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June 2, 1956

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Harry Simpson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .253
OBP .000 .281
At Bats 4 162
Hits 0 41
• Singles 0 22
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 8
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 31

Leo Kiely Season Stats

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Fenway Park - June 2, 1956
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Single
Leo Kiely
Sammy White
Mickey Vernon
Ted Lepcio
Frank Malzone
Don Buddin
Ted Williams
Jim Piersall
Jackie Jensen
Harry Simpson
Enos Slaughter
Hector Lopez
Vic Power
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Leo Kiely now pitching. Simpson hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Power scores. Lopez scores. Slaughter moves to third.

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Top 9 Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Power moves to third. Lopez moves to second.
Top 9 Lopez takes first base on ball four. Power moves to second.
Top 9 Power hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Jensen hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Vernon is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Williams hits a line drive into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Shantz hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Thompson is hit by the pitch.
Top 8 Frank Malzone now playing third base. Tom Hurd now pitching. DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Norm Zauchin pinch hits for Billy Klaus. Zauchin hits a line drive towards third. Lopez catches it and throws to second to double up Buddin.
Bottom 7 Piersall is hit by the pitch. White moves to third. Buddin moves to second.
Bottom 7 Dick Gernert pinch hits for Frank Sullivan. Bobby Shantz now pitching. Gernert hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Buddin takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.
Bottom 7 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Groth hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Piersall. Groth reaches second base with a double. Jensen throws the ball in to Klaus who tags Groth trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Slaughter scores. Finigan goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Finigan takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out. Slaughter moves to third.
Top 7 Slaughter hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Piersall. Slaughter reaches second base with a double. Power scores.
Top 7 Lopez bunts towards the mound. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out. Power moves to second.
Top 7 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Lepcio 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 6 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Vernon hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Thompson fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Vernon is thrown out after the base hit.
Top 6 Gorman hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thompson is walked intentionally.
Top 6 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out. Finigan moves to second.
Top 6 Groth is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Finigan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Klaus hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Enos Slaughter now playing left field. Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Simpson hits a popup towards third. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Bill Renna. Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Power moves to third.
Top 5 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Power moves to second.
Top 5 Power hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Sullivan is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Joe DeMaestri now playing shortstop. White hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gorman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Thompson reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Baxes strikes out.
Top 4 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jensen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Vernon for the out.
Top 3 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Simpson hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Renna hits a popup towards first. Vernon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Williams for the out.
Bottom 2 Klaus takes first base on ball four. Buddin moves to third. Sullivan moves to second.
Bottom 2 Piersall strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Thompson fields it and throws to third for the out. Buddin moves to second.
Bottom 2 Buddin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. White moves to second.
Bottom 2 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Power hits a line drive towards third. Klaus reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gorman strikes out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Finigan scores. Groth scores.
Top 2 Baxes is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Simpson scores. Finigan moves to third. Groth moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Simpson moves to third.
Top 2 The umpire calls a balk on Sullivan Simpson moves to second.
Top 2 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lepcio fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Lepcio.
Bottom 1 Lepcio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Jensen takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Vernon hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Williams strikes out.
Bottom 1 Piersall is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Piersall moves to third. Klaus moves to second.
Bottom 1 Klaus takes first base on ball four. Piersall moves to second.
Bottom 1 Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Lopez strikes out.
Top 1 Power hits a line drive into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.