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Orioles
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
June 15, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles, played on June 15, 1956 at Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 15, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Athletics
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 15, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Home Team | Kansas City Athletics |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Ray Moore |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lou Kretlow |
| Ballpark | Municipal Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 16,645 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 35 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim Honochick 1B: Larry Napp 2B: Frank Umont 3B: Charlie Berry |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Billy Gardner | Second Baseman |
| Bob Hale | First Baseman |
| George Kell | Third Baseman |
| Bob Nieman | Left Fielder |
| Tito Francona | Center Fielder |
| Hoot Evers | Right Fielder |
| Hal Smith | Catcher |
| Willie Miranda | Shortstop |
| Ray Moore | Pitcher |
| Paul Richards | Manager |
Kansas City Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Vic Power | First Baseman |
| Hector Lopez | Third Baseman |
| Gus Zernial | Left Fielder |
| Harry Simpson | Right Fielder |
| Tim Thompson | Catcher |
| Johnny Groth | Center Fielder |
| Jim Finigan | Second Baseman |
| Mike Baxes | Shortstop |
| Lou Kretlow | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Orioles
@ Athletics
Municipal Stadium
June 15, 1956
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Kretlow
Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Kretlow
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Kretlow
Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Moore
Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Moore
Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Moore
Zernial takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simpson vs. Moore
Simpson hits a fly ball into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Kretlow
Nieman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Kretlow
Francona is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evers vs. Kretlow
Evers hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thompson vs. Moore
Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Moore
Groth hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Groth reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Finigan vs. Moore
Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Groth moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Baxes vs. Moore
Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Kretlow
Smith hits a popup towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Kretlow
Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Kretlow
Moore strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kretlow vs. Moore
Kretlow hits a line drive into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Power vs. Moore
Power hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Moore
Lopez hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zernial vs. Moore
Zernial strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Kretlow
Gardner hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Kretlow
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kretlow juggles the ball. That's an error on Kretlow. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kell vs. Kretlow
Kell strikes out. There goes Hale. The throw from Thompson to second, and Hale is out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Moore
Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thompson vs. Moore
Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Moore
Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Moore fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Kretlow
Nieman hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Lopez. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Kretlow
Nieman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Kretlow
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Francona for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evers vs. Kretlow
Evers hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finigan vs. Moore
Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda misplays the ball. That's an error on Miranda. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Baxes vs. Moore
Baxes hits a fly ball into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kretlow vs. Moore
Kretlow strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Power vs. Moore
Power hits a fly ball into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Kretlow
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Kretlow
Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first, with Kretlow covering, for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Moore vs. Kretlow
Moore hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Moore reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gardner vs. Kretlow
Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Moore
Lopez hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Moore
Zernial is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Simpson vs. Moore
Simpson hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Francona. Simpson reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thompson vs. Moore
Thompson hits a line drive into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Kretlow
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Kretlow
Kell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nieman vs. Kretlow
Nieman strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Kretlow
Francona strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Groth vs. Zuverink
George Zuverink now pitching.
Groth hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finigan vs. Zuverink
Finigan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baxes vs. Zuverink
Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kretlow vs. Zuverink
Kretlow takes first base on ball four. Baxes moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Power vs. Zuverink
Power hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Gardner reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evers vs. Kretlow
Joe DeMaestri now playing shortstop.
Evers hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Kretlow
Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Kretlow
Miranda takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zuverink vs. Kretlow
Zuverink takes first base on ball four. Miranda moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Gardner vs. Kretlow
Gardner takes first base on ball four. Miranda moves to third. Zuverink moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Hale vs. Harrington
Bill Harrington now pitching.
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Zuverink
Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zernial vs. Zuverink
Zernial hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Simpson vs. Ferrarese
Bobby Shantz pinch runs for Gus Zernial. Don Ferrarese now pitching.
Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Shantz moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thompson vs. Ferrarese
Thompson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Groth vs. Ferrarese
Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kell vs. Harrington
Enos Slaughter now playing left field.
Kell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nieman vs. Harrington
Chuck Diering pinch runs for George Kell.
Nieman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Harrington
Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evers vs. Harrington
Evers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Diering moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Smith vs. Harrington
Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Diering scores. Evers moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miranda vs. Harrington
Miranda hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Finigan vs. Ferrarese
Chuck Diering now playing center field. Bobby Adams now playing third base.
Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeMaestri vs. Ferrarese
DeMaestri hits a popup towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Athletics, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pless vs. Ferrarese
Rance Pless pinch hits for Bill Harrington.
Pless strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/15/1956 -- Baltimore at Kansas City (N)
Baltimore AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Gardner B, 2b 3 0 0 0 Power V, 1b 4 0 0 0
Hale B, 1b 4 0 0 0 Lopez H, 3b 4 0 1 0
Kell G, 3b 2 0 0 0 Zernial G, lf 3 0 1 0
Diering C, pr-cf 0 1 0 0 Shantz B, pr 0 0 0 0
Nieman B, lf 4 0 0 0 Slaughter E, lf 0 0 0 0
Francona T, cf 4 0 0 0 Simpson H, rf 4 0 3 0
Adams B, 3b 0 0 0 0 Thompson T, c 4 0 0 0
Evers H, rf 4 0 1 0 Groth J, cf 4 0 1 0
Smith H, c 4 0 1 1 Finigan J, 2b 4 0 0 0
Miranda W, ss 3 0 0 0 Baxes M, ss 3 0 1 0
Moore R, p 2 0 1 0 DeMaestri J, ss 1 0 0 0
Zuverink G, p 0 0 0 0 Kretlow L, p 2 0 0 0
Ferrarese D, p 0 0 0 0 Harrington B, p 0 0 0 0
Pless R, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30 1 3 1 34 0 7 0
Baltimore 000 000 001 -- 1
Kansas City 000 000 000 -- 0
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Moore R 6.0 4 0 0 1 3
Zuverink G 1.1 2 0 0 1 0
Ferrarese D (W) 1.2 1 0 0 0 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Kretlow L 7.2 1 0 0 4 5
Harrington B (L) 1.1 2 1 1 1 1
E -- Kretlow L, Lopez H, Miranda W
DP -- Baltimore 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Baltimore 7, Kansas City 9
2B -- Groth J, Moore R, Simpson H
CS -- Hale B
T -- 2:35
A -- 16645
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