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Boston Red Sox @ Kansas City Athletics

1956-07-24 · Night game · Municipal Stadium · Att: 19817 · 2:18

Boston Red Sox defeated Kansas City Athletics 3–2. Boston Red Sox put up 2 in the 9th. Ike Delock earned the win. Mickey Vernon went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	7
KC1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	7

W: Ike Delock L: Wally Burnette SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Napp · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Charlie Berry · 3B: Jim Honochick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Goodman	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Klaus	4	1	2	0	0	0
Ted Williams	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mickey Vernon	4	1	3	3	0	0
Jackie Jensen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Piersall	4	0	0	0	0	0
Sammy White	3	0	1	0	0	0
Don Buddin	3	0	0	0	0	1
Mel Parnell	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dick Gernert	1	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Hector Lopez	3	0	1	0	1	0
Al Pilarcik	3	0	1	0	1	0
Lou Skizas	4	0	0	0	0	1
Harry Simpson	3	0	0	0	1	0
Vic Power	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Thompson	4	1	2	0	0	1
Joe DeMaestri	3	1	1	1	0	0
Clete Boyer	3	0	1	1	0	0
Wally Burnette	3	0	1	0	0	1
Eddie Robinson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	1	0	0	0	0	0
Gus Zernial	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Parnell	7.0	7	1	2
Ike Delock	2.0	0	2	1

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Wally Burnette	9.0	7	1	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Goodman: 63
Billy Klaus: S
Ted Williams: S9.1-3
Mickey Vernon: D8/89.3-H;1XH(832)
Jackie Jensen: 8/L

Bot 1

Hector Lopez: 9/P
Al Pilarcik: S
Lou Skizas: K+CS2(24)/DP

Top 2

Jim Piersall: 2/P
Sammy White: 6/P
Don Buddin: 8

Bot 2

Harry Simpson: 43
Vic Power: 43
Tim Thompson: S8
Joe DeMaestri: 8

Top 3

Mel Parnell: K
Billy Goodman: 8/L
Billy Klaus: S
Ted Williams: 5/P

Bot 3

Clete Boyer: 63
Wally Burnette: 63
Hector Lopez: W
Al Pilarcik: 43

Top 4

Mickey Vernon: 7
Jackie Jensen: 3/FL
Jim Piersall: 53

Bot 4

Lou Skizas: 4/P
Harry Simpson: 5/P
Vic Power: 8/F

Top 5

Sammy White: S
Don Buddin: 54(1)3/GDP
Mel Parnell: 7/F

Bot 5

Tim Thompson: 9/F
Joe DeMaestri: HR/7
Clete Boyer: 6/P
Wally Burnette: S9
Hector Lopez: D7.1-3
Al Pilarcik: 9/F

Top 6

Billy Goodman: 63
Billy Klaus: 63
Ted Williams: 13

Bot 6

Lou Skizas: 9/F
Harry Simpson: 43
Vic Power: 63

Top 7

Mickey Vernon: D
Jackie Jensen: 63
Jim Piersall: 53
Sammy White: 9

Bot 7

Tim Thompson: S9
Joe DeMaestri: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Joe DeMaestri: 63
Clete Boyer: S3/BG3S.3-H(UR)
Wally Burnette: K
Hector Lopez: 53

Top 8

Don Buddin: K
Dick Gernert: K
Billy Goodman: 7/F

Bot 8

Al Pilarcik: W
Lou Skizas: 5/P
Harry Simpson: W.1-2
Vic Power: 8/F
Tim Thompson: K

Top 9

Billy Klaus: 43/G
Ted Williams: W
Mickey Vernon: HR/9.1-H
Jackie Jensen: 4/P
Jim Piersall: 4/P

Bot 9

Eddie Robinson: 43/G
Enos Slaughter: 8/F
Gus Zernial: 4/P

Notes & reviews

Tim Thompson and Vic Power nearly fight in dugout arguing about who should have caught Jimmy Piersall's popup in top of second
Buddin late covering 2nd
squeeze that surprised Red Sox so much no one covered 1B

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