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August 24, 1956

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Athletics 5 6 1
Senators 4 7 1
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Athletics 5 6 1
Senators 4 7 1

Jose Valdivielso Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .235
OBP 1.000 .320
At Bats 2 196
Hits 2 46
• Singles 1 34
• Doubles 1 8
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 24
RBI’s 2 21

Bobby Shantz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 5 7
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Griffith Stadium - August 24, 1956
Bobby Shantz
Hal Smith
Vic Power
Clete Boyer
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Lou Skizas
Al Pilarcik
Harry Simpson
Jose Valdivielso
Jim Lemon
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Valdivielso takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Plews hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lemon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Courtney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Skizas hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lopez strikes out.
Top 7 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sievers hits a line drive into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Runnels hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Herzog strikes out.
Bottom 6 Yost hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Shantz hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Plews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bud Byerly now pitching. DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lou Berberet pinch hits for Pedro Ramos. Bobby Shantz now pitching. Berberet strikes out. Smith drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Berberet out.
Bottom 5 Valdivielso hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Valdivielso reaches second base with a double. Sievers scores. Courtney scores.
Bottom 5 Plews strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 5 Courtney hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Courtney reaches second base with a double. Runnels scores. Sievers moves to third.
Bottom 5 Sievers takes first base on ball four. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 5 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Simpson tags and scores.
Top 5 Simpson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Herzog who is chasing the ball. Simpson reaches third base with a triple. Lopez goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Skizas hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Herzog hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Ramos bunts towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ramos for the out. Valdivielso moves to second.
Bottom 4 Valdivielso takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Plews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kretlow is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Boyer bunts towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 4 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Sievers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Plews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Herzog strikes out.
Bottom 2 Yost 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. Valdivielso moves to third. Ramos moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ramos hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Plews scores. Valdivielso moves to second.
Bottom 2 Valdivielso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Plews moves to second.
Bottom 2 Plews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 2 Courtney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 2 Lopez takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second.
Top 2 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer scores.
Top 2 Kretlow bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 2 There goes Boyer. The throw from Courtney, and Plews drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ramos fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Smith hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Skizas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Lopez strikes out.
Top 1 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.