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August 26, 1956

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Athletics	1	3	1
Red Sox	0	1	0

Jim Piersall Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.296
OBP	.000	.369
At Bats	0	466
Hits	0	138
• Singles	0	92
• Doubles	0	31
• Triples	0	5
• Home Runs	0	10
Walks	0	55
RBI’s	0	59

Tom Gorman Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
7	8	4

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Fenway Park - August 26, 1956

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Out

Tom Gorman

Hal Smith

Harry Simpson

Vic Power

Hector Lopez

Mike Baxes

Gus Zernial

Johnny Groth

Lou Skizas

Jim Piersall

Count: - , 1 Out

Count: - , 2 Outs

Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 2 Mike Baxes now playing shortstop. Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out.

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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