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May 6, 1956

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Athletics 11 15 0
Senators 2 7 0
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 11 15 0
Senators 2 7 0

Harry Simpson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .270
OBP .500 .288
At Bats 4 63
Hits 2 17
• Singles 2 12
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 1 15

Hal Griggs Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Griffith Stadium - May 6, 1956
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Strikeout
Hal Griggs
Lou Berberet
Roy Sievers
Pete Runnels
Eddie Yost
Jerry Snyder
Jim Lemon
Karl Olson
Ernie Oravetz
Harry Simpson
Bill Renna
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Simpson strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Renna hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Snyder hits a line drive towards third. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Berberet hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Olson strikes out.
Bottom 8 Lemon strikes out.
Top 8 Groth strikes out.
Top 8 Jacobs takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Crimian hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hal Griggs now pitching. Pless hits a fly ball into right field. Oravetz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Sievers hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Jack Crimian now pitching. Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Snyder tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Oravetz takes first base on ball four. Snyder moves to third. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 7 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Plews is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Herb Plews pinch hits for Tex Clevenger. There goes Snyder. The throw from Astroth and he is safe. Snyder steals second.
Bottom 7 Bill Renna now playing left field. Joe Astroth now catching. Snyder takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Joe Astroth pinch runs for Tim Thompson. DeMaestri hits a line drive towards short. Snyder reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oravetz. Thompson reaches second base with a double. Simpson goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Tex Clevenger now pitching. Lopez hits a fly ball into right field. Oravetz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Simpson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Groth hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 7 Jacobs takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Burtschy strikes out.
Bottom 6 Berberet hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Olson hits a popup in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Pless hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into right field. Oravetz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Oravetz hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 5 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Johnny Groth now playing center field. Harry Simpson now playing right field. Wiesler hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pless scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wiesler for the out.
Top 5 Lopez strikes out. Berberet drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Lopez out.
Top 5 Simpson strikes out.
Top 5 Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Slaughter for the out.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Jacobs moves to third.
Top 5 Jacobs hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oravetz. Jacobs reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Snyder hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burtschy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Berberet hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Olson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Burtschy strikes out.
Top 4 Pless hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 DeMaestri strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Thompson. The throw from Berberet and he is out, Snyder applying the tag.
Top 4 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Sievers takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to third. Runnels moves to second.
Bottom 3 Runnels takes first base on ball four. Yost moves to second.
Bottom 3 Oravetz is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Wiesler fires to first and has Lopez trapped. There's the throw to Snyder who tags Lopez for the out.
Top 3 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Bob Wiesler now pitching. Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Wiesler fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Clint Courtney pinch hits for Bunky Stewart. Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards first. Pless scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Courtney for the out.
Bottom 2 Snyder hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berberet moves to second.
Bottom 2 Berberet hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Sievers scores.
Bottom 2 Olson hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lemon strikes out.
Bottom 2 Sievers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Sievers reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Oravetz hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Pless hits a fly ball into right field. Oravetz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bunky Stewart now pitching. DeMaestri bunts in front of the plate. Berberet fields it and throws to first for the out. Thompson scores.
Top 1 Thompson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Oravetz. Thompson reaches second base with a double. Simpson scores. Lopez goes all the way around to score. Thompson moves to third.
Top 1 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Zernial scores. Simpson moves to second.
Top 1 Simpson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Slaughter scores. Zernial moves to third.
Top 1 Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Slaughter moves to second.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.