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April 20, 1957

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Athletics 7 12 1
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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 7 12 1
White Sox 11 14 1

Harry Simpson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .250
OBP .500 .250
At Bats 4 16
Hits 2 4
• Singles 1 2
• Doubles 1 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 0
RBI’s 2 4

Dixie Howell Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Comiskey Park - April 20, 1957
Out
Dixie Howell
Sherm Lollar
Jim Rivera
Nellie Fox
Fred Hatfield
Luis Aparicio
Minnie Minoso
Larry Doby
Jim Landis
Harry Simpson
Johnny Groth

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 7 12 1 6
Chicago White Sox 11 14 1 9
Winning Pitcher Dixie Howell
Losing Pitcher Tom Gorman
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Sherm Lollar
Attendance 7,795
Time of Game 3 hours 15 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Johnny Groth pinch runs for Gus Zernial. Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Howell fields it and throws to first for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Zernial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Zernial reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Graff takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Portocarrero fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 8 Rivera hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Arnie Portocarrero now pitching. Jim Pisoni now playing center field. Landis takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Hunter hits a fly ball into right field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mickey McDermott pinch hits for Ryne Duren. McDermott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Landis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Cerv hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Doby hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Minoso moves to second.
Bottom 7 Lollar hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Fox tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Minoso hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aparicio scores. Fox moves to third.
Bottom 7 Fox takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 There goes Aparicio. The throw from Thompson and he is safe. Aparicio steals second.
Bottom 7 Aparicio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Tim Thompson now catching. Howell hits a fly ball into center field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Simpson 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 7 Fred Hatfield now playing third base. Zernial strikes out.
Bottom 6 Fred Hatfield pinch hits for Bubba Phillips. Hatfield strikes out.
Bottom 6 Ryne Duren now pitching. Rivera strikes out.
Bottom 6 Landis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter misplays the ball. That's an error on Hunter. Doby moves to second.
Bottom 6 Doby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lollar scores.
Bottom 6 Lollar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Lollar reaches second base with a double. Fox scores. Minoso goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Tom Gorman now pitching. Minoso takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Fox hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Skizas. Fox reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Smith throws to second, with Hunter covering, and has Aparicio trapped. There's the throw to Lopez who tags Aparicio for the out.
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Aparicio moves to second.
Bottom 6 Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Lopez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Graff hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Hunter moves to second.
Top 6 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Dixie Howell now pitching. Trucks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Ron Northey pinch hits for Gerry Staley. Northey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graff scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Phillips strikes out.
Bottom 5 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivera for the out. Landis moves to second.
Bottom 5 Landis takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Cerv hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Skizas hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Doby is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Lollar hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Minoso hits a line drive off the glove of Hunter, and into shallow left field. Minoso reaches second base with a double. Staley scores.
Bottom 4 Fox hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Staley moves to third.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Staley moves to second.
Bottom 4 Billy Hunter now playing shortstop. Staley takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Staley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Lopez strikes out.
Top 4 Graff hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Fox fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 4 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Phillips hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Landis hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cerv who is chasing the ball. Landis reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 3 Virgil Trucks now pitching. Doby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Graff fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Lollar takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Host is called out on strikes.
Top 3 There goes Smith. The throw from Lollar and he is out, Aparicio applying the tag.
Top 3 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Gerry Staley now pitching. Cerv strikes out.
Bottom 2 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Fox hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Powell scores. Aparicio moves to third.
Bottom 2 Bob Powell pinch runs for Walt Dropo. Aparicio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rivera scores. Powell moves to second.
Bottom 2 Walt Dropo pinch hits for Jim McDonald. Dropo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Landis scores. Rivera moves to second.
Bottom 2 Phillips hits a popup towards first. Simpson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Rivera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Landis moves to second.
Bottom 2 Landis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Doby is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 2 Simpson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Simpson reaches second base with a double. Graff scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Zernial hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. DeMaestri tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Lopez bunts in front of the plate. Lollar fields it and throws to first for the out. DeMaestri moves to third. Graff moves to second.
Top 2 Graff bunts towards the mound. McDonald juggles the ball. That's an error on McDonald. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Lollar hits a fly ball into center field. Cerv settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 The ball gets by Smith for a passed ball. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Host hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. McDonald scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Host for the out.
Top 1 Jim McDonald now pitching. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Phillips fields it and throws to first for the out. Cerv moves to second.
Top 1 Cerv hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Skizas scores.
Top 1 Skizas hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Skizas reaches second base with a double. Zernial scores. Simpson moves to third.
Top 1 Simpson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Zernial moves to second.
Top 1 Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez moves to third.
Top 1 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Graff hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Donovan fields it and throws to first for the out.