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May 19, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 11 2
Athletics 3 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 11 2
Athletics 5 8 1

Hector Lopez Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .322
OBP .500 .386
At Bats 3 90
Hits 1 29
• Singles 1 19
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 10
RBI’s 0 19

Bob Porterfield Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 0
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Municipal Stadium - May 19, 1956
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Home Run
Bob Porterfield
Sammy White
Mickey Vernon
Billy Consolo
Frank Malzone
Don Buddin
Faye Throneberry
Jim Piersall
Jackie Jensen
Hector Lopez
Mike Baxes

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 4 11 2 9
Kansas City Athletics 5 8 1 8
Winning Pitcher Tom Gorman
Losing Pitcher Bob Porterfield
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hector Lopez
Attendance 16,055
Time of Game 2 hours 53 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Lopez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Mike Baxes pinch runs for Tim Thompson. DeMaestri hits a popup towards the mound. Porterfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Billy Consolo now playing second base. Tim Thompson pinch hits for Tom Gorman. Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin misplays the ball. That's an error on Buddin.
Top 9 Porterfield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 9 Vernon hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jacobs hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops it up and throws to first, with Porterfield covering, for the out. Ginsberg scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Ginsberg hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Throneberry fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Throneberry. Ginsberg moves to third.
Bottom 8 Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Throneberry hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tom Gorman now pitching. Buddin hits a popup in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Simpson hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. DeMaestri moves to third. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Porterfield fields it and throws to third for the out. DeMaestri moves to second.
Bottom 7 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four. Pless moves to second.
Bottom 7 Faye Throneberry now playing left field. Bob Porterfield now pitching. Rance Pless pinch hits for Moe Burtschy. Pless hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 7 Piersall hits a popup, foul, towards first. Simpson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jensen hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lopez who is chasing the ball. Jensen reaches third base with a triple. Goodman scores. Malzone scores.
Top 7 Gernert strikes out.
Top 7 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Vernon hits a popup towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Malzone hits a line drive into center field. Lopez picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Lopez. Throneberry scores. Goodman moves to third. Malzone moves to second.
Top 7 Goodman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Throneberry moves to second.
Top 7 Bill Renna now playing left field. Enos Slaughter now playing right field. Faye Throneberry pinch hits for George Susce. Throneberry hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Johnny Groth. Slaughter hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Finigan scores. Ginsberg moves to third.
Bottom 6 Ginsberg takes first base on ball four. Finigan moves to second.
Bottom 6 Finigan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 There goes Simpson. The throw from White and he is out, Goodman applying the tag.
Bottom 6 Bill Renna pinch runs for Gus Zernial. Simpson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Renna scores.
Bottom 6 Zernial hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. Zernial reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 White hits a fly ball into right field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Piersall strikes out.
Top 6 Jensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez throws the ball in to Simpson who tags Jensen trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gernert moves to third.
Top 6 Gernert hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kretlow is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Susce fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Vernon hits a line drive into right field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Malzone takes first base on ball four. Goodman moves to second.
Top 5 Goodman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Susce scores.
Top 5 Susce hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lopez. Susce reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 White hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Buddin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Groth is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Ginsberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Simpson hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Piersall. The throw from Ginsberg and he is out, DeMaestri applying the tag.
Top 4 Piersall takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Jensen hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kretlow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into left field. Gernert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kretlow hits a popup towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Malzone hits a line drive into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Goodman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jacobs hits a fly ball into left field. Gernert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Groth hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. Groth reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Finigan strikes out.
Top 2 Susce hits a fly ball into right field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 White hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Buddin moves to second.
Top 2 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Piersall strikes out.
Top 2 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Simpson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Zernial strikes out.
Bottom 1 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gernert strikes out.
Top 1 Vernon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lopez. Vernon reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Malzone hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.