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August 26, 1956

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Red Sox	0	1	0

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Athletics	1	3	1
Red Sox	0	1	0

Vic Power Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.306
OBP	.000	.341
At Bats	1	386
Hits	0	118
• Singles	0	89
• Doubles	0	17
• Triples	0	3
• Home Runs	0	9
Walks	0	20
RBI’s	0	52

Willard Nixon Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
7	6	0

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Fenway Park - August 26, 1956

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Out

Willard Nixon

Pete Daley

Dick Gernert

Ted Lepcio

Billy Klaus

Milt Bolling

Ted Williams

Jim Piersall

Jackie Jensen

Vic Power

Tom Gorman

Mike Baxes

Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 2 Mike Baxes pinch runs for Joe DeMaestri. Gorman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Groth scores. Baxes moves to second.

Top 2 DeMaestri is hit by the pitch. Groth moves to second.

Top 2 Groth hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 2 Lopez strikes out.

Top 2 There goes Skizas. The throw from Daley and he is safe. Skizas steals second.

Top 2 Skizas takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 1 Gernert strikes out.

Bottom 1 Williams hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Klaus hits a line drive towards second. Power fields the ball and throws to first. Simpson drops the ball. That's an out and an error on Simpson.

Bottom 1 Bolling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Simpson hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 There goes Smith. The throw from Daley and he is safe. Smith steals second.

Top 1 Zernial strikes out.

Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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