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August 22, 1956

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Bottom 8 R H E
Athletics 2 7 4
Orioles 2 6 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Athletics 2 7 4
Orioles 2 6 0

George Kell Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .301
OBP .000 .360
At Bats 3 329
Hits 0 99
• Singles 0 71
• Doubles 0 20
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 0 30
RBI’s 0 41

Wally Burnette Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 5 0
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Memorial Stadium - August 22, 1956
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Wally Burnette
Hal Smith
Vic Power
Clete Boyer
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Johnny Groth
Al Pilarcik
Harry Simpson
George Kell
Dick Williams
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Boyd hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Johnny Groth now playing left field. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 8 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Billy Loes now pitching. Skizas hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Joe Frazier pinch hits for George Zuverink. Frazier is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Hatton 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 7 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gardner for the out.
Top 7 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 George Zuverink now pitching. Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boyer scores.
Top 7 Burnette bunts towards the mound. Fornieles fields it and throws to first for the out. Boyer moves to second.
Top 7 Boyer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ginsberg hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Francona takes first base on ball four. Nieman moves to second.
Bottom 6 Nieman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Kell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kell hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Smith settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Smith.
Bottom 6 Boyd hits a line drive into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatton scoops it up and throws to first, with Fornieles covering, for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Fornieles bunts towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Boyer covering, for the out. Hatton moves to second.
Bottom 5 Hatton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Skizas hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Hatton reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Lopez reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Power hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Burnette hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Ginsberg 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 4 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards second. Boyer picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Boyer. Boyd scores. Kell scores. Francona moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kell hits a fly ball towards left. Skizas settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Skizas. Boyd moves to third. Kell moves to second.
Bottom 4 Boyd hits a ball on the ground towards second. Boyer picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Boyer. Boyd moves to second.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 There goes DeMaestri. The throw from Ginsberg and he is safe. DeMaestri steals second.
Top 4 DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Simpson scores. Pilarcik moves to third.
Top 4 Pilarcik takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Simpson moves to third.
Top 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boyd scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out. Simpson moves to second.
Top 4 Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Skizas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Francona. Skizas reaches second base with a double. Francona throws the ball in to Kell who tags Skizas trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Bottom 3 Fornieles hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hatton strikes out.
Bottom 3 Gardner strikes out.
Top 3 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Power hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Burnette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatton scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Ginsberg hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There goes Francona. The throw from Smith and he is out, Boyer applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Nieman hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fornieles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boyd scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simpson for the out.
Bottom 1 Kell hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Boyd hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Skizas hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hatton settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopez strikes out.
Top 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.