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August 18, 1956

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Senators 9 13 0
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Jim Piersall Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .297
OBP .500 .373
At Bats 3 435
Hits 1 129
• Singles 1 84
• Doubles 0 30
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 10
Walks 1 54
RBI’s 0 56

Bud Byerly Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 3 2
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Fenway Park - August 18, 1956
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Out
Bud Byerly
Lou Berberet
Pete Runnels
Herb Plews
Eddie Yost
Jose Valdivielso
Roy Sievers
Karl Olson
Jim Lemon
Jim Piersall
Jackie Jensen
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Piersall hits a line drive towards first. Runnels reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Olson. Jensen reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 9 Gernert hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Plews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Lemon strikes out.
Top 9 Sievers hits a popup towards third. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Runnels takes first base on ball four. Byerly scores. Yost moves to third. Plews moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Plews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert fields the ball and throws to Delock covering. Safe. Valdivielso scores. Byerly moves to third. Yost moves to second.
Top 9 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Delock fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Delock. Valdivielso moves to third. Byerly moves to second.
Top 9 Byerly hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Delock fields it and throws to third for the out. Valdivielso moves to second.
Top 9 Valdivielso hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Olson moves to second.
Top 9 Sammy White now catching. Ike Delock now pitching. Olson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Klaus hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Consolo moves to third.
Bottom 8 Billy Consolo pinch runs for Pete Daley. Norm Zauchin pinch hits for Fritz Dorish. Bud Byerly now pitching. Mickey Vernon pinch hits for Norm ZaucVernon strikes out.
Bottom 8 Daley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Lepcio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 8 Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Berberet hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lemon is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Sievers hits a fly ball into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Sievers reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jensen hits a popup towards short. Valdivielso settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Valdivielso scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Plews hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert scoops it up and throws to first, with Dorish covering, for the out.
Top 7 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Stewart bunts towards the mound. Dorish fields it and throws to first for the out. Olson moves to second.
Top 7 Valdivielso hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Daley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fritz Dorish now pitching. Olson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bunky Stewart now pitching. Klaus hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Don Buddin pinch hits for Bob Porterfield. Buddin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Daley hits a line drive towards third. Yost reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lepcio hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Berberet hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sievers scores.
Top 6 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields it and throws to home to get Plews. Sievers moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gernert scoops it up and throws to first, with Porterfield covering, for the out. Plews moves to third.
Top 6 Plews hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Plews reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Jensen hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gernert hits a fly ball into left field. Sievers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Sievers. Williams reaches second base with a double. Bolling scores.
Bottom 5 Klaus hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Bolling moves to third.
Bottom 5 Jose Valdivielso now playing shortstop. Bolling hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Olson. Bolling reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Yost hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berberet scores. Olson scores. There goes Courtney trying to get to second. Williams throws the ball in to Lepcio who tags Courtney for the out.
Top 5 Stone strikes out.
Top 5 Bob Porterfield now pitching. Clint Courtney pinch hits for Tony Roig. Courtney hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sievers scores. Berberet moves to third. Olson moves to second.
Top 5 Olson takes first base on ball four. Berberet moves to second.
Top 5 Berberet hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sievers moves to third.
Top 5 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Sievers hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. Sievers reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Susce hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Daley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Yost settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lepcio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piersall moves to second.
Bottom 4 Piersall takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Plews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Plews hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Stone hits a popup towards short. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gernert hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Klaus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Susce takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Roig hits a line drive towards third. Klaus catches it and throws to second to double up Berberet.
Top 3 Olson hits a ball on the ground towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Sievers scores. Berberet moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 Berberet takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Sievers moves to third.
Top 3 Sievers hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. Sievers reaches second base with a double. Plews scores. Runnels goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Runnels hits a fly ball into left field for a base hit. Plews moves to second.
Top 3 Plews hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Daley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Roig fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Lepcio takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Piersall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Plews settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Yost strikes out.
Top 2 Stone is hit by the pitch.
Top 2 Roig hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Susce fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Olson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling misplays the ball. That's an error on Bolling.
Bottom 1 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Gernert takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stone fields it and throws to first for the out. Bolling moves to third. Klaus moves to second.
Bottom 1 Klaus hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Plews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Berberet hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lemon takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to third. Sievers moves to second.
Top 1 Sievers takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to second.
Top 1 Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Plews hits a popup, foul, towards third. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Yost takes first base on ball four.