Athletics @ Senators
May 6, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 10 13 1
Senators 7 15 4
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 10 13 1
Senators 7 15 4

Eddie Yost Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .218
OBP .500 .456
At Bats 3 55
Hits 1 12
• Singles 0 9
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 1 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 23
RBI’s 0 3

Tom Gorman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Griffith Stadium - May 6, 1956
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Out
Tom Gorman
Tim Thompson
Rance Pless
Spook Jacobs
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Bill Renna
Johnny Groth
Harry Simpson
Eddie Yost
Karl Olson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 10 13 1 8
Washington Senators 7 15 4 12
Winning Pitcher Bill Harrington
Losing Pitcher Connie Grob
Save Tom Gorman
Game Winning RBI Spook Jacobs
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 54 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Yost hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gorman fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Whitey Herzog pinch hits for Tex Clevenger. Herzog strikes out.
Bottom 9 Snyder hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Olson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Pless hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Yost.
Top 9 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lemon hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 8 Sievers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Runnels scores.
Bottom 8 There's a wild pitch. Runnels moves to third.
Bottom 8 Runnels hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Renna. Runnels reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Oravetz hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Bill Renna now playing left field. Yost hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thompson hits a line drive into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Simpson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oravetz who is chasing the ball. Simpson reaches third base with a triple. Zernial scores.
Top 8 Zernial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lemon. Zernial reaches second base with a double. Groth scores. Jacobs scores.
Top 8 Gorman strikes out.
Top 8 Courtney fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Courtney. Groth moves to third. Jacobs moves to second.
Top 8 Jacobs takes first base on ball four. Groth moves to second.
Top 8 Tex Clevenger now pitching. Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Harmon Killebrew pinch hits for Connie Grob. Killebrew strikes out.
Bottom 7 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Olson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Pless hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 There's a wild pitch. Lopez moves to third. Thompson moves to second.
Top 7 Thompson takes first base on ball four. Lopez moves to second.
Top 7 Lopez hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simpson for the out.
Bottom 6 Courtney hits a popup, foul, towards first. Pless settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lemon takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnny Groth now playing center field. Tom Gorman now pitching. Harry Simpson now playing right field. Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Zernial hits a fly ball into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 The umpire calls a balk on Grob Jacobs scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Slaughter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Olson throws the ball in to Runnels who tags Slaughter trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Valo scores. Jacobs moves to third.
Top 6 Jacobs bunts towards the mound. Grob juggles the ball. That's an error on Grob. Pless scores. Valo moves to second.
Top 6 Elmer Valo pinch hits for Bill Harrington. Valo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Pless moves to third.
Top 6 Pless hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grob fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Connie Grob now pitching. DeMaestri strikes out.
Bottom 5 Oravetz hits a line drive into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Yost takes first base on ball four. Snyder moves to third. Plews moves to second.
Bottom 5 Herb Plews pinch hits for Pedro Ramos. Plews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Snyder moves to second.
Bottom 5 Snyder hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Olson hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Courtney hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Oravetz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jacobs scores. Zernial moves to second.
Top 5 Simpson hits a line drive into right field. Oravetz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Zernial hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jacobs moves to second.
Top 5 Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Oravetz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jacobs takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Lemon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Sievers hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pless scoops it up and throws to first, with Harrington covering, for the out. Oravetz moves to third.
Bottom 4 Oravetz hits a ball on the ground towards second. Jacobs picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Jacobs. Yost scores. Oravetz moves to second.
Bottom 4 Yost hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Simpson who is chasing the ball. Yost reaches third base with a triple.
Top 4 Harrington hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Pless hits a popup into left field, out of the reach of Lemon. Pless reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ramos hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Bill Harrington now pitching. Snyder hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Olson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Courtney moves to third.
Bottom 3 Courtney hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Simpson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Zernial takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards second. Runnels throws to second for one, and Snyder throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Slaughter moves to second.
Top 3 Jacobs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Lemon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Sievers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 There goes Runnels. The throw from Thompson and he is safe. Runnels steals second.
Bottom 2 Runnels takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Oravetz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pless scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oravetz for the out. Ramos moves to third.
Bottom 2 Yost bunts towards the mound. Herriage fields it and throws to first for the out. Ramos moves to second.
Bottom 2 Ramos hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Herriage strikes out.
Top 2 Pless hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Courtney settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Olson hits a popup into right field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Olson reaches second base with a double. Runnels scores. Sievers scores. Courtney moves to third.
Bottom 1 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Herriage fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Runnels moves to third. Sievers moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 1 Sievers takes first base on ball four. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Oravetz scores.
Bottom 1 Oravetz hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Simpson who is chasing the ball. Oravetz reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Yost hits a line drive into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Oravetz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Oravetz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Zernial takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oravetz. Slaughter reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.