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August 17, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 3 12 0
White Sox 3 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 3 12 0
White Sox 4 9 1

Nellie Fox Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .303
OBP .750 .355
At Bats 3 472
Hits 2 143
• Singles 2 117
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 7
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 1 30
RBI’s 0 35

Al Aber Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 5
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Comiskey Park - August 17, 1956
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Single
Al Aber
Frank House
Jack Phillips
Frank Bolling
Jim Brideweser
Harvey Kuenn
Bob Kennedy
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Nellie Fox
Bubba Phillips

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 3 12 0 7
Chicago White Sox 4 9 1 8
Winning Pitcher Dixie Howell
Losing Pitcher Al Aber
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Nellie Fox
Attendance 12,997
Time of Game 2 hours 41 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Phillips scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Aparicio bunts towards the mound. Aber fields it and throws to first for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 9 Bubba Phillips pinch runs for Les Moss. Sammy Esposito pinch hits for Dixie Howell. Esposito hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Frank House now catching. Al Aber now pitching. Les Moss pinch hits for Fred Hatfield. Moss takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Howell fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Steve Gromek. Torgeson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Red Wilson. Belardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Steve Gromek now pitching. Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Philley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Minoso hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Doby hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Tuttle. Doby reaches second base with a double. Fox goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Aparicio hits a line drive towards third. Brideweser reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brideweser hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Dixie Howell now pitching. Bolling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Jim Delsing pinch hits for Billy Pierce. Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Dropo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Philley for the out.
Bottom 6 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brideweser fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 There goes Kuenn. The throw from Lollar and he is out, Fox applying the tag.
Top 6 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brideweser scores. Wilson scores.
Top 6 Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Wilson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Philley. Wilson reaches second base with a double. Brideweser moves to third.
Top 6 Brideweser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Doby hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Aparicio hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bolling strikes out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Kaline moves to second.
Top 5 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kennedy hits a popup, foul, towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Phillips hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Minoso chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Aparicio. Aparicio fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Aparicio. Phillips moves all the way to home. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Pierce hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hatfield is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 Dropo hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kennedy. Dropo reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Philley hits a line drive towards first. Phillips reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lollar hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Trucks strikes out.
Top 4 Wilson is walked intentionally.
Top 4 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out. Bolling moves to third. Tuttle moves to second.
Top 4 Tuttle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bolling moves to second.
Top 4 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Kaline hits a popup, foul, towards third. Hatfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Minoso strikes out.
Bottom 3 Doby strikes out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Fox moves to third.
Bottom 3 There goes Fox. The throw from Wilson and he is safe. Fox steals second.
Bottom 3 Fox bunts towards third. Brideweser fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kuenn is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way.
Top 3 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to third.
Top 3 Kuenn takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Trucks strikes out. Lollar drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Trucks out.
Bottom 2 Pierce strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Dropo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo fields it and throws to home to get Kaline. Bolling moves to third. Tuttle moves to second.
Top 2 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kaline moves to third. Bolling moves to second.
Top 2 Bolling takes first base on ball four. Kaline moves to second.
Top 2 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brideweser fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Minoso is hit by the pitch. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 1 Doby is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Fox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Aparicio strikes out.
Top 1 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 1 Phillips hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.