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July 31, 1956

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Athletics 1 4 2
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Lou Skizas Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .375
OBP .333 .421
At Bats 3 88
Hits 1 33
• Singles 1 27
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 7
RBI’s 0 16

Hal Brown Season Stats

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6 2 0
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Municipal Stadium - July 31, 1956
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Single
Hal Brown
Tom Gastall
Gus Triandos
Billy Gardner
George Kell
Willie Miranda
Dick Williams
Jim Pyburn
Tito Francona
Lou Skizas
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Skizas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Jim Pyburn now playing center field. Dick Williams now playing left field. Pilarcik hits a fly ball into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Miranda hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Gastall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez throws to second for one, and Power throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Triandos scores. Gastall moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 9 Gardner takes first base on ball four. Triandos moves to second.
Top 9 Triandos hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Mike Baxes now playing shortstop. Jack McMahan now pitching. Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Jack Crimian. Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Triandos scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Gus Zernial pinch hits for Joe DeMaestri. Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kell strikes out.
Top 8 Francona hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Simpson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Simpson takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Brown hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Miranda for the out.
Top 7 Jack Crimian now pitching. Gastall hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Skizas strikes out.
Bottom 6 Pilarcik hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Jim Finigan pinch hits for Troy Herriage. Finigan hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Gardner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skizas throws the ball in to Lopez who relays the ball to Power who tags Gardner trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Triandos scores.
Top 6 Triandos hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skizas. Triandos reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Robinson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 DeMaestri hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Francona. Ginsberg reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Power hits a popup towards first. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skizas. Williams reaches second base with a double. Gastall goes all the way around to score.
Top 5 Brown strikes out.
Top 5 Miranda is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Gastall hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Skizas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez juggles the ball. That's an error on Lopez. Kell scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. Kell moves to second.
Top 4 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Herriage spins to throw to second. Safe. The throw to home, and Francona is out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Francona hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Francona reaches second base with a double. Williams goes all the way around to score. Francona moves to third.
Top 4 Williams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Herriage strikes out.
Bottom 3 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brown strikes out.
Top 3 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gastall hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Brown fires to first and picks off Ginsberg.
Bottom 2 Ginsberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Power hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Robinson hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Simpson hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Gardner strikes out.
Top 2 Triandos hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Skizas hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Pilarcik hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Lopez hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Francona hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.