Tigers @ Red Sox
July 20, 1956

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Bottom 6 R H E
Tigers 8 12 1
Red Sox 1 5 0
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Tigers 8 12 2
Red Sox 2 5 0

Jim Piersall Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .307
OBP .500 .382
At Bats 2 336
Hits 1 103
• Singles 1 70
• Doubles 0 23
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 7
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 0 41

Virgil Trucks Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 0
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Fenway Park - July 20, 1956
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Virgil Trucks
Frank House
Earl Torgeson
Jim Brideweser
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Charlie Maxwell
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Jim Piersall
Mickey Vernon
Ted Williams
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Piersall hits a fly ball towards center. Tuttle settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Tuttle. Williams tags and scores. Vernon tags and moves to third.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 6 Jensen hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out. Williams moves to third. Vernon moves to second.
Bottom 6 Vernon takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Bottom 6 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kaline strikes out.
Top 6 Maxwell hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall. Maxwell reaches second base with a double. Trucks scores. Kuenn moves to third.
Top 6 Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tuttle tags and scores.
Top 6 Kuenn takes first base on ball four. Trucks moves to second.
Top 6 Trucks hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. House scores. Tuttle moves to third.
Top 6 Fritz Dorish now pitching. Brideweser bunts towards the mound. Dorish fields it and throws to first for the out. House moves to third. Tuttle moves to second.
Top 6 Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boone scores. House moves to second.
Top 6 House hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.
Top 6 Boone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Klaus hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodman for the out. Nixon moves to third.
Bottom 5 Nixon hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Nixon reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Buddin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Maxwell hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuenn tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 5 The ball gets by White for a passed ball. Brideweser scores. Kuenn moves to third. Torgeson moves to second.
Top 5 Torgeson takes first base on ball four. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brideweser moves to third.
Top 5 Trucks hits a popup towards the mound. Nixon settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Brideweser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 White hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Trucks fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Trucks. Piersall moves to second.
Bottom 4 Piersall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Jensen hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Vernon hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nixon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 House hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. Kaline moves to third.
Top 4 Boone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maxwell scores. Kaline moves to second.
Top 4 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maxwell moves to third.
Top 4 Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a line drive towards first. Torgeson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Klaus hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Goodman hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Buddin tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Nixon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Buddin moves to third.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Buddin moves to second.
Bottom 3 Buddin takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Torgeson strikes out.
Top 3 There's a wild pitch. Brideweser scores.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to first for the out. Brideweser moves to second.
Top 3 Trucks hits a popup towards third. Klaus settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Brideweser hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 White hits a line drive into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Piersall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Jensen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Vernon hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 House hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Nixon fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Klaus hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 1 Goodman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Klaus fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Maxwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Goodman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.