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August 18, 1956

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Athletics 1 6 2
Indians 8 6 1
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Athletics 1 6 2
Indians 8 6 1

Lou Skizas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .367
OBP .667 .400
At Bats 2 139
Hits 2 51
• Singles 2 43
• Doubles 0 2
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 9
RBI’s 1 23

Early Wynn Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 6 2
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 18, 1956
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Early Wynn
Jim Hegan
Preston Ward
Bobby Avila
Al Rosen
George Strickland
Gene Woodling
Al Smith
Rocky Colavito
Lou Skizas
Al Pilarcik
Joe DeMaestri
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Skizas hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Pilarcik takes first base on ball four. DeMaestri moves to second.
Top 7 Power hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Avila reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Troy Herriage. Slaughter hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Avila takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Wynn hits a fly ball into right field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thompson hits a line drive towards short. Strickland catches it and throws to second to double up Lopez.
Top 6 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland misplays the ball. That's an error on Strickland. Lopez moves to second.
Top 6 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hegan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 5 Colavito hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ward takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes Rosen. The throw from Thompson and he is out, Power applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Rosen takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Simpson for the out.
Top 5 Skizas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops it up and throws to first, with Wynn covering, for the out.
Top 5 Power strikes out.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Woodling hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Avila takes first base on ball four. Wynn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Wynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 4 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Lopez. Hegan scores. Strickland moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 4 Troy Herriage now pitching. Hegan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Hegan reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Eddie Robinson pinch hits for Bobby Shantz. Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops it up and throws to first, with Wynn covering, for the out.
Top 4 DeMaestri strikes out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Colavito. Thompson reaches second base with a double. Lopez moves to third.
Top 4 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Zernial hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Colavito hits a popup, foul, towards first. Simpson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Bobby Shantz now pitching. Ward strikes out.
Bottom 3 Rosen hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Woodling tags and scores. Smith scores.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Smith reaches second base with a double. Avila scores. Woodling moves to third.
Bottom 3 Woodling takes first base on ball four. Avila moves to second.
Bottom 3 Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Simpson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Skizas hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kretlow tags and scores. Power tags and moves to third.
Top 3 Pilarcik takes first base on ball four. Kretlow moves to third. Power moves to second.
Top 3 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kretlow moves to second.
Top 3 Kretlow takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 DeMaestri strikes out.
Bottom 2 Wynn strikes out.
Bottom 2 Strickland strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson scoops it up and throws to first, with Kretlow covering, for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Zernial hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson fields the ball and throws to second. DeMaestri drops the ball. That's an out and an error on DeMaestri. Avila scores. Woodling scores. Ward moves to second.
Bottom 1 Rosen takes first base on ball four. Woodling moves to second.
Bottom 1 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 1 Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Avila moves to third.
Bottom 1 Avila takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Skizas hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.