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August 16, 1956

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Top 7 R H E
White Sox 5 9 0
Athletics 5 12 1
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White Sox 5 9 0
Athletics 5 12 1

Nellie Fox Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .301
OBP .333 .351
At Bats 3 468
Hits 1 141
• Singles 0 115
• Doubles 1 16
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 28
RBI’s 0 35

Art Ditmar Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
9 14 0
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Municipal Stadium - August 16, 1956
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Walk
Art Ditmar
Tim Thompson
Eddie Robinson
Vic Power
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Enos Slaughter
Johnny Groth
Harry Simpson
Nellie Fox
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Fox takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Johnny Groth now playing center field. Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ellis Kinder now pitching. DeMaestri hits a fly ball into right field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnny Groth pinch hits for Al Pilarcik. Groth takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Bottom 6 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Simpson 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 6 Robinson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 LaPalme hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Esposito hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Delsing hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Slaughter strikes out.
Bottom 5 Power strikes out.
Bottom 5 Ditmar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dropo strikes out.
Top 5 Lollar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Lollar reaches second base with a double. Minoso moves to third.
Top 5 Minoso hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fox scores.
Top 5 Doby hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fox moves to third.
Top 5 Fox hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Fox reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Aparicio bunts towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Aparicio for the out.
Bottom 4 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Fox fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 4 Paul LaPalme now pitching. Thompson takes first base on ball four. Simpson moves to third. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power scores. Simpson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo fields it and throws to second for the out. Power moves to third.
Bottom 4 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power moves to second.
Bottom 4 Slaughter strikes out.
Bottom 4 Jim McDonald now pitching. Jim Delsing now playing right field. Power takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Dick Donovan pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Donovan strikes out.
Top 4 Esposito hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Jim Delsing pinch hits for Bubba Phillips. Art Ditmar now pitching. Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Power makes the out and then fumbles the ball. That's an error on Power. Lollar scores. Delsing moves to second.
Top 4 Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doby scores. Minoso scores. Lollar moves to third.
Top 4 Lollar takes first base on ball four. Doby moves to third. Minoso moves to second.
Top 4 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doby moves to second.
Top 4 Doby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Kellner hits a fly ball into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Thompson scores. Pilarcik moves to third. DeMaestri moves to second.
Bottom 3 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo fields it and throws to home to get Simpson. Thompson moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 3 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Simpson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 3 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Fox hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Staley hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Slaughter is walked intentionally.
Bottom 2 Power hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby. Power reaches second base with a double. Kellner moves to third.
Bottom 2 Kellner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Esposito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Kellner, and towards Power, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Dropo hits a popup towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lollar hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Gerry Staley now pitching. Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Pilarcik for the out.
Bottom 1 Thompson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso who is chasing the ball. Thompson reaches third base with a triple. Simpson scores. Lopez goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Simpson. The throw from Lollar and he is safe. Simpson steals second.
Bottom 1 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it and throws to second for the out. Power scores.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Phillips settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Power moves to third.
Bottom 1 Slaughter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Power moves to second.
Bottom 1 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Minoso hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Doby hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 1 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards second. Power scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 1 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.