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June 8, 1956

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Bottom 7 R H E
Athletics 3 5 1
Orioles 6 12 0
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Athletics 3 5 1
Orioles 6 13 0

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .189
OBP .333 .311
At Bats 3 111
Hits 1 21
• Singles 1 19
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 0 11

Moe Burtschy Season Stats

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3 1 0
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Memorial Stadium - June 8, 1956
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Single
Moe Burtschy
Tim Thompson
Vic Power
Jim Finigan
Hector Lopez
Mike Baxes
Enos Slaughter
Johnny Groth
Harry Simpson
Tito Francona
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Triandos hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lopez strikes out.
Top 7 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baxes moves to third.
Top 7 Joe Ginsberg pinch hits for Bill Harrington. Ginsberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baxes moves to second.
Top 7 Baxes takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Groth hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kell hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Finigan catches it and throws to first to double up Hale.
Bottom 6 Hale hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to home to get Simpson. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Simpson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pyburn who is chasing the ball. Simpson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Slaughter hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bill Harrington now pitching. Pyburn strikes out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rance Pless pinch hits for Jack Crimian. Pless hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hale scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Francona hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Triandos hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kell moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hale hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Baxes hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crimian fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Miranda hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Miranda reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Pyburn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Crimian, and towards Baxes, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hal Brown now pitching. Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Simpson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pyburn. Simpson reaches second base with a double. Power scores. Lopez scores. Slaughter goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Power moves to third. Lopez moves to second.
Top 3 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power moves to second.
Top 3 Power takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Crimian hits a fly ball into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Baxes hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it and throws to home to get Kell. Nieman moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Nieman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Nieman reaches second base with a double. Hale scores. Kell moves to third.
Bottom 2 Jack Crimian now pitching. Kell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hale moves to third.
Bottom 2 Hale hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Palica scores. Adams scores.
Bottom 2 Adams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miranda scores. Palica moves to third. Adams moves to second.
Bottom 2 Palica hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it and throws to home to get Pyburn. Miranda moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Miranda hits a line drive into right field. Simpson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Simpson. Francona scores. Pyburn moves to third. Miranda moves to second.
Bottom 2 Pyburn takes first base on ball four. Francona moves to second.
Bottom 2 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Groth hits a fly ball into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Finigan. The throw from Triandos and he is safe. Finigan steals second.
Top 2 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Triandos strikes out.
Bottom 1 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Kell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.