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July 8, 1956

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Orioles 0 5 1
Red Sox 8 12 0
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Red Sox 8 12 0

Mickey Vernon Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .324
OBP .333 .394
At Bats 3 204
Hits 1 66
• Singles 1 40
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 1 39

Hal Brown Season Stats

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4 2 0
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Fenway Park - July 8, 1956
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Out
Hal Brown
Tom Gastall
Gus Triandos
Billy Gardner
George Kell
Willie Miranda
Bob Nieman
Tito Francona
Dick Williams
Mickey Vernon
Gene Stephens
Billy Klaus
Billy Goodman
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Gene Stephens pinch runs for Ted Williams. Vernon hits a line drive into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 5 Williams takes first base on ball four. Sullivan scores. Goodman moves to third. Klaus moves to second.
Bottom 5 Klaus hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sullivan moves to third. Goodman moves to second.
Bottom 5 Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sullivan moves to second.
Bottom 5 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Buddin hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Piersall tags and scores.
Bottom 5 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piersall moves to third.
Bottom 5 Hal Brown now pitching. Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards the mound. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Joe Frazier pinch hits for Bill Wight. Frazier hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Miranda hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gardner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. Gardner reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Vernon hits a line drive into left field. Nieman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Nieman. Williams scores. Vernon moves to third.
Bottom 4 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Williams reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Klaus hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wight fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Gastall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nieman moves to second.
Top 4 Triandos is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 4 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 White 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 3 Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Jensen moves to third.
Bottom 3 Jensen hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Jensen reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Wight hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards first. Vernon scoops it up and throws to first, with Sullivan covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 Vernon hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wight fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Goodman scores. Klaus moves to second.
Bottom 2 Klaus hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Buddin scores. Goodman moves to third.
Bottom 2 Bill Wight now pitching. Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out. Buddin moves to third.
Bottom 2 Sullivan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Buddin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Buddin reaches second base with a double. Piersall scores.
Bottom 2 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Triandos scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. Piersall moves to third.
Bottom 2 Piersall hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Francona. Piersall reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Gardner strikes out.
Top 2 Gastall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Triandos hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Vernon hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Klaus hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Gastall settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Goodman takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kell strikes out.
Top 1 Williams is called out on strikes.