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May 8, 1956

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Athletics 3 5 2
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Athletics 3 5 2
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Willie Miranda Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .167
OBP .333 .219
At Bats 3 60
Hits 1 10
• Singles 1 7
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 2 5

Moe Burtschy Season Stats

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2 0 0
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Memorial Stadium - May 8, 1956
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Single
Moe Burtschy
Tim Thompson
Rance Pless
Spook Jacobs
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Gus Zernial
Harry Simpson
Enos Slaughter
Willie Miranda
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Miranda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Diering hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Simpson hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Zernial strikes out.
Top 8 Fred Marsh now playing second base. Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda misplays the ball. That's an error on Miranda.
Bottom 7 Smith is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Bob Boyd pinch hits for Billy Gardner. Boyd strikes out.
Bottom 7 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Philley moves to second.
Bottom 7 Philley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jacobs hits a popup, foul, towards first. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Elmer Valo pinch hits for Arnie Portocarrero. Valo hits a ball on the ground towards first. Triandos scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out.
Top 7 Tito Francona now playing right field. Dave Philley now playing left field. Pless hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Simpson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Diering hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Smith hits a line drive into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Arnie Portocarrero now pitching. Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Zernial hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jacobs tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Jacobs hits a line drive to left field. That will be extra bases. Dyck chases after the ball, picks it up, and throws towards Miranda. Miranda fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Miranda. Baxes goes all the way around to score. Jacobs moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 5 Mike Baxes pinch hits for Bill Harrington. Baxes strikes out on a pitch way out of the strike zone. And the ball gets by Smith, who chases it to the backstop. Baxes reaches first on the wild pitch.
Top 5 Pless hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bill Harrington now pitching. Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 4 Philley is walked intentionally.
Bottom 4 There's a wild pitch. Brown moves to third. Dyck moves to second.
Bottom 4 Dyck takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Adams bunts towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to second.
Bottom 4 Brown hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lopez hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Diering. Lopez reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Simpson hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Miranda is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Diering bunts towards first. Pless scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Diering for the out. Gardner scores. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gardner moves to third.
Bottom 3 Gardner is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 3 Triandos strikes out.
Top 3 Slaughter hits a popup, foul, towards first. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards first. Triandos scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out.
Top 3 Ceccarelli is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Dyck hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Adams hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Pless hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Philley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Miranda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Triandos scores. Gardner scores. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 1 Diering hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Smith bunts towards the mound. Ceccarelli fields it and throws to first for the out. Triandos moves to third. Gardner moves to second.
Bottom 1 Gardner takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Triandos hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Simpson. Triandos reaches second base with a double. Dyck scores. Philley scores.
Bottom 1 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Lopez. Adams scores. Dyck moves to third. Philley moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Dyck takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Adams hits a fly ball towards right. Slaughter settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Slaughter. Adams moves to second.
Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to second.
Top 1 Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jacobs strikes out.