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May 1, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 3 7 0
Red Sox 2 7 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 3 7 0
Red Sox 2 7 1

Ted Williams Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .500
OBP .000 .615
At Bats 0 10
Hits 0 5
• Singles 0 3
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 3

Lou Kretlow Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Fenway Park - May 1, 1956
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Out
Lou Kretlow
Joe Ginsberg
Vic Power
Spook Jacobs
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Bill Renna
Johnny Groth
Harry Simpson
Ted Williams
Don Buddin

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 3 7 0 8
Boston Red Sox 2 7 1 6
Winning Pitcher Lou Kretlow
Losing Pitcher Bob Porterfield
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Joe DeMaestri
Attendance 4,224
Time of Game 2 hours 8 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Ted Williams pinch hits for Sammy White. Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Buddin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 9 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Gernert hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lopez is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Kretlow hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Vernon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hector Lopez now playing third base. Johnny Groth now playing center field. Bill Renna now playing left field. Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kretlow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Top 8 Dave Sisler now pitching. DeMaestri bunts towards the mound. Sisler fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Finigan scores. Ginsberg moves to second.
Top 8 Ginsberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Finigan moves to third.
Top 8 Finigan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Baxes scores.
Top 8 Mike Baxes pinch runs for Gus Zernial. Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simpson for the out. Baxes moves to second.
Top 8 Zernial takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Porterfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Buddin fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields it and throws to second for the out. DeMaestri moves to third.
Top 7 Kretlow is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 7 DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 6 Piersall takes first base on ball four. Jensen moves to third. Gernert moves to second.
Bottom 6 Gernert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jensen moves to second.
Bottom 6 Jensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vernon for the out.
Top 6 Ginsberg hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Finigan takes first base on ball four. Zernial moves to second.
Top 6 Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Zernial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power scores.
Top 6 Lopez 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 6 Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gernert who is chasing the ball. Power reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Malzone hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Kretlow covering, for the out. Porterfield moves to second.
Bottom 5 Porterfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kretlow hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Jacobs takes first base on ball four. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone juggles the ball. That's an error on Malzone.
Top 5 Ginsberg hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Finigan hits a popup towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Buddin strikes out.
Bottom 4 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Gernert hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Simpson 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 4 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lopez hits a popup towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kretlow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Kretlow covering, for the out.
Top 3 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kretlow 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 3 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Porterfield hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Buddin moves to second.
Bottom 2 White hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Gernert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ginsberg 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 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Malzone hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Simpson 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 1 Zernial takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a fly ball into left field. Gernert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.