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Tigers 6 @ Indians 4
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 14, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on August 14, 1956 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 6 to 4.

Game Summary

DateAugust 14, 1956 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 6 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 6
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 4 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 20
Runs: 4
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 20
Winning Pitcher—Jim Bunning  
Losing Pitcher—Don Mossi  
Save—Al Aber  
Game Winning RBI—Wayne Belardi 

Game Info

DateAugust 14, 1956 
Day of WeekTue 
Day / NightN 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherPaul Foytack  
Home Starting PitcherEarly Wynn  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance14,148 
Time of Game4 hours 32 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John Rice
1B: Red Flaherty
2B: Bill Summers
3B: Bill McKinley

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Earl Torgeson  First Baseman 
Jim Small  Left Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Ray Boone  Third Baseman 
Frank House  Catcher 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Paul Foytack  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Avila  Second Baseman 
Gene Woodling  Left Fielder 
Al Smith  Third Baseman 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
Rocky Colavito  Right Fielder 
Jim Busby  Center Fielder 
Chico Carrasquel  Shortstop 
Jim Hegan  Catcher 
Early Wynn  Pitcher 
Al Lopez  Manager 

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Tigers 6 @ Indians 4
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 14, 1956

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         Game of 8/14/1956 -- Detroit at Cleveland (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Kuenn H, ss-lf        5  0  0  1   Avila B, 2b           5  1  2  0   
Torgeson E, 1b        6  1  1  0   Woodling G, lf        6  2  1  1   
Small J, lf           4  0  0  0   Smith A, 3b           8  1  2  3   
Phillips J, ph        1  0  0  0   Wertz V, 1b           6  0  1  0   
Belardi W, lf-rf-lf   2  1  1  2   Colavito R, rf        8  0  1  0   
Brideweser J, ss      0  0  0  0   Busby J, cf           7  0  2  0   
Kaline A, rf-lf-rf    6  1  2  0   Carrasquel C, ss      5  0  2  0   
Boone R, 3b           7  1  1  1   Hegan J, c            2  0  0  0   
House F, c            7  0  0  0   Ward P, ph            1  0  0  0   
Tuttle B, cf          6  1  2  1   Naragon H, c          2  0  2  0   
Bolling F, 2b         6  1  3  0   Wynn E, p             2  0  0  0   
Foytack P, p          3  0  1  1   Rosen A, ph           1  0  0  0   
Kennedy B, ph         1  0  0  0   Mossi D, p            4  0  1  0   
Gromek S, p           0  0  0  0                                      
Porter J, ph          1  0  0  0                                      
Bunning J, p          1  0  0  0                                      
Aber A, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     56  6 11  6                        57  4 14  4

Detroit          021 000 000 000 003 --  6
Cleveland        000 000 030 000 001 --  4

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Foytack P             8.0  6  3  3  4  7
Gromek S              3.0  3  0  0  3  3
Bunning J (W)         3.2  5  1  1  2  3
Aber A (S)            0.1  0  0  0  0  0

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wynn E                7.0  7  3  3  2  4
Mossi D (L)           8.0  4  3  3  1  3

E -- Avila B, Belardi W
DP -- Detroit 1
LOB -- Detroit 9, Cleveland 20
2B -- Kaline A, Torgeson E, Mossi D, Colavito R
HR -- Smith A, Belardi W, Boone R, Woodling G
SH -- Avila B
SF -- Kuenn H
HBP -- by Foytack P (Busby J), by Gromek S (Carrasquel C)
T -- 4:32
A -- 14148

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