Athletics @ Indians
August 19, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 1 8 2
Indians 2 6 3
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Athletics 1 8 2
Indians 2 6 3

Hal Smith Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .262
OBP .250 .313
At Bats 4 233
Hits 1 61
• Singles 0 43
• Doubles 1 15
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 3
Walks 0 17
RBI’s 0 18

Don Mossi Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 4 7
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 19, 1956
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Don Mossi
Jim Hegan
Preston Ward
Bobby Avila
Al Rosen
Chico Carrasquel
Gene Woodling
Al Smith
Rocky Colavito
Hal Smith
Clete Boyer
Bobby Shantz

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 1 8 2 13
Cleveland Indians 2 6 2 7
Winning Pitcher Mike Garcia
Losing Pitcher Art Ditmar
Save Don Mossi
Game Winning RBI Preston Ward
Attendance 10,319
Time of Game 2 hours 26 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Smith hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Clete Boyer pinch runs for Lou Skizas. Jim Finigan pinch hits for Eddie Robinson. Don Mossi now pitching. Finigan strikes out.
Top 9 Skizas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shantz moves to second.
Top 9 Bobby Shantz pinch runs for Vic Power. Pilarcik strikes out.
Top 9 Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Ward hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith scores. Rosen moves to third. Ward moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 8 Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez juggles the ball. That's an error on Lopez.
Bottom 8 Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Ditmar covering, for the out.
Bottom 8 Avila hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Ditmar hits a popup, foul, towards third. Rosen settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 There goes DeMaestri. The throw from Hegan and he is safe. DeMaestri steals second.
Top 8 DeMaestri strikes out. The ball gets by Hegan. He chases the ball to the backstop. There goes Groth. Here's the throw, and he's safe.
Top 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. Groth moves to second.
Top 8 Groth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Colavito moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hegan strikes out.
Bottom 7 Colavito hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Ward takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Skizas takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Garcia fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops it up and throws to first, with Garcia covering, for the out.
Bottom 6 Rosen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnny Groth now playing left field. Woodling hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Ditmar hits a line drive towards short. Carrasquel reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Groth moves to second.
Top 6 Johnny Groth pinch runs for Gus Zernial. Lopez hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Zernial takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Smith strikes out.
Bottom 5 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Garcia bunts for an out. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 5 Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Colavito scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 5 Hegan hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Colavito moves to third.
Bottom 5 Colavito hits a fly ball towards left. Zernial settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Zernial. Colavito moves to second.
Top 5 Robinson hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Skizas hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Ditmar tags and scores.
Top 5 Pilarcik bunts towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. Ditmar moves to third. Power moves to second.
Top 5 Power bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Ditmar moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 Ditmar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ward for the out.
Bottom 4 Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Woodling hits a line drive towards short. DeMaestri reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Avila hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 DeMaestri hits a popup towards first. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Woodling settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Smith hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Smith reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Carrasquel strikes out.
Bottom 3 Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Skizas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Jim Hegan now catching. Pilarcik strikes out.
Bottom 2 Colavito strikes out.
Bottom 2 Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Rosen hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Ditmar strikes out.
Top 2 DeMaestri strikes out.
Top 2 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel misplays the ball. That's an error on Carrasquel. Zernial moves to second.
Top 2 Zernial hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Woodling 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 Avila strikes out.
Top 1 Smith 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 Robinson takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Skizas hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 There goes Pilarcik. The throw from Naragon and he is safe. Pilarcik steals second.
Top 1 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila misplays the ball. That's an error on Avila.
Top 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Power for the out.