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Tigers
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
July 15, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 15, 1956 at Memorial Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 15, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
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| Home Team |
Baltimore Orioles
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 15, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Virgil Trucks |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Hal Brown |
| Ballpark | Memorial Stadium |
| City | Baltimore |
| State | MD |
| Attendance | 15,331 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 4 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ed Runge 1B: Eddie Rommel 2B: Frank Tabacchi 3B: Johnny Stevens |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Harvey Kuenn | Shortstop |
| Earl Torgeson | First Baseman |
| Charlie Maxwell | Left Fielder |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Frank House | Catcher |
| Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
| Bob Kennedy | Third Baseman |
| Frank Bolling | Second Baseman |
| Virgil Trucks | Pitcher |
| Bucky Harris | Manager |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dick Williams | Third Baseman |
| Bob Hale | First Baseman |
| Joe Frazier | Right Fielder |
| Bob Nieman | Left Fielder |
| Tito Francona | Center Fielder |
| Gus Triandos | Catcher |
| Billy Gardner | Second Baseman |
| Willie Miranda | Shortstop |
| Hal Brown | Pitcher |
| Paul Richards | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Orioles
Memorial Stadium
July 15, 1956
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Brown
Kuenn hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Brown
Torgeson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxwell vs. Brown
Maxwell hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torgeson moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kaline vs. Brown
Kaline hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Frazier. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Torgeson scores. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
House vs. Brown
House 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
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Trucks
Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Trucks
Hale hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frazier vs. Trucks
Frazier hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Frazier for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nieman vs. Trucks
Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Francona vs. Trucks
There goes Nieman. The throw from House and he is safe. Nieman steals second. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Francona vs. Trucks
Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Brown
Tuttle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Brown
Kennedy strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Brown
Bolling hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Triandos vs. Trucks
Triandos strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Trucks
Gardner hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Trucks
Miranda is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trucks vs. Brown
Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Brown
Kuenn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Frazier who is chasing the ball. Kuenn reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Torgeson vs. Brown
Torgeson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Brown
Maxwell 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 -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Brown
Kaline hits a popup towards third. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Trucks
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Trucks
Williams hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Trucks
Hale hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Hale reaches second base with a double. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Frazier vs. Trucks
Frazier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nieman vs. Trucks
Nieman hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. House fields it and throws to first for the out. Brown scores. Hale moves to third. Frazier moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Francona vs. Trucks
Francona is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Triandos vs. Trucks
Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Brown
House hits a fly ball into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Brown
Tuttle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Brown
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Trucks
Gardner is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Trucks
Miranda is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Trucks
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Brown
Bolling bunts towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trucks vs. Brown
Trucks is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Brown
Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Trucks
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hale vs. Trucks
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frazier vs. Trucks
Frazier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nieman vs. Trucks
Nieman is called out on strikes. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Francona vs. Trucks
Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Brown
Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Brown
Maxwell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Brown
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Triandos vs. Trucks
Triandos hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gardner vs. Trucks
Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miranda vs. Trucks
Miranda hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Brown
House strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Brown
Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Brown
Kennedy hits a popup towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Trucks
Brown hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Trucks
Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Williams reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hale vs. Trucks
Hale hits a line drive towards first. Torgeson reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Frazier vs. Trucks
Frazier takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nieman vs. Trucks
Nieman takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to third. Frazier moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Francona vs. Trucks
Francona hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Triandos vs. Trucks
Triandos takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gardner vs. Trucks
Gardner takes first base on ball four. Triandos moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Miranda vs. Gromek
Steve Gromek now pitching.
Miranda takes first base on ball four. Triandos moves to third. Gardner moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Brown vs. Gromek
Brown hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bolling vs. Brown
Bolling strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belardi vs. Brown
Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Steve Gromek.
Belardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuenn vs. Brown
Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Brown
Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hale scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torgeson for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Williams vs. Masterson
Wayne Belardi now playing first base. Walt Masterson now pitching. Jim Brideweser now playing shortstop.
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Masterson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hale vs. Masterson
Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Frazier vs. Masterson
Frazier hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Brown
George Kell now playing third base. Dick Williams now playing first base. Jim Pyburn now playing center field. Tito Francona now playing right fie
Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Brown
Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maxwell moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
House vs. Brown
House hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Maxwell moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Orioles, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tuttle vs. Brown
Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/15/1956, game 2 -- Detroit at Baltimore (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Baltimore AB R H RBI
Kuenn H, ss 4 1 1 0 Williams D, 3b-1b 5 2 3 1
Brideweser J, ss 0 0 0 0 Hale B, 1b 5 0 1 0
Torgeson E, 1b 3 2 1 2 Kell G, 3b 0 0 0 0
Masterson W, p 0 0 0 0 Frazier J, rf 2 1 0 0
Maxwell C, lf 4 0 1 0 Pyburn J, cf 0 0 0 0
Kaline A, rf 4 0 2 1 Nieman B, lf 3 1 1 1
House F, c 4 0 0 0 Francona T, cf-rf 3 1 1 4
Tuttle B, cf 4 0 0 0 Triandos G, c 3 0 0 0
Kennedy B, 3b 3 0 0 0 Gardner B, 2b 3 0 0 0
Bolling F, 2b 3 0 0 0 Miranda W, ss 3 0 0 0
Trucks V, p 2 0 0 0 Brown H, p 3 1 0 0
Gromek S, p 0 0 0 0
Belardi W, ph-1b 1 0 1 0
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32 3 6 3 30 6 6 6
Detroit 102 000 000 -- 3
Baltimore 101 000 40x -- 6
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks V (L) 6.2 6 6 6 8 5
Gromek S 0.1 0 0 0 1 0
Masterson W 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Brown H (W) 9.0 6 3 3 1 4
DP -- Baltimore 1
LOB -- Detroit 3, Baltimore 9
2B -- Kaline A, Hale B, Williams D
3B -- Kuenn H
HR -- Williams D, Torgeson E, Francona T
SB -- Nieman B
T -- 2:04
A -- 15331
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