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August 4, 1956

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Bottom 8 R H E
Orioles 4 7 2
White Sox 15 12 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Orioles 4 7 2
White Sox 15 12 0

Walt Dropo Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .245
OBP .500 .349
At Bats 4 163
Hits 2 40
• Singles 1 30
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 0 25
RBI’s 2 26

Hal Brown Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 2 0
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Comiskey Park - August 4, 1956
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Out
Hal Brown
Tom Gastall
Gus Triandos
Grady Hatton
Billy Gardner
Willie Miranda
Bob Nieman
Jim Pyburn
Dick Williams
Walt Dropo
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Dropo hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Delsing strikes out.
Top 8 Triandos hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Esposito settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Nieman hits a ball on the ground between third and short. The ball bounces off Hatfield, and towards Aparicio, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Fred Hatfield now playing third base. Sammy Esposito now playing second base. Hatton hits a ball on the ground towards first. Dropo scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hatton for the out.
Bottom 7 Philley 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 7 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Esposito 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 7 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a popup towards short. Aparicio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Dave Philley now playing left field. Jim Delsing now playing center field. Sherm Lollar now catching. Gastall strikes out.
Bottom 6 Harshman hits a line drive into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Rivera hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Moss hits a popup, foul, towards first. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Dropo hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 There's a wild pitch. Minoso moves to third.
Bottom 6 Minoso hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Williams. Minoso reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Doby hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Tom Gastall now catching. Grady Hatton now playing second base. Billy Gardner now playing third base. Hal Brown now pitching. Fox takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Miranda hits a popup towards first. Dropo settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Pyburn hits a line drive towards the mound. Harshman catches it and throws to first to double up Smith.
Top 6 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Triandos scores.
Top 6 Triandos hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Triandos reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Esposito hits a fly ball into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Harshman hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. Two runs are unearned.
Bottom 5 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell juggles the ball. That's an error on Kell.
Bottom 5 Rivera hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 5 Moss takes first base on ball four. Dropo moves to second.
Bottom 5 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Doby hits a line drive into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Esposito fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kell hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gardner takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Esposito fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Esposito strikes out.
Bottom 4 The umpire calls a balk on Fornieles Aparicio scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 There goes Aparicio. The throw from Smith and he is safe. Aparicio steals third.
Bottom 4 Harshman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Triandos scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harshman for the out. Aparicio moves to second.
Bottom 4 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda misplays the ball. That's an error on Miranda.
Top 4 Fornieles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 4 Miranda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Pyburn moves to third.
Top 4 Pyburn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nieman scores.
Top 4 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Triandos hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kell tags and scores. Nieman tags and moves to second.
Top 4 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kell moves to third.
Top 4 Kell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Kell reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Mike Fornieles now pitching. There goes Rivera. The throw from Smith and he is out, Miranda applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Rivera takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Moss hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Dropo bunts in front of the plate. Smith fields it, throws to third for one, and over to first for the double play. Minoso moves to second.
Bottom 3 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doby moves to second.
Bottom 3 Doby takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Gardner strikes out.
Top 3 Williams hits a popup towards third. Esposito settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Wight hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harshman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Esposito takes first base on ball four. Moss scores. Rivera moves to third. Aparicio moves to second.
Bottom 2 Harshman is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wight fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Minoso scores. Moss moves to third. Rivera moves to second.
Bottom 2 Rivera takes first base on ball four. Minoso moves to third. Moss moves to second.
Bottom 2 Moss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Minoso moves to second.
Bottom 2 Dropo hits a fly ball into right field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Pyburn hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Smith hits a popup towards third. Esposito settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Doby strikes out.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Esposito takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 There go the runners. The throw from Moss to Fox covering second. The throw back to home, and Nieman is out at the plate.
Top 1 Triandos hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gardner scores. Nieman moves to third.
Top 1 Nieman takes first base on ball four. Gardner moves to second.
Top 1 Kell hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Gardner takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Esposito fields it and throws to first for the out.