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April 21, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
White Sox 1 1 0
Athletics 15 20 3
Top 9 R H E
White Sox 1 1 0
Athletics 15 20 3

Sammy Esposito Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .000
OBP .000 .000
At Bats 2 2
Hits 0 0
• Singles 0 0
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

Art Ditmar Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Municipal Stadium - April 21, 1956
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Out
Art Ditmar
Tim Thompson
Rance Pless
Spook Jacobs
Hector Lopez
Mike Baxes
Dave Melton
Johnny Groth
Bill Renna
Sammy Esposito

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago White Sox 1 1 0 5
Kansas City Athletics 15 20 3 10
Winning Pitcher Art Ditmar
Losing Pitcher Sandy Consuegra
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Spook Jacobs
Attendance 15,608
Time of Game 2 hours 20 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Esposito hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Battey is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Groth is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Minoso strikes out. Thompson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Minoso out.
Top 8 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pless scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fox for the out.
Top 8 Mike Baxes now playing shortstop. Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pless scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivera for the out.
Bottom 7 Pless hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ditmar hits a fly ball into center field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 DeMaestri hits a popup in front of the plate. Battey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 7 Aparicio hits a fly ball into left field. Melton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dropo takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Rance Pless now playing first base. Tim Thompson now catching. Esposito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Ginsberg hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Melton hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bubba Phillips now playing center field. Connie Johnson now pitching. Groth hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Groth reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Bubba Phillips pinch runs for Larry Doby. Battey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Doby takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Minoso hits a fly ball into left field. Melton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Renna hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Jacobs hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. DeMaestri tags and scores.
Bottom 5 Ditmar bunts towards the mound. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. DeMaestri moves to third.
Bottom 5 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. DeMaestri reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Ditmar covering, for the out.
Top 5 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Ditmar covering, for the out.
Top 5 Bill Renna now playing right field. Johnny Groth now playing center field. Dave Melton now playing left field. Martin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ginsberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Zernial is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Simpson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Aparicio is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri throws to second for one, and Jacobs throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Battey scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Esposito hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Battey moves to second.
Top 4 Battey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Doby hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Slaughter strikes out.
Bottom 3 Jacobs takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second.
Bottom 3 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez scores.
Bottom 3 Ditmar bunts towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Fox covering, for the out. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 3 DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Battey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Earl Battey now catching. Sammy Esposito now playing third base. Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Fox hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hector Lopez now playing third base. Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri misplays the ball. That's an error on DeMaestri.
Bottom 2 Morrie Martin now pitching. Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Simpson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jacobs scores. Slaughter moves to second.
Bottom 2 Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Jacobs moves to second.
Bottom 2 Jacobs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Power scores.
Bottom 2 Harry Byrd now pitching. Power hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby. Power reaches second base with a double. DeMaestri scores. Ditmar goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Ditmar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. DeMaestri moves to second.
Bottom 2 DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez scores.
Bottom 2 Lopez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera who is chasing the ball. Lopez reaches third base with a triple. Zernial scores. Ginsberg goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Bill Fischer now pitching. Ginsberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Zernial moves to second.
Bottom 2 Zernial takes first base on ball four. Simpson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Simpson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jacobs scores. Slaughter scores.
Bottom 2 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. DeMaestri scores. Jacobs moves to third. Slaughter moves to second.
Bottom 2 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Lopez scores. DeMaestri moves to third.
Bottom 2 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Consuegra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hector Lopez pinch runs for Jim Finigan. Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. DeMaestri reaches second base with a double. Finigan moves to third.
Bottom 2 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Consuegra fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 Aparicio hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Zernial is hit by the pitch. Jacobs moves to third. Slaughter moves to second.
Bottom 1 Simpson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Slaughter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Jacobs. The throw from Lollar and he is safe. Jacobs steals second.
Bottom 1 Jacobs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lollar hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Doby takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 The ball gets by Ginsberg for a passed ball. Minoso moves to second.
Top 1 Minoso takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.