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July 15, 1956

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Indians 10 12 0
Red Sox 6 10 0
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Indians 10 12 0
Red Sox 6 10 0

Dick Gernert Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .288
OBP .500 .409
At Bats 3 177
Hits 1 51
• Singles 0 33
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 11
Walks 1 37
RBI’s 1 39

Art Houtteman Season Stats

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Fenway Park - July 15, 1956
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Art Houtteman
Jim Hegan
Preston Ward
George Strickland
Al Rosen
Chico Carrasquel
Gene Woodling
Jim Busby
Al Smith
Dick Gernert
Billy Consolo
Billy Klaus
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Billy Consolo pinch runs for Ted Williams. Gernert hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Vernon scores. Klaus moves to second.
Bottom 8 Klaus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward fields it and throws to second for the out. Vernon moves to third.
Bottom 8 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Gene Woodling now playing left field. Al Smith now playing right field. Preston Ward now playing first base. Al Rosen now playing third base. MicVernon hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Busby. Vernon reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Hegan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Busby hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ward moves to third.
Top 8 Preston Ward pinch runs for Vic Wertz. Mele hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores.
Top 8 Wertz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Top 8 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Carrasquel hits a popup, foul, towards first. Gernert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Houtteman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Strickland hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Klaus hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mele. Klaus reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Goodman strikes out.
Top 6 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Mele hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wertz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Smith moves to second.
Top 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Woodling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Hurd strikes out.
Bottom 5 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Jim Hegan now catching. Piersall takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Houtteman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mele scores. Busby scores. Strickland moves to third.
Top 5 Strickland takes first base on ball four. Wertz scores. Mele moves to third. Busby moves to second.
Top 5 Tom Hurd now pitching. Dale Mitchell pinch hits for Earl Averill. Mitchell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Busby takes first base on ball four. Mele moves to second.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Wertz moves to third.
Top 5 Mele hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Woodling scores. Wertz moves to second.
Top 5 Wertz is walked intentionally.
Top 5 Smith strikes out.
Top 5 There goes Woodling. The throw from White and he is safe. Woodling steals second.
Top 5 Woodling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gernert strikes out.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Houtteman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Klaus hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Goodman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Woodling who is chasing the ball. Goodman reaches third base with a triple. White scores. Nixon goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Nixon takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.
Bottom 3 Art Houtteman now pitching. Buddin hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jensen scores.
Bottom 3 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Jensen. The throw from Averill and he is safe. Jensen steals second.
Bottom 3 Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Gernert hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Averill hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Busby takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Mele hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wertz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 2 Klaus takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Goodman strikes out.
Bottom 2 Nixon strikes out.
Bottom 2 Buddin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mele. Buddin reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Smith strikes out.
Top 2 Woodling strikes out.
Top 2 Carrasquel takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Aguirre strikes out.
Bottom 1 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Piersall hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Averill settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Jensen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Goodman scores. Williams moves to third. Gernert moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gernert takes first base on ball four. Goodman moves to third. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 1 Williams takes first base on ball four. Goodman moves to second.
Bottom 1 Klaus strikes out.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Averill strikes out.
Top 1 Busby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wertz scores. Mele scores.
Top 1 Mele hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Mele reaches second base with a double. Woodling scores. Smith scores. Wertz moves to third.
Top 1 Wertz takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jensen. Smith reaches second base with a double. Woodling moves to third.
Top 1 Woodling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.