Athletics @ Senators
August 24, 1956

Back Home
Visual
Play By Play
Text
Play By Play
Audio
Play By Play
Box
Score
Lineups
and Summary
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 8 10 1
Senators 4 8 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 8 10 1
Senators 4 8 2

Herb Plews Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .290
OBP .000 .358
At Bats 4 131
Hits 0 38
• Singles 0 31
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 12

Bobby Shantz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 5 7
 FIRSTPLAY/PAUSE  REPLAYLAST/BOX  
Close
1 ▲ ▼ 2 ▲ ▼ 3 ▲ ▼ 4 ▲ ▼ 5 ▲ ▼ 6 ▲ ▼ 7 ▲ ▼ 8 ▲ ▼ 9 ▲ ▼
Griffith Stadium - August 24, 1956
•
Out
Bobby Shantz
Hal Smith
Vic Power
Clete Boyer
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Johnny Groth
Al Pilarcik
Harry Simpson
Herb Plews

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 8 10 1 7
Washington Senators 4 8 2 12
Winning Pitcher Bobby Shantz
Losing Pitcher Pedro Ramos
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Lou Skizas
Attendance 2,795
Time of Game 2 hours 38 minutes
View Box Score
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Plews hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Return to all plays in text
PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lemon hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Johnny Groth now playing left field. Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Shantz covering, for the out.
Top 9 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Plews misplays the ball. That's an error on Plews.
Top 9 Simpson strikes out.
Top 9 Skizas hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Lopez bunts towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. Power moves to third.
Top 9 Karl Olson now playing center field. Power hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Olson. Power reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Olson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Karl Olson pinch hits for Whitey Herzog. Olson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pilarcik. Olson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Yost strikes out.
Top 8 Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Boyer hits a popup towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Pilarcik hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Lemon. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Bunky Stewart now pitching. Simpson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Ed Fitz Gerald pinch hits for Bud Byerly. Fitz Gerald hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Valdivielso takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second.
Bottom 7 Plews hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lemon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Courtney hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Skizas hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lopez strikes out.
Top 7 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sievers hits a line drive into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Runnels hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Herzog strikes out.
Bottom 6 Yost hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Shantz hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Plews reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boyer hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bud Byerly now pitching. DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lou Berberet pinch hits for Pedro Ramos. Bobby Shantz now pitching. Berberet strikes out. Smith drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Berberet out.
Bottom 5 Valdivielso hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Valdivielso reaches second base with a double. Sievers scores. Courtney scores.
Bottom 5 Plews strikes out.
Bottom 5 Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 5 Courtney hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Courtney reaches second base with a double. Runnels scores. Sievers moves to third.
Bottom 5 Sievers takes first base on ball four. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 5 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Simpson tags and scores.
Top 5 Simpson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Herzog who is chasing the ball. Simpson reaches third base with a triple. Lopez goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Skizas hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Herzog hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Ramos bunts towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ramos for the out. Valdivielso moves to second.
Bottom 4 Valdivielso takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Plews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kretlow is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Boyer bunts towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 4 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Sievers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Boyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Plews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Herzog strikes out.
Bottom 2 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on DeMaestri. Valdivielso moves to third. Ramos moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ramos hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Plews scores. Valdivielso moves to second.
Bottom 2 Valdivielso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Plews moves to second.
Bottom 2 Plews hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 2 Courtney hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Top 2 Lopez takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second.
Top 2 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer scores.
Top 2 Kretlow bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Top 2 There goes Boyer. The throw from Courtney, and Plews drops the ball. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 2 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ramos fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Smith hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Skizas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Lopez strikes out.
Top 1 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.