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July 18, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
White Sox 3 7 0
Orioles 3 5 1
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White Sox 3 7 0
Orioles 3 6 1

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .243
OBP .333 .335
At Bats 3 206
Hits 1 50
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 0 5
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 1 30

Ellis Kinder Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 6
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Memorial Stadium - July 18, 1956
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Single
Ellis Kinder
Les Moss
Dave Philley
Nellie Fox
Fred Hatfield
Sammy Esposito
Minnie Minoso
Jim Rivera
Ron Northey
Tito Francona
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Ellis Kinder now pitching. Les Moss now catching. Sammy Esposito now playing shortstop. Nieman is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fox for the out.
Top 9 Billy Pierce pinch runs for Larry Doby. Morrie Martin now pitching. Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it and throws to second for the out. Hatfield moves to third.
Top 9 Larry Doby pinch hits for Jim Wilson. Doby takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Jim Delsing pinch hits for Luis Aparicio. Delsing bunts towards first. Williams scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Delsing for the out. Esposito scores. Hatfield moves to second.
Top 9 Sammy Esposito pinch runs for Sherm Lollar. Hatfield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Esposito moves to third.
Top 9 Lollar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kell strikes out. Lollar drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kell out.
Bottom 8 Pyburn hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Williams strikes out.
Top 8 Philley hits a line drive into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Northey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Northey for the out.
Top 8 Minoso strikes out.
Bottom 7 Johnson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Gardner hits a line drive towards short. Aparicio reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out.
Top 7 Rivera takes first base on ball four. Wilson moves to second.
Top 7 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Aparicio hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jim Pyburn now playing center field. Dick Williams now playing first base. Hatfield strikes out.
Bottom 6 Triandos hits a fly ball into right field. Northey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Nieman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Lollar is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Philley 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 Northey 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 5 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards first. Philley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hale for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Johnson strikes out.
Top 5 Minoso hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hale scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fox for the out.
Top 5 Rivera 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 4 Miranda hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Gardner is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 4 Triandos hits a popup, foul, towards first. Philley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Northey throws the ball in to Aparicio who tags Francona trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Nieman scores.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Rivera. Nieman reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kell hits a fly ball into center field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Northey settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lollar hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Philley hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Fox scores. There goes Minoso trying to get to third. Francona throws the ball in to Kell, who tags Minoso for the out.
Top 3 Northey hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Minoso takes first base on ball four. Fox moves to second.
Top 3 Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Johnson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Miranda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Gardner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 2 Triandos takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Francona is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Nieman strikes out. Lollar drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Nieman out.
Top 2 Rivera 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 2 Wilson strikes out.
Top 2 Aparicio hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kell hits a popup in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Hale. The throw from Lollar and he is out, Aparicio applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Hale takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Hatfield is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Lollar takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hale scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out. Minoso moves to third. Northey moves to second.
Top 1 Northey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Minoso moves to second.
Top 1 Minoso hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivera scores.
Top 1 Fox hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Johnson fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Johnson. Rivera moves to second.
Top 1 Rivera takes first base on ball four.