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August 2, 1956

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Red Sox 17 12 0
Tigers 2 10 2
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Red Sox 17 13 0
Tigers 2 10 2

Willard Nixon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .214
OBP .000 .281
At Bats 4 28
Hits 0 6
• Singles 0 5
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 3

Jim Bunning Season Stats

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Briggs Stadium - August 2, 1956
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Single
Jim Bunning
Red Wilson
Earl Torgeson
Frank Bolling
Bob Kennedy
Jim Brideweser
Charlie Maxwell
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Willard Nixon
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Bob Kennedy now playing third base. Nixon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Bolling hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bob Kennedy pinch runs for Ray Boone. Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Boone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Stephens. Boone reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Faye Throneberry now playing center field. Milt Bolling now playing third base. Maxwell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Faye Throneberry pinch runs for Jim Piersall. Daley strikes out.
Top 7 Piersall takes first base on ball four. Jensen moves to second.
Top 7 Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Stephens scores. Gernert scores.
Top 7 Jim Bunning now pitching. Gernert hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Gernert reaches second base with a double. Lepcio scores. Klaus scores. Stephens moves to third.
Top 7 Stephens takes first base on ball four. Buddin scores. Lepcio moves to third. Klaus moves to second.
Top 7 Klaus takes first base on ball four. Daley scores. Buddin moves to third. Lepcio moves to second.
Top 7 Lepcio takes first base on ball four. Daley moves to third. Buddin moves to second.
Top 7 Nixon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Buddin takes first base on ball four. Daley moves to second.
Top 7 Jim Brideweser now playing shortstop. Jim Brady now pitching. Daley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Torgeson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bolling scores. Small moves to third.
Bottom 6 Jim Small pinch hits for Al Aber. Small hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 6 Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Stephens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Tuttle strikes out.
Top 6 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Al Aber now pitching. Jensen hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline who is chasing the ball. Jensen reaches third base with a triple. Lepcio scores. Stephens scores. Gernert goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Gernert takes first base on ball four. Stephens moves to second.
Top 6 Stephens takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Klaus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Buddin scores. Lepcio moves to third.
Top 6 Lepcio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Lepcio reaches second base with a double. Buddin moves to third.
Top 6 Nixon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Buddin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Boone strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Maxwell hits a line drive towards short. Buddin catches it and throws to first to double up Torgeson.
Bottom 5 Gene Stephens now playing left field. Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Daley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Piersall hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Williams tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Jensen hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Klaus tags and scores. Williams tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Gernert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Klaus moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Top 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn misplays the ball. That's an error on Kuenn. Klaus moves to second.
Top 5 Walt Masterson now pitching. Klaus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 4 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Steve Gromek. Belardi is hit by the pitch. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Tuttle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Lepcio. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Kuenn applying the tag.
Top 4 Lepcio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Daley scores. Buddin scores.
Top 4 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Buddin hits a line drive into right field. Kaline picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kaline. Daley moves to third. Buddin moves to second.
Top 4 Daley is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gromek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio fields it and throws to second for the out. Torgeson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen. Torgeson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Kuenn strikes out.
Top 3 Jensen strikes out.
Top 3 Gernert hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Klaus hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nixon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wilson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bolling strikes out.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 2 Boone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Lepcio hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nixon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Steve Gromek now pitching. Buddin hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 1 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Daley 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 1 Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jensen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Gernert takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Top 1 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Klaus is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.