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Senators
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
May 20, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Washington Senators, played on May 20, 1956 at Briggs Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 20, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Washington Senators
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| Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 20, 1956 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Washington Senators |
| Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Hal Griggs |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Virgil Trucks |
| Ballpark | Briggs Stadium |
| City | Detroit |
| State | MI |
| Attendance | 24,606 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 15 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Rommel 1B: Frank Tabacchi 2B: Johnny Stevens 3B: Ed Runge |
Washington Senators Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Herb Plews | Third Baseman |
| Jerry Snyder | Shortstop |
| Pete Runnels | Second Baseman |
| Carlos Paula | Left Fielder |
| Roy Sievers | First Baseman |
| Jim Lemon | Right Fielder |
| Whitey Herzog | Center Fielder |
| Lou Berberet | Catcher |
| Hal Griggs | Pitcher |
| Chuck Dressen | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Harvey Kuenn | Shortstop |
| Earl Torgeson | First Baseman |
| Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
| Bill Tuttle | Center Fielder |
| Bob Kennedy | Third Baseman |
| Frank House | Catcher |
| Charlie Maxwell | Left Fielder |
| Jim Brideweser | Second Baseman |
| Virgil Trucks | Pitcher |
| Bucky Harris | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Senators
@ Tigers
Briggs Stadium
May 20, 1956
Top 1
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Plews vs. Trucks
Plews hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Trucks
Snyder hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Runnels vs. Trucks
Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Griggs
Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Griggs
Torgeson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Griggs
There's a wild pitch. Kuenn moves to third. Torgeson moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kaline vs. Griggs
Kaline takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Tuttle vs. Griggs
Tuttle hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Griggs
Kennedy is called out on strikes. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Griggs
House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Griggs
Maxwell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brideweser vs. Griggs
Brideweser takes first base on ball four. Maxwell moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Trucks vs. Griggs
Trucks hits a fly ball into left field. Paula settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paula vs. Trucks
Paula hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Trucks
Sievers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Trucks
Lemon hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Grob
Connie Grob now pitching.
Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Grob
Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Grob
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder misplays the ball. That's an error on Snyder. Kuenn moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tuttle vs. Grob
Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Paula settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kennedy vs. Grob
Kennedy hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Grob
House hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berberet settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Herzog vs. Trucks
Herzog hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berberet vs. Trucks
Berberet takes first base on ball four. Herzog moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Courtney vs. Trucks
Clint Courtney pinch hits for Connie Grob.
Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Herzog moves to third. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Plews vs. Trucks
Plews hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Clevenger
Tex Clevenger now pitching.
Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brideweser vs. Clevenger
Brideweser is called out on strikes. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Trucks vs. Clevenger
Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Plews fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Maxwell moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kuenn vs. Clevenger
Jim Small pinch runs for Virgil Trucks.
Clevenger spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Clevenger. Maxwell moves to third. Small moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Kuenn vs. Clevenger
Kuenn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Runnels settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Torgeson vs. Clevenger
Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Gromek
Steve Gromek now pitching.
Snyder hits a popup beyond short. Kuenn can't reach the ball in time. That's a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Runnels vs. Gromek
Runnels hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 0 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paula vs. Gromek
Paula hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Tuttle. Paula reaches second base with a double. Snyder goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sievers vs. Gromek
Sievers takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Gromek
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy juggles the ball. That's an error on Kennedy. Paula moves to third. Sievers moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Herzog vs. Gromek
Herzog hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Berberet vs. Gromek
Berberet is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Clevenger
Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tuttle vs. Clevenger
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Clevenger
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Clevenger fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Killebrew vs. Gromek
Harmon Killebrew pinch hits for Tex Clevenger.
Killebrew hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Plews vs. Gromek
Plews hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Snyder vs. Gromek
Snyder hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Ramos
Pedro Ramos now pitching.
House hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berberet settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Ramos
Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brideweser vs. Ramos
Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gromek vs. Ramos
Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Sievers, and towards Runnels, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Runnels vs. Gromek
Runnels hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Paula vs. Gromek
Paula hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Gromek
Sievers hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Ramos
Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Ramos
Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops it up and throws to first, with Ramos covering, for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Ramos
Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tuttle vs. Ramos
Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Gromek
Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herzog vs. Gromek
Herzog hits a popup towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berberet vs. Gromek
Berberet strikes out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Yost vs. Gromek
Eddie Yost pinch hits for Pedro Ramos.
Yost strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Chakales
Bob Chakales now pitching.
Kennedy hits a fly ball into center field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
House vs. Chakales
House takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Maxwell vs. Chakales
Maxwell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Sievers settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brideweser vs. Chakales
Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Chakales, and towards Runnels, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Plews vs. Gromek
Plews is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Snyder vs. Gromek
Snyder hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Runnels vs. Gromek
Runnels hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Paula vs. Gromek
Paula is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gromek vs. Chakales
Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Snyder scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuenn vs. Chakales
Kuenn is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Torgeson vs. Chakales
Buddy Hicks pinch runs for Harvey Kuenn.
There goes Hicks. The throw from Berberet and he is out, Snyder applying the tag. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Torgeson vs. Chakales
Torgeson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Chakales
Kaline hits a line drive towards third. Plews reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Gromek
Buddy Hicks now playing shortstop.
Sievers hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Gromek
Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Herzog vs. Gromek
Herzog takes first base on ball four. Lemon moves to second. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Berberet vs. Gromek
Berberet hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Senators, 1 - Tigers, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Oravetz vs. Gromek
Ernie Oravetz pinch hits for Bob Chakales.
Oravetz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Oravetz for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/20/1956, game 2 -- Washington at Detroit (D)
Washington AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI
Plews H, 3b 3 0 1 0 Kuenn H, ss 4 2 2 0
Snyder J, ss 4 1 1 0 Hicks B, pr-ss 0 0 0 0
Runnels P, 2b 4 0 0 0 Torgeson E, 1b 4 1 1 0
Paula C, lf 4 0 1 1 Kaline A, rf 4 2 1 0
Sievers R, 1b 3 0 0 0 Tuttle B, cf 4 1 1 4
Lemon J, rf 4 0 2 0 Kennedy B, 3b 4 1 1 3
Herzog W, cf 3 0 1 0 House F, c 3 0 0 0
Berberet L, c 3 0 0 0 Maxwell C, lf 3 0 1 0
Griggs H, p 0 0 0 0 Brideweser J, 2b 3 0 1 0
Grob C, p 0 0 0 0 Trucks V, p 2 0 1 0
Courtney C, ph 1 0 0 0 Small J, pr 0 0 0 0
Clevenger T, p 0 0 0 0 Gromek S, p 2 0 0 0
Killebrew H, ph 1 0 0 0
Ramos P, p 0 0 0 0
Yost E, ph 1 0 0 0
Chakales B, p 0 0 0 0
Oravetz E, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 1 6 1 33 7 9 7
Washington 000 100 000 -- 1
Detroit 430 000 00x -- 7
Washington IP H R ER BB SO
Griggs H (L) 1.0 3 4 4 3 1
Grob C 1.0 2 3 0 0 0
Clevenger T 2.0 2 0 0 0 1
Ramos P 2.0 2 0 0 0 0
Chakales B 2.0 0 0 0 2 0
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Trucks V 3.0 2 0 0 1 0
Gromek S (W) 6.0 4 1 1 2 4
E -- Snyder J, Clevenger T, Kennedy B
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Washington 8, Detroit 8
2B -- Paula C
HR -- Tuttle B, Kennedy B
CS -- Hicks B
HBP -- by Gromek S (Plews H), by Chakales B (Kuenn H)
WP -- Griggs H
T -- 2:15
A -- 24606
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