Athletics @ Indians
May 12, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 3 6 0
Indians 5 8 0
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 3 6 0
Indians 5 8 0

Enos Slaughter Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .357
OBP .000 .404
At Bats 0 42
Hits 0 15
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 0 4
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 0 6

Early Wynn Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 1 0
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - May 12, 1956
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Strikeout
Early Wynn
Jim Hegan
Vic Wertz
Bobby Avila
Al Rosen
Chico Carrasquel
Al Smith
Jim Busby
Rocky Colavito
Enos Slaughter
Tim Thompson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 3 6 0 4
Cleveland Indians 5 8 0 6
Winning Pitcher Early Wynn
Losing Pitcher Troy Herriage
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Chico Carrasquel
Attendance 4,728
Time of Game 2 hours 16 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Mike Baxes. Slaughter strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Simpson hits a popup towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Hegan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Colavito hits a popup towards first. Pless settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Zernial hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Boyer strikes out.
Bottom 7 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pless scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out.
Bottom 7 Wertz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Tom Gorman now pitching. Avila hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Elmer Valo pinch hits for Moe Burtschy. Valo hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Pless hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Baxes hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Busby hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first, with Burtschy covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Clete Boyer now playing second base. Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Finigan hits a fly ball into left field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Simpson strikes out.
Top 6 Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 6 Clete Boyer pinch runs for Spook Jacobs. Lopez hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Jacobs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Colavito takes first base on ball four. Rosen moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 5 Smith takes first base on ball four. Rosen moves to second.
Bottom 5 Wertz hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rosen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Mike Baxes now playing shortstop. Avila hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pless scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Avila for the out.
Top 5 Burtschy strikes out.
Top 5 Pless hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Busby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Wynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Colavito scores. Carrasquel scores. Hegan moves to third.
Bottom 4 Hegan takes first base on ball four. Colavito moves to third. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 4 Carrasquel hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rosen scores. Smith scores. Colavito moves to second.
Bottom 4 Colavito takes first base on ball four. Avila scores. Rosen moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 4 Smith is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Wertz hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Avila moves to third. Rosen moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Avila moves to second.
Bottom 4 Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wertz scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out.
Top 4 Finigan takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Simpson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zernial hits a line drive towards third. Rosen reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lopez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Busby hits a popup, foul, towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Wynn hits a popup, foul, towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hegan hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Herriage strikes out.
Top 3 Pless hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wertz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Simpson hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zernial throws the ball in to Jacobs who tags Rosen, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 1 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Busby hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Zernial strikes out.
Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Jacobs takes first base on ball four.