Kansas City Athletics vs Chicago White Sox
August 7, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 7, 1956 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Athletics 4, Chicago White Sox 5

Kansas City Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Power 2b,1b 5 0 0 0
Pilarcik cf 5 1 2 0
Skizas lf 3 1 1 1
  Groth lf 2 0 0 0
Simpson rf 4 2 3 1
Robinson 1b 3 0 1 0
  Boyer 2b 0 0 0 0
Lopez 3b 3 0 1 1
Thompson c 3 0 0 0
DeMaestri ss 4 0 0 0
Kellner p 1 0 0 0
  Slaughter ph 1 0 0 0
  Shantz p 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 4 8 3
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Aparicio ss 4 1 2 0
  Northey ph 0 0 0 0
  Phillips pr 0 0 0 0
  Kinder p 0 0 0 0
Fox 2b 3 1 1 1
Doby cf 5 0 1 2
Minoso lf,3b 5 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 4 1 1 0
Rivera rf 5 1 3 1
Moss c 4 0 2 0
Hatfield 3b 2 0 0 0
  Esposito ph,3b,ss 2 0 0 0
Keegan p 1 0 0 0
  Staley p 1 0 0 0
  Philley ph 1 0 0 0
  LaPalme p 0 0 0 0
  Lollar ph 0 0 0 0
  Delsing pr,lf 0 1 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 4
Kansas City 100 201 000 0481
Chicago 002 001 001 15100
  Kansas City Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Kellner   3.0 3 2 2 1 2
  Shantz  L(1-5) 6.1 7 3 2 2 3
Totals
9.1
10
5
4
3
5
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Keegan   3.0 6 3 3 0 0
  Staley   4.0 1 1 1 0 0
  LaPalme   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
  Kinder  W(2-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
8
4
4
1
0

  E–Lopez (21).  DP–Chicago 1. Fox-Aparicio-Dropo.  2B–Kansas City Pilarcik (3,off Kinder), Chicago Aparicio (11,off Kellner); Rivera (18,off Shantz).  3B–Kansas City Simpson (9,off Staley), Chicago Doby (2,off Kellner); Rivera (4,off Shantz).  HR–Kansas City Skizas (4,4th inning off Keegan 0 on 0 out).  SH–Lopez (4,off LaPalme).  HBP–Thompson (2,by Keegan); Fox (8,by Kellner); Dropo (3,by Shantz).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  SB–Pilarcik (3,2nd base off Keegan/Moss).  CS–Rivera (7,2nd base by Kellner/Thompson).  U-HP–Red Flaherty, 1B–Bill Summers, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–John Rice.  T–2:43.
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