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May 8, 1956

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Athletics 4 7 2
Orioles 7 8 3
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Athletics 4 7 2
Orioles 7 8 3

Spook Jacobs Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .228
OBP .250 .362
At Bats 4 57
Hits 1 13
• Singles 0 11
• Doubles 1 2
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 12
RBI’s 0 4

George Zuverink Season Stats

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2 1 6
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Memorial Stadium - May 8, 1956
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George Zuverink
Hal Smith
Gus Triandos
Fred Marsh
Wayne Causey
Willie Miranda
Dave Philley
Chuck Diering
Jim Pyburn
Spook Jacobs
Joe Ginsberg
Joe DeMaestri

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 4 7 2 6
Baltimore Orioles 7 8 2 8
Winning Pitcher Hal Brown
Losing Pitcher Art Ceccarelli
Save George Zuverink
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 10,241
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Jim Finigan pinch hits for Tom Lasorda. Finigan hits a fly ball into left field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Thompson tags and scores. DeMaestri tags and moves to third.
Top 9 George Zuverink now pitching. Joe Ginsberg pinch hits for Rance Pless. Ginsberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Philley. DeMaestri reaches second base with a double. Thompson moves to third.
Top 9 Wayne Causey now playing third base. Jim Pyburn now playing right field. Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Philley strikes out.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Causey moves to third. Pyburn moves to second.
Bottom 8 Wayne Causey pinch runs for Bob Hale. Jim Pyburn pinch hits for Tito Francona. Pyburn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Miranda scores. Causey moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tom Lasorda now pitching. Bob Hale pinch hits for Bobby Adams. Hale takes first base on ball four. Miranda moves to third. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 8 Brown takes first base on ball four. Miranda moves to second.
Bottom 8 Miranda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Diering hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Simpson hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Zernial strikes out.
Top 8 Fred Marsh now playing second base. Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda misplays the ball. That's an error on Miranda.
Bottom 7 Smith is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Bob Boyd pinch hits for Billy Gardner. Boyd strikes out.
Bottom 7 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Philley moves to second.
Bottom 7 Philley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jacobs hits a popup, foul, towards first. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Elmer Valo pinch hits for Arnie Portocarrero. Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Triandos scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out.
Top 7 Tito Francona now playing right field. Dave Philley now playing left field. Pless 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 6 Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 DeMaestri 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 6 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Simpson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Diering hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a line drive into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Arnie Portocarrero now pitching. Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Zernial hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jacobs tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Jacobs hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Dyck chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Miranda. Miranda fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Miranda. Baxes goes all the way around to score. Jacobs moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Mike Baxes pinch hits for Bill Harrington. Baxes strikes out on a pitch way out of the strike zone. And the ball gets by Smith, who chases it to the backstop. Baxes reaches first on the wild pitch.
Top 5 Pless hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bill Harrington now pitching. Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Philley is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Brown moves to third. Dyck moves to second.
Bottom 4 Dyck takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Adams bunts towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 DeMaestri 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 4 Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lopez hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Diering. Lopez reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Miranda is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Diering bunts towards first. Pless scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Diering for the out. Gardner scores. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gardner moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gardner is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Triandos strikes out.
Top 3 Slaughter hits a popup, foul, towards first. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Triandos scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out.
Top 3 Ceccarelli is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dyck hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Adams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pless hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Miranda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Triandos scores. Gardner scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Diering hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith bunts towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out. Triandos moves to third. Gardner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gardner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Triandos hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Simpson. Triandos reaches second base with a double. Dyck scores. Philley scores.
Bottom 1 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Lopez. Adams scores. Dyck moves to third. Philley moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Dyck takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Adams hits a fly ball towards right. Slaughter settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Slaughter. Adams moves to second.
Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to second.
Top 1 Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jacobs strikes out.