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June 9, 1956

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Athletics 0 3 1
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Athletics 0 3 1
Orioles 4 8 0

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .200
OBP .333 .316
At Bats 3 115
Hits 1 23
• Singles 1 21
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 20
RBI’s 1 12

Moe Burtschy Season Stats

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3 1 0
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Memorial Stadium - June 9, 1956
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Single
Moe Burtschy
Joe Ginsberg
Vic Power
Jim Finigan
Hector Lopez
Mike Baxes
Enos Slaughter
Johnny Groth
Harry Simpson
Tito Francona
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Jim Finigan now playing second base. Moe Burtschy now pitching. Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Gus Zernial pinch hits for Bill Harrington. Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baxes moves to second.
Top 8 Tim Thompson pinch hits for Clete Boyer. Thompson is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Baxes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Groth hits a popup, foul, towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ginsberg hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Simpson 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 Hale hits a line drive into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bill Harrington now pitching. Gardner takes first base on ball four. Triandos scores. Francona moves to third. Miranda moves to second.
Bottom 6 Moore strikes out.
Bottom 6 Miranda is walked intentionally.
Bottom 6 Diering hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Francona 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. Nieman scores. Triandos moves to third. Francona moves to second.
Bottom 6 Triandos takes first base on ball four. Nieman moves to second.
Bottom 6 Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Slaughter hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Power hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chuck Diering now playing center field. Tito Francona now playing right field. Billy Gardner now playing second base. Lasorda strikes out.
Bottom 5 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Billy Gardner pinch runs for Bobby Adams. Tom Lasorda now pitching. Hale hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Moore moves to third.
Bottom 5 Adams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miranda scores. Moore moves to second.
Bottom 5 Moore hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miranda moves to second.
Bottom 5 Miranda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nelson for the out.
Top 5 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Baxes hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Triandos hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Simpson takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second.
Top 4 Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Kell hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Herriage is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Boyer hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Baxes hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Moore hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Francona hits a line drive towards first. Power reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Groth hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Ginsberg hits a line drive into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Adams scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Triandos hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Nieman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kell scores.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Kell moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Kell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer 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 ball on the ground towards first. Hale scoops it up and throws to first, with Moore covering, for the out.
Top 1 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.