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July 8, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 17 17 0
Athletics 3 9 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Indians 17 17 0
Athletics 3 9 1

Enos Slaughter Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .282
OBP .000 .376
At Bats 3 163
Hits 0 46
• Singles 0 30
• Doubles 0 11
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 0 17

Bob Lemon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 6 0
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Municipal Stadium - July 8, 1956
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Strikeout
Bob Lemon
Jim Hegan
Preston Ward
George Strickland
Chico Carrasquel
Kenny Kuhn
Gene Woodling
Jim Busby
Al Smith
Enos Slaughter
Vic Power

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 17 17 0 8
Kansas City Athletics 3 9 1 8
Winning Pitcher Early Wynn
Losing Pitcher Jack McMahan
Save Bob Lemon
Game Winning RBI Jim Busby
Attendance 15,958
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Slaughter strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carrasquel fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 9 Eddie Robinson pinch hits for Jose Santiago. Robinson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Baxes takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Santiago fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Busby hits a popup towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Ward hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuhn moves to third.
Top 9 Kuhn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 9 Smith hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Finigan strikes out.
Bottom 8 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemon fields it and throws to first for the out. Simpson moves to third.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carrasquel fields it and throws to first for the out. Simpson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Simpson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Kenny Kuhn now playing shortstop. Chico Carrasquel now playing third base. Bob Lemon now pitching. Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Strickland hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bob Lemon pinch hits for Early Wynn. Lemon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Hegan hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Power hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Santiago hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Preston Ward now playing first base. Baxes strikes out.
Top 7 Busby hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ward hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Ward reaches second base with a double. Smith scores. Rosen goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Jose Santiago now pitching. Rosen takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Smith reaches second base with a double. Wynn scores. Strickland scores. Woodling goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Woodling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hegan scores. Wynn moves to third. Strickland moves to second.
Top 7 Strickland takes first base on ball four. Carrasquel scores. Hegan moves to third. Wynn moves to second.
Top 7 Jack Crimian now pitching. Wynn takes first base on ball four. Busby scores. Carrasquel moves to third. Hegan moves to second.
Top 7 Hegan takes first base on ball four. Busby moves to third. Carrasquel moves to second.
Top 7 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rosen scores. Busby moves to second.
Top 7 Preston Ward pinch runs for Sam Mele. Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it and throws to second for the out. Rosen moves to third.
Top 7 Sam Mele pinch hits for Vic Wertz. Mele hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith scores. Rosen moves to second.
Top 7 Tom Lasorda now pitching. Rosen takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Smith reaches second base with a double. Strickland scores.
Top 7 Woodling bunts towards the mound. McMahan fields it and throws to first for the out. Strickland moves to second.
Top 7 Strickland hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ginsberg hits a popup towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carrasquel scores. There goes Hegan trying to get to third. Zernial throws the ball in to Baxes, who relays the ball to Finigan who tags Hegan for the out. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Carrasquel moves to second.
Top 6 Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan juggles the ball. That's an error on Finigan.
Top 6 Busby hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 6 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first, with McMahan covering, for the out. Woodling moves to third. Rosen moves to second.
Top 6 Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Woodling moves to second.
Top 6 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Woodling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Slaughter bunts towards the mound. Wynn fields it and throws to first for the out. Power moves to second.
Bottom 5 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Strickland hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hegan hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Carrasquel hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McMahan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Finigan hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Wertz hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ginsberg hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Lopez strikes out.
Bottom 3 Simpson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Busby. Simpson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Zernial hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 3 Woodling takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McMahan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Power hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 McMahan hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Baxes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ginsberg scores. Finigan moves to third.
Bottom 2 Finigan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ginsberg moves to third.
Bottom 2 Ginsberg hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Ginsberg reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Hegan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Carrasquel hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Power tags and scores. Zernial tags and moves to third.
Bottom 1 Zernial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Zernial reaches second base with a double. Power moves to third.
Bottom 1 Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Busby hits a line drive towards short. Baxes reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Wertz strikes out.
Top 1 Rosen takes first base on ball four. Strickland moves to third. Woodling moves to second.
Top 1 Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Woodling takes first base on ball four. Strickland moves to second.
Top 1 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.