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August 9, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Indians 2 5 0
White Sox 9 12 0
Top 9 R H E
Indians 2 5 0
White Sox 9 12 0

George Strickland Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .239
OBP .333 .349
At Bats 3 109
Hits 1 26
• Singles 1 21
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 19
RBI’s 0 12

Jack Harshman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 7 0
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Comiskey Park - August 9, 1956
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Out
Jack Harshman
Sherm Lollar
Walt Dropo
Nellie Fox
Fred Hatfield
Luis Aparicio
Minnie Minoso
Larry Doby
Jim Rivera
George Strickland

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 2 5 0 6
Chicago White Sox 9 12 0 11
Winning Pitcher Jack Harshman
Losing Pitcher Early Wynn
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Fred Hatfield
Attendance 9,050
Time of Game 2 hours 50 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Strickland hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Hegan is called out on strikes.
Top 9 Earl Averill pinch hits for Preston Ward. Averill hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hatfield for the out.
Bottom 8 Dropo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Lollar hits a fly ball into left field. Mele settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Colavito hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mele hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Smith takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Minoso is hit by the pitch. Doby moves to second.
Bottom 7 Doby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harshman scores. Fox moves to third.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out. Harshman moves to third.
Bottom 7 Aparicio bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Hatfield scores. Harshman moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Art Houtteman now pitching. Harshman hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lollar scores. Hatfield moves to third.
Bottom 7 Hatfield hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Lollar moves to third.
Bottom 7 Dropo hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Rivera tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Lollar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Doby scores. Minoso scores. Rivera moves to third.
Bottom 7 Rivera takes first base on ball four. Doby moves to third. Minoso moves to second.
Bottom 7 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doby moves to second.
Bottom 7 Doby takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Avila 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 Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sherm Lollar now catching. Strickland hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Aparicio strikes out.
Bottom 6 Harshman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Hatfield hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Lollar tags and scores. Dropo tags and moves to second.
Bottom 6 Dropo hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lollar moves to third.
Bottom 6 Sherm Lollar pinch hits for Les Moss. Lollar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Hegan hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Ward strikes out.
Top 6 Colavito takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Mele hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Rivera 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.
Bottom 5 Minoso takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Doby hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There's a wild pitch. Aparicio moves to third. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 5 Fox bunts towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Aparicio moves to second.
Bottom 5 Aparicio takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Doby throws the ball in to Dropo who tags Smith trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Strickland scores.
Top 5 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to second for the out. Strickland moves to third.
Top 5 Avila hits a line drive towards third. Hatfield reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Wynn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hegan scores. Strickland moves to second.
Top 5 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Hegan moves to third.
Top 5 Hegan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Hegan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Harshman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Harshman for the out.
Bottom 4 Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hatfield for the out.
Bottom 4 Dropo is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Ward hits a fly ball into right field. Rivera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Colavito takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Mele hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Harshman fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Moss strikes out.
Bottom 3 Rivera hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Doby scores. Rivera moves to second.
Bottom 3 Minoso hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Hegan fields it and throws to first for the out. Doby moves to second.
Bottom 3 Doby takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Ward scoops it up and throws to first, with Wynn covering, for the out.
Top 3 Busby strikes out.
Top 3 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hatfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Wynn is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Aparicio hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Harshman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Hatfield hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Dropo strikes out.
Top 2 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Hegan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mele moves to third. Ward moves to second.
Top 2 Ward takes first base on ball four. Mele moves to second.
Top 2 Colavito hits a line drive into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Mele takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Moss is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Rivera strikes out.
Bottom 1 Minoso hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aparicio scores. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 1 Doby strikes out.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Aparicio moves to third.
Bottom 1 Aparicio hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 1 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Aparicio scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Busby strikes out.
Top 1 Avila hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.