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Yankees 5 @ Tigers 1
Briggs Stadium
September 14, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on September 14, 1956 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 5 to 1.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 14, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 9 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 1 H: 4 E: 1 LOB: 6
Runs: 1
Hits: 4
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherDon Larsen  
Losing PitcherHal Woodeshick  
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Game Winning RBIBill Skowron 

Game Info

DateSeptember 14, 1956 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherDon Larsen  
Home Starting PitcherHal Woodeshick  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance11,403 
Time of Game2 hours 28 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ed Runge
1B: Eddie Rommel
2B: Johnny Stevens
3B: Frank Tabacchi

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hank Bauer  Right Fielder 
Andy Carey  Third Baseman 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Bill Skowron  First Baseman 
Gil McDougald  Shortstop 
Billy Martin  Second Baseman 
Elston Howard  Left Fielder 
Don Larsen  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Jack Phillips  First Baseman 
Charlie Maxwell  Left Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Ray Boone  Third Baseman 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Charlie Lau  Catcher 
Hal Woodeshick  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

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Yankees 5 @ Tigers 1
Briggs Stadium
September 14, 1956

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         Game of 9/14/1956 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Bauer H, rf           4  0  0  0   Kuenn H, ss           4  0  1  0   
Carey A, 3b           3  1  1  0   Phillips J, 1b        4  0  0  0   
Mantle M, cf          5  2  1  0   Maxwell C, lf         3  0  0  0   
Berra Y, c            4  2  2  1   Kaline A, rf          4  0  1  0   
Skowron B, 1b         4  0  1  3   Boone R, 3b           3  0  0  0   
McDougald G, ss       4  0  2  1   Tuttle B, cf          4  0  1  0   
Martin B, 2b          4  0  0  0   Bolling F, 2b         4  0  1  0   
Howard E, lf          4  0  1  0   Lau C, c              3  0  0  0   
Larsen D, p           4  0  1  0   Woodeshick H, p       0  0  0  0   
                                   Small J, ph           0  0  0  0   
                                   Bunning J, p          1  0  0  0   
                                   Belardi W, ph         0  1  0  0   
                                   Masterson W, p        0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  5  9  5                        30  1  4  0

New York         202 010 000 --  5
Detroit          000 000 010 --  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Larsen D (W)          9.0  4  1  1  3  4

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Woodeshick H (L)      3.0  6  4  4  1  1
Bunning J             5.0  3  1  1  1  4
Masterson W           1.0  0  0  0  1  1

E -- Maxwell C, Martin B
DP -- New York 2
LOB -- New York 7, Detroit 6
2B -- Larsen D, McDougald G, Tuttle B
3B -- Skowron B, Bolling F
HR -- Berra Y
HBP -- by Larsen D (Belardi W)
T -- 2:28
A -- 11403

    

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