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May 15, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Orioles 9 14 0
Athletics 5 8 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Orioles 9 14 0
Athletics 5 8 2

Clete Boyer Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .333
OBP .000 .333
At Bats 0 3
Hits 0 1
• Singles 0 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 0 0

George Zuverink Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 8
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Municipal Stadium - May 15, 1956
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Out
George Zuverink
Gus Triandos
Bob Boyd
Billy Gardner
Wayne Causey
Willie Miranda
Dave Philley
Chuck Diering
Tito Francona
Clete Boyer
Joe Ginsberg

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 9 14 0 8
Kansas City Athletics 5 8 2 4
Winning Pitcher Jim Wilson
Losing Pitcher Lou Kretlow
Save George Zuverink
Game Winning RBI Dave Philley
Attendance 11,555
Time of Game 2 hours 59 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Boyer hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Baxes strikes out.
Bottom 9 Ginsberg hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Diering. Ginsberg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Wayne Causey now playing third base. Finigan hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Triandos fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Miranda hits a line drive into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gardner hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Ginsberg fields it and tags Triandos for the out. Diering moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Diering hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Diering reaches second base with a double. Triandos moves to third.
Top 9 Triandos hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Marsh hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 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.
Bottom 8 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Boyd hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Francona hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Tom Gorman now pitching. Mike Baxes now playing shortstop. Clete Boyer now playing second base. Zuverink strikes out.
Bottom 7 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Vic Power pinch hits for Spook Jacobs. Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ginsberg scores.
Bottom 7 Tim Thompson pinch hits for Jack Crimian. George Zuverink now pitching. Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Ginsberg moves to third. Valo moves to second.
Bottom 7 Elmer Valo pinch hits for Joe DeMaestri. Valo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Finigan scores. Ginsberg moves to second.
Bottom 7 Ginsberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Finigan moves to second.
Bottom 7 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Miranda hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lopez. Miranda reaches second base with a double. Lopez throws the ball in to Finigan who tags Miranda trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 7 Gardner hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Diering hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Diering reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crimian fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Marsh hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Simpson hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Zernial strikes out.
Bottom 6 Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Boyd hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wilson fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Crimian takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wilson hits a popup towards first. Simpson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miranda strikes out.
Top 5 Jack Crimian now pitching. Gardner hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ginsberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Finigan hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Diering who is chasing the ball. Finigan reaches third base with a triple. Lopez goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simpson scores.
Bottom 4 Simpson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Francona who is chasing the ball. Simpson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Zernial strikes out.
Bottom 4 Tito Francona now playing right field. Bob Boyd now playing first base. Fred Marsh now playing third base. Slaughter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Diering hits a popup towards first. Simpson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fred Marsh pinch runs for Bob Hale. Triandos takes first base on ball four. Boyd scores. Philley moves to third. Marsh moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Hale is hit by the pitch. Wilson scores. Boyd moves to third. Philley moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Philley takes first base on ball four. Wilson moves to third. Boyd moves to second.
Top 4 Boyd takes first base on ball four. Wilson moves to second.
Top 4 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Tito Francona pinch hits for Bobby Adams. Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Miranda tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Wilson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Gardner scores. Miranda moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Miranda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gardner moves to second.
Top 4 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on DeMaestri.
Top 4 Diering hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jacobs hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gardner catches it and throws to first to double up Kretlow.
Bottom 3 Kretlow takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Adams fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Triandos hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Hale hits a line drive to center field. That will be extra bases. Lopez chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards the plate. Ginsberg fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Ginsberg. Boyd scores. Philley goes all the way around to score. Hale moves to third.
Top 3 Philley hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Boyd moves to third.
Top 3 Boyd hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wilson moves to third.
Top 3 Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wilson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Wilson reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 There goes Miranda. The throw from Ginsberg and he is out, DeMaestri applying the tag.
Top 3 Miranda hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Ginsberg is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopez strikes out.
Top 2 Gardner hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Diering takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Triandos strikes out.
Top 2 Hale hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Simpson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Zernial is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Boyd. Slaughter reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Jacobs hits a fly ball into right field. Boyd settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Philley. The throw from Ginsberg and he is out, DeMaestri applying the tag.
Top 1 Philley takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Boyd is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Adams hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.