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August 17, 1956

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Senators 6 5 0
Red Sox 3 6 0
Bottom 6 R H E
Senators 6 5 0
Red Sox 4 7 0

Jim Piersall Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .295
OBP .500 .369
At Bats 2 431
Hits 1 127
• Singles 1 83
• Doubles 0 30
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 52
RBI’s 1 55

Pedro Ramos Season Stats

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10 7 0
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Fenway Park - August 17, 1956
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Home Run
Pedro Ramos
Clint Courtney
Pete Runnels
Herb Plews
Eddie Yost
Tony Roig
Roy Sievers
Whitey Herzog
Jim Lemon
Jim Piersall
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Jensen is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Yost hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ramos bunts towards first. Vernon scoops it up and throws to first, with Goodman covering, for the out. Roig moves to second.
Top 6 Roig takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Dave Sisler now pitching. Plews strikes out.
Bottom 5 Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vernon for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams takes first base on ball four. Goodman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Bolling is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Gene Stephens pinch hits for Frank Sullivan. Stephens hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Runnels tags and scores.
Top 5 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Runnels hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen who is chasing the ball. Runnels reaches third base with a triple. Herzog goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Herzog hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Daley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Klaus hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sievers throws the ball in to Runnels who tags Piersall trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 4 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Ramos strikes out.
Top 4 Roig hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Plews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jensen is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Vernon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Goodman scores.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Goodman hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Sievers. Goodman reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Bolling hits a popup, foul, towards short. Roig settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Courtney hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lemon takes first base on ball four. Runnels moves to second.
Top 3 Sievers hits a popup towards short. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Runnels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Yost scores.
Top 3 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Herzog for the out. Yost moves to third.
Top 3 There goes Yost. The throw from Daley and he is safe. Yost steals second.
Top 3 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Daley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sievers. Daley reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Klaus is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jensen scores.
Bottom 2 Jensen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lemon who is chasing the ball. Jensen reaches third base with a triple. Vernon goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Vernon takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Ramos hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Roig 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 2 Plews is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Runnels scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ramos fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lemon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Sievers hits a popup towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Herzog takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to second.
Top 1 Yost takes first base on ball four.