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April 27, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 7 12 2
White Sox 9 13 0
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 7 12 2
White Sox 9 13 0

Gus Zernial Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .250
OBP .500 .344
At Bats 4 28
Hits 2 7
• Singles 2 5
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 5

Billy Pierce Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 0
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Comiskey Park - April 27, 1956
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Out
Billy Pierce
Sherm Lollar
Walt Dropo
Nellie Fox
George Kell
Jim Brideweser
Minnie Minoso
Larry Doby
Jim Rivera
Gus Zernial

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 7 12 2 7
Chicago White Sox 9 13 0 9
Winning Pitcher Billy Pierce
Losing Pitcher Art Ditmar
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Nellie Fox
Attendance 3,944
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Simpson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Finigan takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Bill Renna pinch hits for Jack Crimian. Renna hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Minoso strikes out.
Bottom 8 Doby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Jim Brideweser now playing shortstop. Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rivera takes first base on ball four. Pierce moves to second.
Bottom 7 Pierce hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lollar scores.
Bottom 7 Ron Northey pinch hits for Luis Aparicio. Northey hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Minoso tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Dropo bunts towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out. Minoso moves to third. Lollar moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jack Crimian now pitching. Lollar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Minoso hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Minoso reaches second base with a double. Kell scores. Doby scores.
Bottom 7 Doby hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Doby reaches second base with a double. Kell moves to third.
Bottom 7 Kell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Zernial strikes out.
Top 7 Simpson hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pierce fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Jacobs hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rivera hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bill Harrington now pitching. Pierce hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Rance Pless pinch hits for Moe Burtschy. Pless strikes out.
Top 6 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 The umpire calls a balk on Pierce DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 6 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burtschy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Dropo hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Lollar moves to second.
Bottom 5 Lollar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Minoso hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Aparicio fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 5 Zernial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Simpson strikes out.
Top 5 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Doby hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Doby for the out.
Bottom 4 Kell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fox scores.
Bottom 4 Fox hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson who is chasing the ball. Fox reaches third base with a triple. Rivera scores.
Bottom 4 Rivera hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lopez who is chasing the ball. Rivera reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 Pierce hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Aparicio hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Dropo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Jacobs bunts towards third. Kell fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 4 Power takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Ditmar hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Astroth bunts towards first. Dropo scoops it up and throws to first, with Fox covering, for the out. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 4 DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Lopez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simpson moves to second.
Top 4 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Lollar 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 3 Minoso hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Doby hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fox tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 Kell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fox moves to third.
Bottom 3 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri misplays the ball. That's an error on DeMaestri.
Top 3 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Power hits a line drive into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rivera hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Bottom 2 Pierce hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Aparicio moves to second.
Bottom 2 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri misplays the ball. That's an error on DeMaestri.
Bottom 2 Dropo strikes out.
Top 2 Ditmar hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Astroth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pierce fields it and throws to first for the out. DeMaestri moves to third.
Top 2 There goes DeMaestri. The throw from Lollar and he is safe. DeMaestri steals second.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 1 Lollar hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivera scores. Kell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Doby hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kell takes first base on ball four. Rivera moves to second.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rivera hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Zernial strikes out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Finigan moves to second.
Top 1 Finigan takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.