Frank House now catching. Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Frank House pinch hits for Red Wilson. House hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Power hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bob Kennedy now playing third base. Steve Gromek now pitching. Ditmar is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Art Ditmar now pitching. Boone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maxwell scores.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pilarcik throws the ball in to Baxes who tags Kaline trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Kennedy scores. Phillips scores. Maxwell moves to third.
Bottom 3 Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kennedy moves to third. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 3 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kennedy moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bob Kennedy pinch hits for Virgil Trucks. Kennedy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Boyer hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Baxes is walked intentionally.
Top 3 Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Thompson reaches second base with a double. Zernial goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Zernial takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Skizas hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Mike Baxes now playing shortstop. Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tuttle for the out.
Top 2 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Power for the out.
Top 2 McMahan strikes out.
Top 2 Boyer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Kaline takes first base on ball four. Maxwell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson fields it and throws to second for the out. Kuenn moves to third.
Bottom 1 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 DeMaestri strikes out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Simpson strikes out.
Top 1 Skizas hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pilarcik takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second.
Top 1 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.