Orioles @ Athletics
June 15, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Orioles 1 3 1
Athletics 0 7 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Orioles 1 3 1
Athletics 0 7 2

Rance Pless Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .259
OBP .000 .365
At Bats 0 54
Hits 0 14
• Singles 0 12
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 8
RBI’s 0 5

Don Ferrarese Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 0
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Municipal Stadium - June 15, 1956
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Strikeout
Don Ferrarese
Hal Smith
Bob Hale
Billy Gardner
Bobby Adams
Willie Miranda
Bob Nieman
Chuck Diering
Hoot Evers
Rance Pless

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 1 3 1 7
Kansas City Athletics 0 7 2 9
Winning Pitcher Don Ferrarese
Losing Pitcher Bill Harrington
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Hal Smith
Attendance 16,645
Time of Game 2 hours 35 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rance Pless pinch hits for Bill Harrington. Pless strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 DeMaestri hits a popup towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Chuck Diering now playing center field. Bobby Adams now playing third base. Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Miranda hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Diering scores. Evers moves to third.
Top 9 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Diering moves to second.
Top 9 Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Chuck Diering pinch runs for George Kell. Nieman is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Enos Slaughter now playing left field. Kell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bobby Shantz pinch runs for Gus Zernial. Don Ferrarese now pitching. Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shantz moves to second.
Bottom 8 Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Bill Harrington now pitching. Hale hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Gardner takes first base on ball four. Miranda moves to third. Zuverink moves to second.
Top 8 Zuverink takes first base on ball four. Miranda moves to second.
Top 8 Miranda takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Joe DeMaestri now playing shortstop. Evers hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Power hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gardner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kretlow takes first base on ball four. Baxes moves to second.
Bottom 7 Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Finigan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 George Zuverink now pitching. Groth hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Francona strikes out.
Top 7 Nieman strikes out.
Top 7 Kell takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Thompson hits a line drive into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Simpson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Francona. Simpson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Zernial is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Lopez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Moore hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Moore reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first, with Kretlow covering, for the out.
Top 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kretlow strikes out.
Bottom 5 Baxes hits a fly ball into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda misplays the ball. That's an error on Miranda.
Top 5 Evers hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Francona for the out.
Top 5 Nieman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nieman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Lopez.
Bottom 4 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Kell strikes out. There goes Hale. The throw from Thompson to second, and Hale is out.
Top 4 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kretlow juggles the ball. That's an error on Kretlow.
Top 4 Gardner hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Zernial strikes out.
Bottom 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kretlow hits a line drive into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Moore strikes out.
Top 3 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Groth moves to third.
Bottom 2 Groth hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Groth reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Evers hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Francona is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Nieman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Simpson hits a fly ball into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Zernial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.