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June 21, 1957

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Bottom 9	R	H	E
Tigers	5	8	2
Orioles	5	9	0

Bottom 9	R	H	E
Tigers	5	8	2
Orioles	6	10	0

Billy Gardner Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.500	.270
OBP	.500	.325
At Bats	4	263
Hits	2	71
• Singles	2	52
• Doubles	0	14
• Triples	0	2
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	21
RBI’s	1	23

Don Lee Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
1	2	0

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Memorial Stadium - June 21, 1957

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Single

Don Lee

Frank House

Dave Philley

Frank Bolling

Reno Bertoia

Harvey Kuenn

Charlie Maxwell

Bill Tuttle

Al Kaline

Billy Gardner

Hal Brown

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Detroit Tigers	5	8	2	7
Baltimore Orioles	6	10	0	5
Winning Pitcher	Ken Lehman
Losing Pitcher	Jim Bunning
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Billy Gardner
Attendance	19,044
Time of Game	2 hours 35 minutes

View Box Score

Count: - , 2 Outs

End of Game

Gardner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brown scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Bottom 9 Lehman hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 9 Hal Brown pinch runs for Bob Hale. Don Lee now pitching. Triandos bunts in front of the plate. House fields it and throws to first for the out. Brown moves to second.

Bottom 9 Bob Hale pinch hits for Jim Brideweser. Hale hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Busby scores. Durham scores.

Bottom 9 Durham hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Durham reaches second base with a double. Busby moves to third.

Bottom 9 Busby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 9 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Goodman fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 9 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Goodman hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Boyd hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Gardner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Bunning is called out on strikes.

Top 8 Bertoia hits a popup towards the mound. Lehman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. House scores. Philley moves to second.

Top 8 Philley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. House moves to second.

Top 8 House hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 8 Jim Brideweser now playing shortstop. Gus Triandos now catching. Ken Lehman now pitching. Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Ken Lehman pinch hits for Art Ceccarelli. Lehman hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Jim Brideweser pinch runs for Joe Ginsberg. Bob Nieman pinch hits for Willie Miranda. Nieman hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Durham tags and scores. Brideweser tags and moves to third.

Bottom 7 Ginsberg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Ginsberg reaches second base with a double. Durham moves to third.

Bottom 7 Durham hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Busby hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Maxwell hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.

Top 7 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Pilarcik hits a popup, foul, towards first. Philley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Philley scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodman for the out.

Bottom 6 Frank Bolling now playing second base. Boyd hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Bunning strikes out.

Top 6 Bertoia hits a line drive into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Dittmer hits a fly ball into left field. Durham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Gardner hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Ceccarelli strikes out.

Bottom 5 Miranda hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Philley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 5 Art Ceccarelli now pitching. House takes first base on ball four. Maxwell moves to third. Kaline moves to second.

Top 5 Kaline takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 The ball gets by Ginsberg for a passed ball. Tuttle scores. Maxwell moves to second.

Top 5 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Durham who is chasing the ball. Tuttle reaches third base with a triple. Kuenn scores.

Top 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Pilarcik. Kuenn reaches second base with a double. Dittmer scores. Bunning goes all the way around to score.

Top 5 Bunning takes first base on ball four. Dittmer moves to second.

Top 5 Bertoia is called out on strikes.

Top 5 Dittmer takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Philley strikes out.

Bottom 4 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dittmer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Durham hits a line drive towards first. Philley reaches out and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bertoia fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 4 House hits a fly ball into left field. Durham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Maxwell hits a fly ball into left field. Durham settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 3 Pilarcik hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn misplays the ball. That's an error on Kuenn.

Bottom 3 Boyd hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Gardner tags and scores. That run is unearned.

Bottom 3 Gardner hits a line drive into right field. Kaline picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kaline. Miranda scores. Gardner moves to third.

Bottom 3 Johnson bunts towards first. Philley scoops it up and throws to first, with Dittmer covering, for the out. Miranda moves to second.

Bottom 3 Miranda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 3 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Bunning hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 3 Bertoia hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Dittmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Ginsberg hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Durham hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Busby hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Philley is called out on strikes.

Top 2 House hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 1 Goodman hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boyd moves to third.

Bottom 1 Boyd hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Boyd reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 1 Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Boyd scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out.

Top 1 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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