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August 7, 1956

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Bottom 10 R H E
Athletics 4 8 1
White Sox 4 9 0
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Athletics 4 8 1
White Sox 5 10 0

Jim Rivera Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .273
OBP .500 .360
At Bats 4 322
Hits 2 88
• Singles 1 60
• Doubles 1 18
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 43
RBI’s 0 50

Bobby Shantz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 4 7
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Comiskey Park - August 7, 1956
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Triple
Bobby Shantz
Tim Thompson
Vic Power
Clete Boyer
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Johnny Groth
Al Pilarcik
Harry Simpson
Jim Rivera
Walt Dropo

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 4 8 1 5
Chicago White Sox 5 10 0 9
Winning Pitcher Ellis Kinder
Losing Pitcher Bobby Shantz
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Jim Rivera
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 43 minutes
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Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Rivera hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pilarcik who is chasing the ball. Rivera reaches third base with a triple. Dropo goes all the way around to score.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 10 Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 10 Groth hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Pilarcik hits a line drive into center field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Top 10 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Ellis Kinder now pitching. Minnie Minoso now playing third base. Sammy Esposito now playing shortstop. Jim Delsing now playing left field. Shantz hits a popup towards short. Esposito settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Bubba Phillips pinch runs for Ron Northey. Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Delsing scores. Phillips moves to third. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 9 Jim Delsing pinch runs for Sherm Lollar. Ron Northey pinch hits for Luis Aparicio. Northey takes first base on ball four. Delsing moves to second.
Bottom 9 Sherm Lollar pinch hits for Paul LaPalme. Lollar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 9 Esposito hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Moss strikes out.
Top 9 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Esposito fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 9 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Lopez bunts towards the mound. LaPalme fields it and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to second.
Top 9 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shantz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnny Groth now playing left field. Minoso hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Simpson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Skizas hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Paul LaPalme now pitching. Pilarcik hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Doby hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fox for the out. Aparicio moves to second.
Bottom 7 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Clete Boyer now playing second base. Vic Power now playing first base. Dave Philley pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Philley is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Esposito fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sammy Esposito now playing third base. DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Esposito fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Sammy Esposito pinch hits for Fred Hatfield. Esposito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Moss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lopez. Rivera scores. Moss moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 Rivera hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Rivera reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lopez hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Simpson scores.
Top 6 Simpson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby who is chasing the ball. Simpson reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 5 Doby strikes out.
Bottom 5 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Staley hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Hatfield hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Moss hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivera moves to second.
Bottom 4 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Shantz fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Bobby Shantz now pitching. Dropo is hit by the pitch.
Top 4 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Alex Kellner. Slaughter 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 4 Gerry Staley now pitching. DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to home to get Robinson. Lopez moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Top 4 Thompson is hit by the pitch. Lopez moves to second.
Top 4 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Robinson moves to third.
Top 4 Robinson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simpson moves to second.
Top 4 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Skizas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Minoso hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Doby hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson who is chasing the ball. Doby reaches third base with a triple. Aparicio scores. Fox goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Fox is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skizas. Aparicio reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Keegan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hatfield strikes out.
Top 3 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Keegan covering, for the out.
Top 3 Power hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kellner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Moss hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Rivera. The throw from Thompson and he is out, DeMaestri applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Rivera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Dropo strikes out.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Keegan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Minoso hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Doby hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pilarcik scores.
Top 1 Skizas hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Pilarcik. The throw from Moss and he is safe. Pilarcik steals second.
Top 1 Pilarcik hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.