Kansas City Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
July 4, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1956 at Comiskey Park I. The Kansas City Athletics defeated the Chicago White Sox and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 2

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 1b 4 1 1 0
  Boyer pr 0 0 0 0
  Robinson 1b 0 0 0 0
Slaughter rf 5 1 3 0
Skizas lf 4 1 2 1
Simpson cf 4 0 1 1
Thompson c 3 0 0 0
  Ginsberg c 2 0 0 0
Lopez 2b 3 0 0 1
Finigan 3b 2 0 0 0
Baxes ss 4 0 2 0
Kellner p 3 0 0 0
  Ditmar p 0 0 0 0
  Shantz p 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 9 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Rivera rf 4 1 2 0
Fox 2b 4 1 1 0
Minoso lf 4 0 1 0
Lollar c 3 0 2 1
Doby cf 4 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 0 0 0
Esposito 3b,ss 4 0 0 0
Aparicio ss 1 0 0 0
  Hatfield ph,3b 2 0 1 0
Staley p 1 0 0 0
  Phillips ph 1 0 0 0
  Howell p 0 0 0 0
  Northey ph 0 0 0 0
  Donovan pr 0 0 0 0
  LaPalme p 0 0 0 0
  Philley ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 1
Kansas City 300 000 000393
Chicago 000 002 000272
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kellner  W(6-3) 5.0 5 2 1 1 2
  Ditmar   1.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Shantz   2.2 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
1
3
3
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Staley  L(3-1) 5.0 6 3 1 1 2
  Howell   2.0 2 0 0 1 3
  LaPalme   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Totals
9.0
9
3
1
4
5

  E–Simpson (5), Lopez (12), Kellner (1), Lollar (4), Aparicio (14).  DP–Kansas City 1. Power.  2B–Kansas City Skizas (1,off Staley).  SH–Finigan (5,off LaPalme); Skizas (1,off LaPalme)..  IBB–Simpson (4,by Staley).  Team LOB–11.  Team–7.  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Bill Summers, 3B–Bill McKinley.  T–2:28.  A–18,682.
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